Meta’s director of engineering for Generative AI, Sergey Edunov, has a surprising answer to how much more power will be needed to handle the increasing demand for AI applications for the next year: just two new nuclear power plants.
Edunov leads Meta’s training efforts for its Llama 2 open-source foundation model, which is considered one of the leading models. Speaking during a panel session I…
FTC hosts challenge to stop harms of voice cloning AI
November 14, 2023
Voice cloning — the practice of mimicking someone’s voice so well it can pass for the real thing — has had a banner year, with a range of AI startups and techniques emerging to enable it, and a song going viral featuring voice clones of popular music artists Drake and…
Generative AI defines the future of identity access management (IAM) by improving outlier behavior analysis, increasing the accuracy of alerts and streamlining administrative tasks while guarding against new threats.
The majority (98%) of security professionals believe AI…
AI video generating hardware: Hands-on with the 1stAI Machine
November 14, 2023
‘Is this what AI hardware should look like?‘
That’s been one of the many questions percolating around my mind since the beginning of this month, when I saw Cristóbal Valenzuela, the CEO of well-funded generative AI video startup Runway ML post a video clip to his X account of something called the “1stAI Machine.”
Valenzuela called it “the first physical device for video editing…
Iterate introduces AppCoder LLM, allowing enterprises to build AI apps with natural language
November 14, 2023
At a time when figuring out how to use AI to drive business gains is the “Holy Grail” of almost every enterprise, vendors are racing to introduce new and lucrative tools to make it easier for their customers to build high-performing AI/ML-powered applications.
The focus…
Prompt Engineering: Revolutionizing AI Communication
November 13, 2023
Prompt Engineering: Navigating the AI Renaissance with Expertise
In an age where artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic notion but a daily reality, the art of communicating effectively with AI systems – known as prompt engineering – has emerged…
Why developer productivity isn’t all about tooling and AI
November 12, 2023
Building software is precise, imaginative work. That’s why developers are most productive in interruption-free environments. In fact, eliminating distractions will do more to optimize engineers’ efforts than most changes you could make to tooling.
A team of exceptionally productive engineers can increase a tech company’s output tenfold and reduce labor costs. When every engineer is capable…
Snap adds ChatGPT to its AR with a focus on AI at Lens Fest
November 11, 2023
Snap said it is adding ChatGPT to its augmented reality Lenses as AI becomes an integral part of consumer products.
In a collaboration with OpenAI, Snap created the ChatGPT Remote API, granting Lens developers the ability to harness the power of ChatGPT in their Lenses. This…
Well, it’s certainly been a wilder week than usual from the folks at OpenAI.
The leading generative AI company by number of users kicked things off with a bevy of new features at its first developer conference, DevDay, at its headquarters in San Francisco on Monday. Then…
In a blog post yesterday about how personal AI agents will completely change how people use computers — just a few days after OpenAI announced its “baby steps” towards agents with its Assistants API — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that personal AI agents will be a ‘shock wave’ in the tech industry and society.
“In the near future, anyone who’s online will be able to have a…
