Anyone who has dealt in a customer-facing job — or even just worked with a team of more than a few individuals — knows that every person on Earth has their own unique, sometimes baffling, preferences.
Understanding the preferences of every individual is difficult even for us fellow humans. But what about for AI models, which have no direct human experience upon which to draw, let alone use as…
Aethir wants the decentralized cloud to speed up gaming and AI
November 3, 2023
The shift to cloud infrastructure has become a massive trend for the internet. But moving generative AI and gaming applications to the cloud can strain computing resources.
That’s why Singapore-based Aethir is focusing on decentralization — of the sort made possible…
AI pioneers Hinton, Ng, LeCun, Bengio amp up x-risk debate
November 2, 2023
In a series of online articles, blog posts and posts on X/LinkedIn over the past few days, AI pioneers (sometimes called “godfathers” of AI) Geoffrey Hinton, Andrew Ng, Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio have amped up their debate over existential risks of AI by commenting…
Canva launches AI tools for education
November 2, 2023
Canva is not resting on its AI laurels. Less than a month after launching its new AI-powered Magic Studio, the decade-old Australian startup that’s won a massive userbase by offering cloud-based graphic design and digital multimedia tools for the non-art degree-holding masses is ramping up its efforts to court the oft-neglected education technology (edtech or edutech) sector with AI.
Last week…
After testing it for months, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital announced the global release of Gran Turismo Sophy 2.0, an innovative AI racing agent in the Gran Turismo 7 (GT7) PlayStation racing simulation game.
This release marks a pivotal achievement in the realm of…
Forrester’s 2024 Predictions Report warns of AI ‘shadow pandemic’ as employees adopt unauthorized tools
November 2, 2023
Forrester Research unveiled its highly anticipated 2024 predictions report last week, charting a course for more measured AI growth while warning business leaders to prepare for rampant “shadow usage” as employees rely on their own AI tools to be productive.
The 38-page…
Portalis.AI has emerged from stealth mode to unveil its avatars that are aimed at enhancing interaction and communication between humans and AI.
The Austin, Texas-based startup has created AI characters who can hold a conversation with you as well as their lifelike, fully interactive, and animated digital avatars.
With the world increasingly intertwined with AI and digital beings, Portalis.AI is…
Exclusive: Stability AI brings advanced 3D and image fine-tuning to Stable Diffusion
November 2, 2023
Stability AI announced today several new enhancements to its Stable Diffusion platform. These updates not only offer exciting new capabilities for text-to-image, but also venture into the realm of 3D content creation.
The most notable enhancement is the brand new Stable 3D…
VentureBeat recently sat down (virtually) with Michael Sherwood, chief innovation and technology officer for Las Vegas, to gain insights into how he uses the latest AI and endpoint security technologies to secure the city.
Sherwood oversees the city’s cybersecurity…
Midjourney, Stability AI and DeviantArt win a victory in copyright case by artists — but the fight continues
November 2, 2023
The contentious issue of whether AI art generators violent copyright — since they are by and large trained on human artists’ work, in many cases without their direct affirmative consent, compensation, or even knowledge — has taken a step forward to being settled in the U.S. today.
U.S. District Court Judge William H. Orrick, of the Northern District of California, today filed a decision in a…
