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Why does AI have to be nice? Researchers propose ‘Antagonistic AI’

February 29, 2024
When interacting with today’s large language models (LLMs), do you expect them to be surly, dismissive, flippant or even insulting? Of course not — but they should be, according to researchers from MIT and the University of Montreal. These academics have introduced the idea of Antagonistic AI: That is, AI systems that are purposefully combative, critical, rude and even interrupt users…
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Jamix emerges with $3M pre-seed and model-agnostic enterprise AI assistant

February 28, 2024
Every day in the year 2024 is filled with AI-related news. But Jamix, a new San Francisco-based enterprise AI startup founded by former Instagram and Airbnb engineers, is hoping to cut through the noise by focusing on solving a very particular, yet widely-shared problem: allowing companies to use generative AI assistants without compromising their data privacy and security. Jamix offers what it…
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Nvidia launches RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation laptop GPUs for AI on the go

February 27, 2024
Nvidia launched its RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation laptop graphics processing units (GPUs) for on-the-go AI processing. These high-end GPUs use the Ada Lovelace architecture. They’re aimed at empowering content creators, researchers, and engineers with AI acceleration and graphics performance, even while working from portable devices. Nvidia made the announcement ahead of the Mobile World…
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Google’s chaotic AI strategy leaves users bewildered

February 26, 2024
Google has made a mess of its AI strategy, leaving many consumers baffled by the barrage of new names, products and features released in recent weeks. The company’s chaotic approach threatens to undermine public trust in AI, and perhaps more importantly, Google itself. …
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Why AI can (and should) lead to a renaissance in the humanities

February 26, 2024
From the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution right up to present day, leading science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) thinkers have served humans incredibly well. Figures like Alexander Cummings, Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, Norman Borlaug and countless others have saved vast numbers of our species from untold suffering through rigorous interrogation of the natural world.While we as a…
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