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Twitch viewership held steady in Q3 2023 according to StreamElement’s latest State of the Stream report. According to their data partner Rainmaker.gg, total hours watched grew less than 1% to 5.15 billion in Q3 2023 compared to Q2’s 5.14 billion total.
OpenAI’s six-member board will decide ‘when we’ve attained AGI’
November 14, 2023
According to OpenAI, the six members of its nonprofit board of directors will determine when the company has “attained AGI” — which it defines as “a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work.” Thanks to a for-profit arm…
Report: Enterprise investment in generative AI shockingly low, while traditional AI is thriving
November 14, 2023
Generative AI is all anyone can talk about. It is a breakthrough technology with transformational promises across numerous domains — even human life itself.
And while 2023 was undoubtedly the year that gen AI had its breakout, that has largely been hype, according to a…
Inside Visa’s AI-powered war against holiday fraud
November 14, 2023
The holiday shopping season is a double-edged sword for payments leader Visa. While transaction volumes surge, providing a sales boost, the period also kicks off a relentless assault from cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities and steal consumer data.
“We know from historical experience that the holiday shopping season is fraudsters’ Super Bowl given the increase in spend and…
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…
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 and machine learning (ML) will be beneficial in fighting identity-based breaches and view it as a pivotal technology in…
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…
João Pedro Nascimento, president of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), believes that drex, the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), will “kill” many cryptocurrencies. While established cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum will keep…
Lambretta, an icon of retro-inspired scooter design, showed off a stylish electric model at the EICMA 2023 Milan Motorcycle Show. The new model, known as the Lambretta Elettra, mixes vintage vibes with the latest electric vehicle technology.
Lambretta’s name has long invoked a certain style and nostalgia in the scooter world. Originating in Italy in the late 1940s, Lambretta became synonymous…
