• US lawmaker proposes a public database of all AI training material

    Proposed law would require more transparency from AI companies.

  • New Google AI Builder no-code custom AI Agent maker now available

    Google has launched a new tool called Google Vertex AI Agent Builder, which is a no-code platform for creating custom AI agents. This tool is designed to enable users, regardless of their technical background, to build AI assistants for various purposes such as customer service, shopping assistance, and automating online tasks. The AI Builder was […]

  • Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users

    Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems Thursday that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use. But as Zuckerberg's crew of amped-up Meta AI agents started venturing into social media this week to engage with real people, their bizarre exchanges exposed the ongoing limitations of even the best generative AI technology. One joined a Facebook moms' group to talk about its gifted child....

  • Meta's newest AI model beats some peers, but its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users

    Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems Thursday that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use.” But as Zuckerberg's crew of amped-up Meta AI agents started venturing into social media this week to engage with

  • Research Briefing: BuzzFeed pivots business to AI media and tech as publishers increase use of AI

    In this week’s Digiday+ Research Briefing, we examine BuzzFeed’s plans to pivot the business to an AI-driven tech and media company, how marketers’ use of X and ad spending has dropped dramatically, and how agency executives are fed up with Meta’s ad platform bugs and overcharges, as seen in recent data from Digiday+ Research.

  • Soundtrack Loops Expands From General Use to AI Licensing — With a Controlled Compositional Catalog for Ethical AI Training

    On the forefront of recent discussions surrounding fair training practices for AI companies, Soundtrack Loops — with its diverse portfolio of assets — aims to ‘kickstart a shift into more widespread ethical AI training practices.’ Moreover, the company’s founders believe their catalog ‘presents an enormous opportunity for AI generation of incidental music.’ As music IP […]

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    Gen AI training costs soar yet risks are poorly measured, says Stanford AI report

    The seventh-annual report on the global state of artificial intelligence from Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence offers some concerning thoughts for society: the technology's spiraling costs and poor measurement of its risks. According to the report, "The AI Index 2024 Annual Report," published Monday by HAI, the cost of training large language models such as OpenAI's GPT-4 -- the so-called foundation models used to develop other programs -- is...

  • What happens when we train our AI on social media?

    The unique relationship between social media and AI continues to develop in interesting ways, with Reddit’s recent deal with Google allowing their AI to train on its content, and tech companies’ sudden interest in once-popular social media sites like Photobucket.  But there is a question looming in the background of these deals: Even if AI companies can train their models on social media, is doing so really such a good idea?  AI companies have largely relied on the internet, especially...

  • The cost of training AI is surging, report warns

    The latest Stanford AI Index suggests the cost of training advanced AI models has surged, generative AI investment has skyrocketed and industry continues to dominate AI development. : The cost of training AI is surging, report warns

  • AI is giving boost to crop improvement research

    What is the role of artificial intelligence for crop improvement? Questions about artificial intelligence are becoming more pressing in every discipline. For crop improvement, AI provides a new lens to bridge science and practice, according to Jianming Yu, one of the world's top-ranked scientists in the fields of quantitative genetics and plant breeding.

  • Betaworks bets on AI agents in latest 'Camp' cohort

    Betaworks is embracing the AI trend not with yet another LLM, but instead a clutch of agent-type models automating everyday tasks that nevertheless aren’t so simple to define. The investor’s latest “Camp” incubator trained up and funded nine AI agent startups they hope will take on today’s more tedious tasks. The use cases for many […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Google consolidates its DeepMind and Research teams amid AI push

    Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday it would consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across its Research and DeepMind divisions in its latest push to develop its AI portfolio. Google will relocate its Responsible AI teams - which focuses on safe AI development - from Research to DeepMind so that they are closer to where AI models are built and scaled, the company said in a blog post. The move comes amid growing global concerns about AI safety and increasing...