AI

Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is here

As AI deepfakes sow doubt in legitimate media, anyone can claim something didn't happen. Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly...

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Gemini Live allows back-and-forth conversation, now free to all Android users. On Thursday, Google made Gemini...

OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini

New o1 language model can solve complex tasks iteratively, count R's in "strawberry." OpenAI finally...

Roblox announces AI tool for generating 3D game worlds from text

New AI feature aims to streamline game creation on popular online platform. On Friday, Roblox announced plans...

New AI model “learns” how to simulate Super Mario Bros. from video footage

Despite limitations, "MarioVGG" makers think AI video could one day replace game engines. <img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MarioVGG_output_grid.gif"...

The telltale words that could identify generative AI text

New paper counts "excess words" that started appearing more often in the post-LLM era. Thus far, even AI companies have had trouble coming up with...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all users

It supports pretty much everything but API calls. OpenAI's official ChatGPT app for macOS is now available to all users for the first time, provided they're running...

Researchers describe how to tell if ChatGPT is confabulating

Finding out whether the AI is uncertain about facts or phrasing is the key. It's one of the world's worst-kept secrets that large language models...

Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company

Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to safely build AI far beyond human capability. On Wednesday, former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever announced he is forming a...

Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters to life

New Gen-3 Alpha AI video generator can create detailed humans and surreal situations. Enlarge / Screen capture of a Runway Gen-3 Alpha video generated with the prompt...

Microsoft delays Recall again, won’t debut it with new Copilot+ PCs after all

Recall will go through Windows Insider pipeline like any other Windows feature. Enlarge / Recall is part of Microsoft's Copilot+ PC program. Microsoft will be delaying its controversial...

Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes

Apple thinks pushing OpenAI’s brand to hundreds of millions is worth more than money. Enlarge On Monday, Apple announced it would be integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT AI assistant into...

Breaking: Elon Musk drops claims that OpenAI abandoned mission

Musk previously hoped a jury would award maximum punitive damages. While Musk has spent much of today loudly criticizing the Apple/OpenAI deal, he also sought to...

How to build a DOA product: Humane AI Pin founders banned internal criticism

Questioning the design and dev progress was apparently "against company policy." The Humane AI Pin has launched, crashed, and burned, with founders already looking to sell the company just...

Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation

Open letter argues for AI whistleblower provisions due to lack of government oversight. On Tuesday, a group of former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees published an open...

No physics? No problem. AI weather forecasting is already making huge strides.

New model that predicts global weather can run on a single desktop computer. Much like the invigorating passage of a strong cold front, major changes...

Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

Google: "There are bound to be some oddities and errors" in system that told people to eat rocks. On Thursday, Google capped off a rough...

Report: Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to partner on AI

The deal has parallels to Apple's infamous search deal with Google. Apple and OpenAI have successfully made a deal to include OpenAI's generative AI technology...

Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard

"Ultra Accelerator Link" aims to connect high-performance GPUs and servers. On Thursday, several major tech companies, including Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett Packard Enterprise,...