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...

Google rolls out voice-powered AI chat to the Android massesGoogle rolls out voice-powered AI chat to the Android massesGoogle rolls out voice-powered AI chat...

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"...

Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot

New GPT-4o model can sing a bedtime story, detect facial expressions, read emotions. On Monday, OpenAI debuted GPT-4o (o for "omni"), a major new AI model that...

Exploration-focused training lets robotics AI immediately handle new tasks

Maximum Diffusion Reinforcement Learning focuses training on end states, not process. Reinforcement-learning algorithms in systems like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini can work wonders, but they...

OpenAI revs up plans for web search, but denies report of an imminent launch

The search.chatgpt.com URL is being set up, and Google employees are being poached. OpenAI is eventually coming for the most popular website on the Internet: Google Search....

Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation

Quadrupeds being reviewed have automatic targeting systems but require human oversight to fire. The United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently evaluating...

OpenAI’s flawed plan to flag deepfakes ahead of 2024 elections

OpenAI is recruiting researchers to test its new deepfake detector. As the US moves toward criminalizing deepfakes—deceptive AI-generated audio, images, and videos that are increasingly...

Microsoft launches AI chatbot for spies

Air-gapping GPT-4 model on secure network won't prevent it from potentially making things up. Microsoft has introduced a GPT-4-based generative AI model designed specifically for...

New Microsoft AI model may challenge GPT-4 and Google Gemini

In project headed by former Inflection chief, MAI-1 may have 500B parameters. Microsoft is working on a new large-scale AI language model called MAI-1, which...

GPT-5 might arrive this summer as a “materially better” update to ChatGPT

Sources say to expect OpenAI's next major AI model mid-2024, according to a new report. When OpenAI launched its GPT-4 AI model a year ago, it created...

Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet

OpenAI's GPT-2 running locally in Microsoft Excel teaches the basics of how LLMs work. It seems like AI large language models (LLMs) are everywhere these...

What happens when ChatGPT tries to solve 50,000 trolley problems?

AI driving decisions are not quite the same as the ones humans would make. There’s a puppy on the road. The car is going too...

NYT to OpenAI: No hacking here, just ChatGPT bypassing paywalls

OpenAI’s claim that NYT “hacked” ChatGPT is “irrelevant” and “false,” NYT says. Late Monday, The New York Times responded to OpenAI's claims that the newspaper "hacked" ChatGPT to...

OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics

As Altman cements power, OpenAI announces three new board members—and a returning one. On Friday afternoon Pacific Time, OpenAI announced the appointment of three new members to...

Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids

It looks like Microsoft may be filtering violent AI outputs flagged by engineer. Microsoft's AI text-to-image generator Copilot Designer appears to be heavily filtering outputs...

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of chasing profits

OpenAI is now a "closed-source de facto subsidiary" of Microsoft, says lawsuit. Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman for breach...