AI
Pixelbot 3000: Turn AI ideas into Lego puzzle masterpieces
An enthusiastic YouTube user has designed and built a Lego printer that automatically assembles complex Lego puzzles, like Lego art sets featuring da Vinci’s Mona Lisa or Hokusai’s The Great Wave. This machine is inspired by another Lego printer called Bricasso , but it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify the process. Although Jason Allemann’s […]
ChatGPT, developed by a black founder, offers a personalized experience
Today’s powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT are being praised but lack understanding of different cultures. This is frustrating for people of color because they don’t see themselves accurately represented in the algorithms that are supposed to change the world. Most AI models today are not built to take people of color into account. […]
Apple joins the race to find a reasonable AI icon
The tech world is struggling to create a symbol that represents artificial intelligence (AI) that is easy for users to understand. Apple, Google, Meta and other companies are all trying to design AI logos, but so far there are no clear results. The problem is that no one really knows what AI looks like. It […]
Temporarily suspending AI testing to take orders at McDonald’s
If you’ve recently had a problem with your AI orders at McDonald’s, there’s good news: the program is temporarily closed. According to Restaurant Business magazine, McDonald’s has notified franchise stores that it will end its partnership with IBM on the automated voice ordering system “on or before July 26, 2024.” More than 100 restaurants testing […]
Acer officially launched GoogleTV screens, OLED gaming and AI laptops at Computex 24
Acer has just launched a series of new products at the Computex 2024 exhibition, including monitors, laptops and Chromebooks, focusing on advanced features, modern design and smart user experience. Screen: Google TV integrated screen: DA1 and Nitro GA1 series with sizes of 31.5 and 27 inches, allowing to watch movies, Youtube, Netflix, Disney+,… and play […]
Hugging Face detects unauthorized access to the AI model hosting platform
Late Friday, a time companies often use to announce bad news, artificial intelligence (AI) startup Hugging Face said its security team had detected “unauthorized access” to Spaces – Hugging Face’s platform for building, sharing, and hosting AI models and resources. In a blog post , Hugging Face said that the intrusion involved “space secrets” – […]
Google admits that AI Overviews have many limitations, and users play an important role in improving them
Google admits its new AI Overviews feature has problems. After a series of false and humorous information appeared on social networks, Google officially apologized. Instead of providing accurate information, AI Overviews sometimes give meaningless or misleading answers. Google explains that the system does not “invent” information, but makes mistakes due to “misinterpreting search context, misunderstanding […]
AI training is expensive: Only technology “giants” can afford it?
Researchers say data is key to creating more intelligent and capable AI systems. The article takes the example of two text generation models, Llama 3 from Meta and OLMo from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to illustrate. Although it has almost the same structure, Llama 3 is trained on a larger amount of […]
OpenAI discounts ChatGPT for schools and nonprofits
OpenAI is expanding access to its ChatGPT tool to schools and nonprofits. According to the announcement, OpenAI will provide a version of ChatGPT specifically for universities, with a discount program for non-profit organizations. ChatGPT for Education (ChatGPT Edu) enables universities to “securely integrate artificial intelligence (AI) for students, faculty, researchers, and campus operations.” This tool […]
Meta uses AI to summarize Facebook comments
Have you seen Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) pop up in Facebook comments lately, summarizing what people are saying? With these meetingsArguments are often “tense” on Facebook, sometimes AI summarizes absurd things. (This is not the first time Meta’s AI has appeared in the comments section. Previously, 404 Media discovered an AI pretending to be a […]