Artificial intelligence
ChatGPT 4 excels at picking the right imaging tests: Study
The study by investigators from Mass General Brigham in the US, suggests that large language models have the potential to assist decision-making for primary care doctors and referring providers in evaluating patients and ordering imaging tests for breast pain and breast cancer screenings.
US lawyer to pay $5K fine for presenting fake AI cases via ChatGPT
Lawyer Steven A Schwartz, who sued Colombian airline Avianca after believing that citations given by ChatGPT are real while they were, in fact, bogus, has been fined $5,000 by US District Judge in Manhattan, P. Kevin Castel, reports CNBC. Along with Schwartz, the court also sanctioned and fined lawyer Peter LoDuca in the same incident.
Chrome to convert images to text for PDFs it can read aloud
The company is adding the ability to convert images to text for PDFs in Chrome browser on ChromeOS, meaning when a screen reader user comes across a PDF that does not have alt text (a description of the image embedded and readable by screen readers), the screen reader will be able to convert the image to text and read it aloud.
Opera launches revamped browser with AI chatbot
"Opera One is your familiar Opera Browser, but it's been given a major makeover. And we're not just talking about a new coat of paint -- we've reimagined and rebuilt Opera from the ground up, paving the way for a new era in which AI isn't just an add-on, but a core part of your browsing experience," Opera said in a blogpost.
Users asking for dating, gaming advice to Twitch's 'AI Jesus' chatbot
The chatbot, which goes by the name "AI Jesus," is available 24/7 to answer all sorts of questions, most of them related to relationships and gaming. According to Quartz, the chatbot's algorithm allows AI Jesus to answer questions in a calm, monotone voice, as his mouth appears to lip-sync the words.
World's First AI DJ goes on air in US via RadioGPT
"Radio GPT allows us to showcase our content creators in more instances, with more frequency, and curate more timely, topical, and robust information for Alpha audiences and clients than previously possible," Alpha Media EVP of Content Phil Becker was quoted as saying.
OpenAI releases generative text features with function calling capability
"Developers can now describe functions to GPT-4-0613 and GPT-3.5-turbo-0613, and have the model intelligently choose to output a JSON object containing arguments to call those functions. This is a new way to more reliably connect GPT's capabilities with external tools and APIs," OpenAI said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
OpenAI warned Microsoft to go slow on integrating its AI into Bing: Report
However, Microsoft went ahead with integrating GPT-4 technology into Bing, "despite warnings that it might take time to minimise the inaccurate and strange responses", reports The Wall Street Journal. According to the report, OpenAI warned of the negative risks of pushing out a chatbot based on an unreleased version of GPT-4 too early.
Microsoft adds AI capabilities, enhances translation features to Skype
The updated version (8.99.76.102 for Insiders) of Skype includes several new features as well as the usual reliability fixes. Users can now access accurate, real-time weather conditions in their location directly from Skype on desktop platforms and for more detailed information, they can click on the weather icon to open the comprehensive weather webpage.
AI helped create the 'final' Beatles song: Sir Paul McCartney
Lennon wrote "Now And Then' during his "retirement" era, when he had no record contract and was busy raising his son, reports the BBC. McCartney was quoted as saying in the report that AI was used to "extricate" Lennon's voice from an old demo so he could complete the song.
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