Artificial intelligence
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.
Radio host sues OpenAI for defamation after ChatGPT generated false info
Mark Walters sued the Sam Altman-run company after ChatGPT mentioned that Walters had been accused of defrauding and embezzling funds from a non-profit organisation, reports The Verge. ChatGPT generated the false information in response to a request from a journalist named Fred Riehl.
Messenger to soon offer AI-generated sticker
During a company-wide meeting, Ahmad Al-Dahle, Meta's vice president of AI, said that the company will use its image generation model to allow users make stickers based on text prompts, reported The Verge on Friday. Before being made available to the public, employees will start testing this feature internally.
ChatGPT performs poorly at US' urologists exam
This comes at a time of growing interest in the potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in medicine and healthcare. The study, reported in the journal Urology Practice, showed that ChatGPT achieved less than a 30 per cent rate of correct answers on the American Urologist Association's widely used Self-Assessment Study Program for Urology (SASP).
Microsoft increases Bing Chat's turn limit to 30 chats per session
"Good news, we've increased Bing Chat turn limits again to 30 per conversation and 300 per day," Microsoft CVP of Search & AI, Jordi Ribas tweeted on Thursday. Over the past couple of months, the tech giant has gradually increased the chatbot's limit to enhance its usability.
Amid tech sanctions war, China sponsors global tech session
The call still awaits a response from the West and it may take its time coming, considering both China and the US are currently locked in a new sanctions war over tech, with China taking the sanctions initiative this time. The six-day meeting, which has a theme of "open cooperation for a shared future", will focus on the "frontiers of science and technology development", including AI, Beijing vice-mayor Yu Yingjie said last week.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI nears record 1bn unique users monthly: Report
According to the US-based SaaS Webflow design and performance marketing agency VezaDigital, OpenAI's website openai.com grew by 54.21 per cent in traffic volume within a month. The agency analysed traffic statistics for the top 50 websites with the highest total number of visits in March, based on data from Similarweb (an Israel-based software & data company).
Despite worries, 83% of Indian workers willing to let AI help at job
About 74 per cent of Indian workers are worried AI will replace their jobs. However, over three in four Indian workers would be comfortable using AI not just for administrative tasks (86 per cent) but also for analytical work (88 per cent) and even creative aspects of their role (87 per cent), according to Microsoft's 'Work Trend Index 2023 Report'.
Top AI experts, CEOs issue 22-word warning against 'risk of extinction' from AI
In a 22-word statement, they said that "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."
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