Artificial intelligence

Mozilla acquires fake review detection startup 'Fakespot'
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With Fakespot, the company said that Firefox users will have access to a trustworthy shopping tool that will help improve the e-commerce experience. Mozilla also mentioned that it will introduce Fakespot functionality to Firefox over time.
New ChatGPT, Bard like AI tool to turn peoples' thoughts into text
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The system, developed by a team at the University of Texas at Austin relies in part on a transformer model, similar to the ones that power Open AI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. It might help people who are mentally conscious yet unable to physically speak, such as those debilitated by strokes, to communicate intelligibly again, according to the team who published the study in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
'Godfather of AI' quits Google to warn about technology's dangers
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Hinton's pioneering work on neural networks shaped artificial intelligence systems, powering many of today's products. He worked part-time at Google for a decade on the tech giant's AI development efforts, but he has since come to have concerns about the technology and his role in advancing it, CNN reported.
Demand for AI jobs up 11% in India amid talent scarcity
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The Indian job market will witness a 22 per cent churn over the next five years with top emerging roles coming from AI, machine learning, and data segments, according to the report by foundit (previously Monster India & APAC). When it comes to AI-driven jobs, the IT sector is leading with 29 per cent, , followed by advertising, market research.
Meta seeks OpenAI's help to create AI coding assistant for its engineers
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According to 'Command Line' by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth recently told employees about the plan, saying the cost for building an AI coding engineer is "crazy" at about seven cents per query. That's the only place in the company we're really considering working with Microsoft nd OpenAI, just because there's a natural.
Opera launches new browser 'Opera One'
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Based on Modular Design, the company explained that Opera One delivers a liquid navigation experience and transforms the way users interact with their browsers. Furthermore, the web browser firm integrated a 'multithreaded compositor' that brings UI (user interface) to life like never before, powering innovative new features like Tab Islands.
Musk's TruthGPT sparks buzz among Twitter influencers: Report
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"Many influencers are expressing hope that Musk will create a human-centric AI model that prioritises ethical considerations and advocates for the betterment of humanity, ultimately shaping a more responsible and sustainable future," Smitarani Tripathy added. Some of the popular influencers also shared their opinions.
ChatGPT fails when it comes to accounting, finds major study
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Microsoft-backed OpenAI has launched its newest AI chatbot product, GPT-4 which uses machine learning to generate natural language text, passed the bar exam with a score in the 90th percentile, passed 13 of 15 advanced placement (AP) exams and got a nearly perfect score on the GRE Verbal test.
Google AI chatbot Bard now helps people generate, debug code
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The company is launching these capabilities in more than 20 programming languages including C++, Go, Java, Javascript, Python and Typescript. "You can easily export Python code to Google Colab -- no copy and paste required. Bard can also assist with writing functions for Google Sheets," said the tech giant. In addition to generating code, Bard can also help explain code snippets for people, especially those who are learning about programming for the first time.
CleverTap launches OpenAI integrated content creation assistant 'Scribe'
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"Studies show that marketers only have two seconds to capture users' attention in the digital realm. This gives marketers a very brief window to engage their users by tapping into the right emotions and AI enables brands to build these customised campaigns. These advancements in AI will open up the next frontier for marketers and bring back the 'tech' in MarTech," Jacob Joseph, Vice President Data Science, CleverTap, said in a statement.
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