After ChatGPT’s viral success, OpenAI is now getting into video

After ChatGPT’s viral success, OpenAI is now getting into video

A stylish woman walks down a Tokyo street filled with warm glowing neon and animated city signage as part of a video generated by OpenAI’s Sora AI model. OpenAI OpenAI, which burst into the mainstream last year thanks to the popularity of ChatGPT, is bringing its artificial intelligence technology to video. The company on Thursday … Read more

Nvidia holdings disclosure pumps up shares of small AI companies

Nvidia holdings disclosure pumps up shares of small AI companies

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the Supermicro keynote presentation during the Computex conference in Taipei on June 1, 2023. Walid Berrazeg | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Investors have become so enamored with Nvidia’s artificial intelligence story that they want a piece of anything the chipmaker touches. On Wednesday, Nvidia disclosed in … Read more

Some People Actually Kind of Love Deepfakes

Some People Actually Kind of Love Deepfakes

A month ago, the consulting company Accenture presented a potential client an unusual and attention-grabbing pitch for a new project. Instead of the usual slide deck, the client saw deepfakes of several real employees standing on a virtual stage, offering perfectly delivered descriptions of the project they hoped to work on. “I wanted them to … Read more

Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade

Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade

Alphabet’s Gemini AI model has been public for only two months, but the company is already releasing an upgrade. Gemini Pro 1.5, launching with limited availability today, is more powerful than its predecessor and can handle huge amounts of text, video, or audio input at a time. Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, which developed … Read more

‘Saving lives’: How AI is helping doctors better predict heart failure – National

‘Saving lives’: How AI is helping doctors better predict heart failure – National

Amidst the surging rates of heart failure across Canada, experts say the urgency for accurate prognostic tools has never been more needed. Yet, within this challenging landscape, promise is emerging from the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto have unveiled SEATTLE HF, an AI system demonstrating precision … Read more

Parents of gun violence victims use AI to recreate their voices in calls to Congress

Parents of gun violence victims use AI to recreate their voices in calls to Congress

Parents of half a dozen victims of gun violence used artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate their children’s voices in calls to Congress, urging lawmakers to change the country’s gun laws as part of a new campaign launched on the sixth anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., shooting. The Shotline, created by gun control advocacy groups Change … Read more

Gen AI financial scams are getting very good at duping work email

Gen AI financial scams are getting very good at duping work email

More than one in four companies now ban their employees from using generative AI. But that does little to protect against criminals who use it to trick employees into sharing sensitive information or pay fraudulent invoices. Armed with ChatGPT or its dark web equivalent, FraudGPT, criminals can easily create realistic videos of profit and loss … Read more

US adversaries using AI for offensive cyber operations: Microsoft

US adversaries using AI for offensive cyber operations: Microsoft

U.S. adversaries are using artificial intelligence (AI) for offensive cyber operations, according to a Microsoft report published Wednesday. The report, compiled in collaboration with its business partner, OpenAI, said Microsoft disrupted threats aimed to exploit the AI technology the company itself developed. “Cybercrime groups, nation-state threat actors, and other adversaries are exploring and testing different … Read more

Generative AI is shaking up online dating, with flirty chatbots

Generative AI is shaking up online dating, with flirty chatbots

Vertigo3d | E+ | Getty Images Not so long ago, drafting a text message to your crush may have involved witty cues from a glossy magazine and the input of everyone in your group chat. As of Valentine’s Day 2024, the world of online romance looks very different. An increasing number of people are using … Read more