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Microsoft, Google, Amazon Look to Generative AI to Lift Cloud Businesses

WSJ.com: WSJD - Technology

Tech giants are touting new artificial intelligence tools that they say will revolutionize work, learning and creativity. They also have something else in mind: rejuvenating sales in their cloud-computing businesses. Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google--have put the potential of new, so-called generative AI at the center of their sales pitches to try to capitalize on the explosion in interest in applications like the viral chatbot ChatGPT.


Hands-on Generative AI with GANs using Python: Image Generation

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In my previous article, we learned about Autoencoders, now let's continue to talk about Generative AI. By now everyone is talking about it and everyone is excited about the practical applications that have been developed. But we continue to see the foundations of these AIs step by step. There are several Machine Learning models that allow us to build generative AI, to name a few we have Variational Autoencoders (VAE), autoregressive models and even normalizing flow models. In this article, however, we will focus on GANs.



Roblox and Its Generative AI: How Game Creation, and the Metaverse, May Be Changing - CNET

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The world's biggest metaverse may, arguably, be Roblox. The platform my kids play almost daily is a continuous playground of increasingly evolving experiences with a vast marketplace. It's also going to become a space where generative AI emerges. Roblox released two new AI tools in the past week, but both are only showing up in the creator-focused Roblox Studio: a coding tool that lets anyone use conversational AI to generate code on the fly; and a way to create material designs just by describing what you want. I watched demos of the new Roblox tools in action, and they're very much in line with what generative AI tools like Midjourney, Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT can already do, as Microsoft and Google have expanded these tools elsewhere.


Think first: why responsibility needs to be at the forefront when deploying AI - Raconteur

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The AI era is upon us, with what seems like new advances every week, pushing the technology to new heights. Between Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and a raft of other companies, new developments that can ease the way we live and work are accessible to people more than ever before. It's little wonder, then, that businesses are starting to consider how best to integrate AI into their processes to reap the benefits. But thinking before acting is vital in such a fast-moving space. The first-mover advantage that businesses seek out can quickly be negated by the regulatory risks of irresponsible use of AI. "Lots of companies talk about AI, but only a few of them can talk about responsible AI," says Vikash Khatri, senior vice-president for artificial intelligence at Afiniti, which provides AI that pairs customers and contact-centre agents based on how well they are likely to interact. "Yet, it's vital that responsibility be front of mind when considering any deployment of AI โ€“ the risks of not considering that are too great."


AI renders stunning images of celebs having Iftar

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Recent advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have taken the world by storm. Deepfakes, DALL-E 2, ChatGPT, and all of their sister concerns have prepared the path for several arguments about the ethics, prospects, and eventual future of AI. Now, by using mid-journey AI, a Facebook user named Razib Jahan Ferdous rendered some pictures of the top Hollywood celebrities having iftar. In a Facebook post, he shared twelve pictures with the caption, "After the Eid shopping, in an iftar invitation at Sultan's Dine." In the picture, we can see actors like Morgan Freeman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr, Christian Bale, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Dwayne Johnson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris Hemsworth, and Angelina Jolie having iftar like us in a very Islamic way.


AI Is Exposing Who Really Has Power in Silicon Valley

The Atlantic - Technology

Silicon Valley churns out new products all the time, but rarely does one receive the level of hype that has surrounded the release of GPT-4. The follow-up to ChatGPT can ace standardized tests, tell you why a meme is funny, and even help do your taxes. Since the San Francisco start-up OpenAI introduced the technology earlier this month, it has been branded as "remarkable but unsettling," and has led to grandiose statements about how "things will never be the same." But actually trying out these features for yourself--or at least the ones that have already been publicly released--does not come cheap. Unlike ChatGPT, which captivated the world because it was free, GPT-4 is currently only available to non-developers through a premium service that costs $20 a month.


Adobe launches Firefly generative AI creative engine at Summit

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Adobe held a full-court press event in Las Vegas at its annual Summit. In a hall the length of two football fields with five massive video screens ranging lengthwise across the space, the company's event featured a panoply of digital images, all created with its new generative artificial intelligence tool, Firefly (Figure A). At the event, Adobe executives, including CEO Shantanu Narayen, laid out the company's vision and range of ambitions for product innovations. As part of this initiative, Adobe is going all in on generative AI, introducing a raft of new products to a global audience of industry participants, analysts, customers and the press. Anil Chakravarthy, president, digital experience, at Adobe spoke about digital-first, end-to-end customer experience as now central to marketing communications, and that AI and machine learning will be key to Adobe products serving these enterprises.


Is Your Job Safe? This OpenAI Study Lists Professions That Could Be Replaced By ChatGPT

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Since the emergence of OpenAI's ChatGPT - an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, people are worried that the powerful technology may eliminate several jobs in the future. Recently, Sam Altman, the CEO of the company that created ChatGPT, also revealed that he was "a little bit scared" of his company's invention. Now, a new study by OpenAI, Open Research, and the University of Pennsylvania has revealed the jobs that are most at risk of being lost due to the technological revolution triggered by ChatGPT, Metro reported. The study is titled "GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models'' which basically identifies the potential exposure that each job has to large language models. According to the study, higher-paying jobs are more likely to be affected compared to lower-paying ones. Jobs that don't require formal educational credentials are safe from ChatGPT while professions that require proficiency in programming and writing are more susceptible to being automated. Jobs that are heavily reliant on scientific and critical thinking skills are less prone to automation. Meanwhile, people with professional degrees and higher incomes are more at risk of losing their jobs to AI. Sectors such as Finance, Education, Journalism, Engineering, and Graphic Design face a greater threat of being supplemented by AI. OpenAI recently launched GPT-4, the AI technology that exhibits human-level performance on some professional and academic tasks. According to the company blog, the latest chatbot is "more creative and collaborative than ever before" and would "solve difficult problems with greater accuracy" than its earlier versions. During an interview with ABC News, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke about ChatGPT and said, "It is going to eliminate a lot of current jobs, that's true.


Up to 80 PERCENT of US jobs could be impacted by ChatGPT-like AI in coming years, study warns

Daily Mail - Science & tech

ChatGPT-like AI systems will impact 80 percent of US jobs, with personal financial advisors and brokers, insurers and data processors at the top of the list. The warning comes from researchers at OpenAI and the University of Pennsylvania, who investigated whether the technology could complete tasks faster than humans. The team found that about 15 percent of all worker tasks could be completed significantly faster by AI and with the same level of quality. The warning comes from researchers at OpenAI and the University of Pennsylvania, who investigated whether the technology could complete tasks faster than humans. 'Exposure' means how much a job will be impacted by AI Fears of software eliminating human jobs have recently made waves across the globe following the launch of ChatGPT in November and its ability to perform eerily-human professional tasks such as writing emails and resumes.