Alphabet Inc.'s Google, the pioneer of some of the technology that paved the way for a recent string of eye-catching developments in artificial intelligence, is now trying to play catch-up. In recent months, Google's competitors have publicly released AI-based programs that can generate images and text passages from simple prompts, capabilities that the tech giant has tested internally for years.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a US-based federal agency responsible for building technology standards, has released artificial intelligence risk management framework (AI RMF 1.0), which can be used by companies to build and use AI systems in an ethical and risk-free manner. Developed in collaboration with private and public sector organisations, AI RMF framework is voluntary, which means it's usage is not binding on any company. However, NIST director Laurie E. Locascio believes that it can help large and small organisations across sectors manage their AI related risks more effectively. The framework is part of NIST's larger goal of "cultivating trust" in AI technologies within all communities, added Locascio. "It should accelerate AI innovation and growth while advancing -- rather than restricting or damaging -- civil rights, civil liberties and equity for all," Don Graves, Deputy Commerce Secretary, said in a statement.

As the name suggests, they automatically encode and decode the data. The encoder encodes the source data into a compressed file and the decoder decodes it to the original format. Auto-encoders are present in artificial neural networks, which encode the data. If these autoencoders are trained properly, the encoder at each iteration would compare the data with the source data, and tries to match the perfect output.

By 2025, Gartner expects more than 30% of new drugs and materials to be systematically discovered using generative AI techniques.

Shutterstock, one of the internet's biggest sources of stock photos and illustrations, is now offering its customers the option to generate their own AI images. In October, the company announced a partnership with OpenAI, the creator of the wildly popular and controversial DALL-E AI tool. Now, the results of that deal are in beta testing and available to all paying Shutterstock users. The new platform is available in "every language the site offers," and comes included with customers' existing licensing packages, according to a press statement from the company. And, according to Gizmodo's own test, every text prompt you feed Shutterstock's machine results in four images, ostensibly tailored to your request.

BuzzFeed Inc. said it would rely on ChatGPT creator OpenAI to enhance its quizzes and personalize some content for its audiences, becoming the latest digital publisher to embrace artificial intelligence. In a memo to staff sent Thursday morning, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Chief Executive Jonah Peretti said he intends for AI to play a larger role in the company's editorial and business operations this year.

Azure AI is driving innovation and improving experiences for employees, users, and customers in a variety of ways, from increasing workday productivity to promoting inclusion and accessibility. The success of Azure AI--featuring Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure OpenAI Service--is built on a foundation of Microsoft Research, a wide range of Azure products that have been tested at scale within Microsoft apps, and Azure customers who use these services for the benefit of their end users. As 2023 begins, we are excited to highlight 10 use cases where Azure AI is utilized within Microsoft and beyond. Speech transcription and captioning in Microsoft Teams is powered by Azure Cognitive Services for Speech. Microsoft achieved human parity in conversational speech recognition when it reached an error rate of 5.9 percent.

When ChatGPT debuted, it literally stopped the internet. Developed by OpenAI, GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a machine learning model that uses a transformer neural network to generate natural language text. According to OpenAI, ChatGPT has had more than 1 million users since its debut within a few days of its launch on November 30, 2022. Fifteen days later, more than two million users were already testing OpenAI's service. People everywhere were sharing their results on Twitter, LinkedIn and other channels.

Some exercise nuts think they've found a way to do that: by using the AI chatbot ChatGPT as a sort of proxy personal trainer. Created by OpenAI, it can be coaxed to churn out everything from love poems to legal documents. Now these athletes are using it to make all the relentless running more fun. Some entrepreneurs are even packaging up ChatGPT fitness plans and selling them. ChatGPT answers questions in seconds, saving the need to sift through tons of information.

If you find a photo in an article, it probably came from Shutterstock, the largest source of online stock images. Recently, it opened access to AI-generated pictures. The new feature came after the company partnered with OpenAI, the creator of the popular AI image creator DALL-E. It is available to all users with paid Shutterstock subscriptions in "every language the site offers." Also, they do not have to worry about potential intellectual property issues.