GitHub’s AI-powered coding chatbot is now available for individuals Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft-owned GitHub is rolling out its AI-powered coding chatbot to more people. The company launched its Copilot Chat tool in public beta for business users in July, and on Wednesday, GitHub announced that it’s available in public beta for GitHub Copilot individual users in Visual Studio and Visual Stud…

How Google taught AI to doubt itself Image: GoogleThis is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. Sign up here. Today let’s talk about an advance in Bard, Google’s answer to ChatGPT, and how it addresses one of the most pressing problems with today’s chatbots: their tendency to make things up. From the day th…

Microsoft will lay out its AI vision for Windows and more at special event, leaked memo says Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft is gearing up to share its “vision for what’s ahead” with AI integration into Windows, Microsoft 365 services, Surface, and more at a special event on Thursday. The event will take place just days after former Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay publicly announced his resignation. In an internal…

Would you use AI to create and manage your Facebook campaigns? Hi folks! Are you also tired of spending time and money researching and testing the best way to do Facebook campaigns? Would you wish you had someone that keeps up with the changing platform trends for you and knows all the tips and tricks? I’m building a tool that uses AI to create and manage Facebook campaigns specifically for eCommerce, and …

Toyota is making AI-trained breakfast bots in a ‘kindergarten for robots’ Do you want some frittata? | Image: Toyota Research InstituteYeah, so Toyota Research Institute (TRI) used generative AI in a “kindergarten for robots” to teach robots how to make breakfast — or at least, the individual tasks needed to do so — and it didn’t take hundreds of hours of coding and errors and bug fixing. Instead, researchers accompli…

Biden plans to work with world leaders to ensure AI’s use as a tool of ‘opportunity’ Biden made the comments at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is building an expensive new AI GPU cluster for medical research Photo by Lane Turner / The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesMark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s foundation is funding the construction of a massive computing system for medical research. It’ll be made up of more than 1,000 GPUs. And these aren’t just any graphics card — they’re top-of-the-line H100 GPUs that are highly sought after for AI-focused s…

What to expect from Microsoft’s ‘special’ Surface and AI event Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is holding a “special event” in New York City later this week where it’s expected to debut three new Surface devices and AI-powered features for Windows, Office, Bing, Surface, and more. The event is taking place just days after Panos Panay, Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Surface, resigned in a surprise announce…

Google and the Department of Defense are building an AI-powered microscope to help doctors spot cancer The AI-powered tool is called an Augmented Reality Microscope, or ARM, and Google and the Department of Defense have been quietly working on it for years.

UK antitrust regulator lays out seven AI principles Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority set out specific principles to help guide AI regulations and companies that develop the technology. The CMA, which acts as the primary antitrust regulator for the UK, focused its attention on foundation models: AI systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta’s Llama 2, and o…

Translate your video content in any language with AI Hello, We’ve recenlty built an AI powered tool that can translate your videos in 7 languages (with many more to come). This could help you market your products to a global audience quickly and with minimal effort. To use it you’ll need to: Upload your video Edit your transcribed video Choose the languages to translate in Download your dubbed vi…

We tried to make a hit song with only AI tools — and it got messy Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeWith only a couple of minutes and access to YouTube, you can now make SpongeBob SquarePants sing your favorite Taylor Swift song. Or make Taylor Swift sing your favorite Drake song. Or make Drake sing your song. AI covers and AI-generated originals are suddenly everywhere on the internet, to the point wher…

Apple’s new AirPods won’t have to be taken out of your ears as often, thanks to sophisticated AI A slew of software features launching with the new AirPods enable users to leave their earbuds in all day while navigating cities or talking to co-workers.

Validate my app idea: AI Social Media Manager I want to make a mobile application for social media users such as Linkedin and Twitter. In short, I can call it artificial intelligence social media manager. Flow: Link your social media accounts to the app. Tell the artificial intelligence a topic for content production. Let artificial intelligence produce content for the next month and automa…

What Crypto Can Learn From AI About Getting Its Way in Washington The crypto industry has yet to turn the popularity of its assets into a ramrod that can move policymakers.

Pluto In Aquarius: AI Manipulating Humans To Accept Being Set Aside Most are catching on to how influential the media is. It leads us to where to we’re headed. I was wiped out the other night, so I clicked something mindless and unchallenging on TV.  The program was, Secret Chef.  It’s … Read More…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Remarks To Senators Promotes American AI Dominance via @sejournal, @martinibuster Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks to Senate promotes a government-corporate alliance as a way to maintain American leadership in AI technology The post Mark Zuckerberg’s Remarks To Senators Promotes American AI Dominance appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Highlights From The AI Insight Forum Exploring AI Regulation via @sejournal, @kristileilani Learn about the AI Insight Forum, which brought CEOs from companies like Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to Capitol Hill to discuss AI regulation. The post Highlights From The AI Insight Forum Exploring AI Regulation appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is pouring millions of dollars into combating AI’s dark side Craig Newmark has just donated $3 million to fund a new artificial intelligence and education initiative from Common Sense Media, as he fears future of AI

Spotify AI DJ Thoughts I just saw on my laptop today that Spotify has an “AI” DJ now. I tried it out and the new music recommendations were absolutely terrible. Has anybody else had better luck with this? submitted by /u/archsprite