Image Credits:OperaOpera, the Norway-based browser company, announced that its AI assistant, Aria, is now available to Opera Mini users on Android. This update aims to provide enhanced AI features for users with low-end devices and limited data access.Aria AI can assist users in accessing the latest news, exploring various topics, and generating images. Opera...
Image Credits:Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto / Getty ImagesFollowing criticism of its AI tools—particularly for weak notification summaries—Apple on Monday outlined efforts to enhance its AI models by privately analyzing user data, supplemented with synthetic data.Apple to Boost AI Performance with Differential Privacy, Using Synthetic Data While Safeguarding User PrivacyApple explained that it will use a technique...
Image Credits: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty ImagesA group of copyright law professors has submitted an amicus brief supporting the authors suing Meta for allegedly using their e-books without permission to train its Llama AI models.Filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division), the brief criticizes...
Image Credits:Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for YoutubeOn Wednesday, YouTube announced the expansion of its pilot program aimed at identifying and managing AI-generated content that mimics the likeness, including faces, of creators, artists, and other prominent figures.The company also expressed its support for the NO FAKES ACT, legislation targeting AI-generated replicas that simulate...
Image Credits:NanoStockk / Getty ImagesA study that gained widespread attention a few months ago suggested that as AI becomes more advanced, it might develop its own “value systems” — potentially even prioritizing itself over humans. However, a newer MIT paper challenges that idea, concluding that AI doesn’t actually possess any consistent or meaningful values.According...
Image Credits:Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP / Getty ImagesThe Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees Wikipedia and several other crowdsourced knowledge projects, reported on Wednesday that multimedia download bandwidth from Wikimedia Commons has risen by 50% since January 2024.According to a blog post published Tuesday, this surge isn’t driven by human...
Image Credits:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty ImagesOpenAI has faced multiple accusations of using copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models. A new paper from the AI Disclosures Project, an organization focused on AI transparency, makes a serious claim that OpenAI has increasingly relied on non-public, unlicensed books to train its advanced AI models.AI...
Image Credits:Malorny / Getty ImagesOpenAI’s ChatGPT may be the world's most popular chatbot app, but competitors are gaining traction, according to analytics firms Similarweb and Sensor Tower.Similarweb, which tracks web traffic to chatbot platforms, has observed steady growth among rivals like Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Copilot. In March, Gemini’s daily web visits averaged...
Image Credits:Mike Coppola / Getty ImagesOpenAI announced it plans to release its first "open" language model since GPT-2 in the coming months. This information comes from a feedback form published on the company’s website on Monday.OpenAI is inviting "developers, researchers, and members of the broader community" to fill out the form, which includes...
Credit: PixabayOpenAI's latest image generator, powered by the GPT-4o model, is now accessible to all users, CEO Sam Altman announced on X. Previously, the feature was limited to ChatGPT's paid subscribers.The exact number of images free-tier users can generate remains unclear, but last week, Altman indicated a limit of three per day.OpenAI’s Image Tool...
