Day: December 13, 2023

The US has a new plan for wielding AI to fight climate change

AI is being utilized to fight climate change through various applications such as developing new materials for batteries and solar cells, managing the electric grid, studying climate patterns, and monitoring emissions. The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to support AI startups and provide access to efficient supercomputers to boost AI opportunities and mitigate risks, including […]

December 13, 2023

A.I. Can Identify Wine 100% of the Time

Researchers in Switzerland have trained an artificial intelligence program to identify Bordeaux wines from specific estates and vintages with 100% certainty using machine learning to analyze the chemical composition of the wines. The study’s findings offer solid scientific proof that terroir exists and demonstrate that well-made wines reflect their unique environment. While raising concerns among […]

December 13, 2023

Cheating Fears Over Chatbots Were Overblown, New Research Suggests

December 13, 2023

Hyperplane wants to bring AI to banks

Hyperplane, a San Francisco-based startup, has secured a $6 million funding round led by Lachy Groom, a former Stripe executive, and other prominent investors. The company focuses on helping banks utilize their first-party data to create personalized customer experiences by predicting user behavior. They aim to expand beyond the banking industry, although currently, they are […]

December 13, 2023

OpenAI inks deal with Axel Springer on licensing news for model training

OpenAI has announced a partnership with Axel Springer, a Berlin-based media owner, to train its generative AI models on the publisher’s content and use articles from Axel Springer’s publications in its ChatGPT chatbot. In return, Axel Springer will receive payments from OpenAI. This partnership aims to provide ChatGPT users with summaries of “selected” articles […]

December 13, 2023

Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features

Dropbox has introduced an AI-powered search feature called Dash, which allows AI models to perform universal searches across platforms. As part of this feature, user files are sent to OpenAI for analysis using an AI language model similar to ChatGPT. Despite assurances from Dropbox that user data shared with third-party AI partners isn’t used to […]