Author: The Horizon

InvGate’s AI Hub automatically generates knowledge articles from IT incidents

InvGate, a Buenos Aires-based company, has introduced their latest innovation, the AI Hub, which leverages advanced language models to automate the creation of knowledge base articles. This tool streamlines the process of generating instructional content by transforming incident response conversations into informative entries. Users can choose specific interactions to convert, resulting in both traditional written […]

AI2 Incubator scores $200M in compute to feed needy AI startups

AI2 Incubator, a spin-off from the renowned Allen Institute for AI, has recently secured a substantial $200 million in computing resources. This windfall is intended to support startups participating in its program and help accelerate their early development. The managing director, Jacob Colker, highlighted the critical need for compute resources among AI practitioners in the […]

Some teachers are now using ChatGPT to grade papers

In a significant shift towards the approved use of AI in schools, educators in grades 3–12 are now implementing a ChatGPT-powered grading tool named Writable, recently acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, as per Axios. This tool aims to streamline the grading process, potentially offering time-saving benefits for teachers. By enabling teachers to submit student essays […]

EA CEO called generative AI a ‘billion dollar opportunity’ in gaming

EA CEO Andrew Wilson foresees generative AI revolutionizing the gaming industry in the next five years, enabling deeper and more immersive experiences for players. Speaking at a conference, Wilson highlighted the technology’s potential to streamline content creation, leading to significant audience expansion.   Wilson emphasized EA’s embrace of generative AI, countering fears of job displacement […]

Palantir Wins $175 Million Army Contract to Build AI Targeting System

The U.S. Army has selected Denver-based software developer Palantir to develop TITAN, the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node, as announced by the company. The $175 million contract will facilitate the creation of advanced battlefield technology with artificial intelligence capabilities over the next two years.   Founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Palantir draws inspiration from […]

AOC Announces Bill That Would Let Women Sue People Who Make Deepfake Porn of Them

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced the DEFIANCE Act of 2024, aiming to empower victims of deepfaked porn to sue creators, according to Rolling Stone. This bill, if passed, would amend the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, providing legal recourse for individuals targeted by nonconsensual deepfakes, a phenomenon predominantly affecting women and girls. Ocasio-Cortez emphasizes the […]

Cognizant launches state-of-the-art San Francisco lab to boost enterprise AI adoption

Cognizant, a renowned provider of IT, consulting, and business services, has unveiled an AI lab in San Francisco to accelerate the commercialization of artificial intelligence technologies. Fueled by the surging demand for AI solutions and corporate leaders’ discontent with progress in this realm, the lab aims to pioneer cutting-edge AI IP and solutions.   Led […]

Microsoft’s neural voice tool for people with speech disabilities arrives later this year

Microsoft is showcasing advancements in its range of assistive products at its 14th Ability summit, highlighting developments in Azure AI. Recently announced features include AI-powered audio descriptions and the Azure AI studio to aid developers with disabilities in creating machine-learning applications. Updates to the Seeing AI tool offer new languages and richer AI-generated descriptions. The […]

Sam Altman reinstated to OpenAI board

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has returned to the company’s board of directors after an investigation cleared him of any wrongdoing. This move follows Altman’s firing three months ago, which caused turmoil at the artificial intelligence firm known for ChatGPT. Three new board members have been added – Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo – […]

Florida teens arrested for creating “deepfake” AI nude images of classmates

Two Florida middle school students, ages 13 and 14, were arrested and charged with third-degree felonies for creating deepfake nudes of their classmates using an artificial intelligence application. This incident marks the first criminal charges in the U.S. related to AI-generated explicit images. The boys were arrested under a Florida law that criminalizes sharing deepfake […]

Snowflake partners with Mistral AI, taking its open LLMs to the data cloud

Snowflake has entered into a multi-year partnership with Mistral, a Paris-based AI startup that recently secured Europe’s largest seed round. This collaboration will integrate Mistral’s large language models (LLMs) into Snowflake’s data cloud, allowing customers to access these models for building LLM applications. Snowflake has also invested in Mistral through its corporate venture capital arm. […]

Salesforce aims to blaze new generative AI trail for developers with Einstein 1 Studio

Salesforce introduces Einstein 1 Studio, an advanced AI toolset geared towards customizing the Einstein Copilot gen AI assistant. This release coincides with the TrailblazerDX developer conference, showcasing tools for tailored user experiences. The three core components of Einstein 1 Studio—Copilot Builder, Prompt Builder, and Model Builder—empower developers to create custom AI actions, prompts, and models […]

Accenture partners with Cohere to bring generative AI to enterprises

Accenture, a renowned global consulting firm, has unveiled a strategic partnership with Cohere, a leading enterprise AI startup. Together, they aim to revolutionize businesses worldwide by offering tailored generative AI solutions that enhance productivity and efficiency. Cohere’s cutting-edge technology, including the Command large language model and advanced enterprise search tools Embed and Rerank, will be […]

Anthropic’s Claude 3 knew when researchers were testing it

Anthropic, a San Francisco startup founded by ex-OpenAI engineers and spearheaded by siblings Daniela and Dario Amodei, has introduced a new family of large language models (LLMs), labeled Claude 3. This development, boasting superiority over OpenAI’s GPT-4 on numerous key benchmarks, marks a significant milestone in AI advancement. Notably, Amazon swiftly integrated Claude 3 Sonnet, […]

Microsoft’s new Orca-Math AI outperforms models 10x larger

Microsoft Research has unveiled Orca-Math, a groundbreaking variant of Mistral’s Mistral 7B model focused on excelling in math word problems. Arindam Mitra, a senior researcher at Microsoft, shared that Orca-Math outperforms most 7-70 billion parameter-sized AI models at the GSM8K benchmark, designed by OpenAI for middle-school-level math.   The impressive aspect of Orca-Math is its […]

Chinese researchers aim to replicate Open AI’s Sora text-to-video capabilities

Chinese researchers from Peking University and AI company Rabbitpre have launched the Open-Sora project aiming to replicate OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora, in a more accessible and scalable way with community involvement. The project has made notable progress by developing a three-part framework and showcasing four video demonstrations of varying resolutions and durations. Future goals include […]

The Public Is Rapidly Turning Against AI, Polling Shows

A recent poll by consulting firm Edelman, surveying 32,000 global respondents, reveals a decline in public trust towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) less than 18 months into the so-called “AI revolution.” Despite claims from Silicon Valley about AI trustworthiness, various polls, including Edelman’s, hint at a lack of consensus regarding AI’s beneficial impact, leading to a […]

Waymo launches driverless rides for employees in Austin

Waymo is pushing the boundaries of autonomous vehicle technology by initiating driverless operations in Austin, Texas. Beginning tomorrow, the company will introduce self-driving vehicles without safety operators in a designated 43-square-mile area encompassing various neighborhoods and downtown Austin. This milestone marks a significant progression towards opening the program to the general public. Waymo’s foray into […]

Ema, a ‘Universal AI employee,’ emerges from stealth with $25M

Ema, a San Francisco-based startup, has recently emerged from stealth mode with an AI product aiming to revolutionize how businesses operate. The company’s CEO and co-founder, Surojit Chatterjee, envisions creating a universal AI employee to automate mundane tasks and free up employees for more strategic work.   With impressive backing from investors and customers, Ema […]