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Senators are pushing to introduce a bill as early as June that would set rules governing the use of artificial intelligence in the music and movie industries, an effort that coincides with new AI tensions roiling Hollywood.

The NO FAKES Act — which stands for Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe — is a bipartisan proposal that would stop individuals or companies from using AI to produce an unauthorized digital replica of their likeness or their voice.

Washington pushes for new AI rules protecting artists as Hollywood backlash mounts Senators are pushing to introduce a bill as early as June that would set rules governing the use of AI in the music and movie industries, an effort that coincides with new AI tensions roiling Hollywood.

The Biden administration has made clear its stance on deepfakes: Technology companies must play a critical role in stopping such imagery, which is generated by artificial intelligence.

On Thursday, the White House published a list of steps tech companies should take to curb image-based sexual abuse, a form of digital violence typically inflicted on girls, women, and le***an, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

White House calls on tech companies to help stop deepfakes The White House laid out strategies for stopping image-based sexual abuse.

Meta and Google are offering Hollywood studios millions of dollars with the hope of striking licensing deals that could improve their models for AI-generated video, according to a new report in Bloomberg. The companies have reportedly offered “tens of millions of dollars,” though it’s unclear what will come from the talks.

Meta and Google want to make AI deals with Hollywood studios Meta and Google are offering Hollywood studios millions of dollars with the hope of striking licensing deals that could improve their models for AI-generated video, according to a new report.

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“AI is not going to replace you. You’re going to be replaced by someone who uses AI to outperform you,”

AI may not replace you, but someone who uses it can — here's the No. 1 skill you need to stay relevant In this era of artificial intelligence, it has become increasingly important to learn how to use AI. Here's the one skill you must have to stay relevant.

OpenAI is launching GPT-4o, an iteration of the GPT-4 model that powers its hallmark product, ChatGPT. The updated model “is much faster” and improves “capabilities across text, vision, and audio,” OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said in a livestream announcement on Monday. It’ll be free for all users, and paid users will continue to “have up to five times the capacity limits” of free users, Murati added.

OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users The new model is “much faster” than GPT-4.

“I think it’s all part of this bigger context of Google cracking down on workers having a voice,” said the former employee, who worked at Google for almost three years and was part of the Alphabet Workers Union leadership. (The Alphabet Workers Union is a non-contract union, meaning it hasn’t been recognized by the NLRB.)

Google initially put nine employees on administrative leave for occupying its offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, in protest of Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Those workers were also arrested. The company then fired 28 employees in connection with the protests. In an internal memo to staff, Chris Rackow, Google’s head of global security, said the company would take further action if needed.

Google worker fired over protest says he wasn’t even protesting Google has fired over 50 employees in connection with the protests.

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit posted the strongest sales growth in a year, a sign that the retailer’s most profitable unit is recovering from a slump as businesses resume spending on technology projects, including artificial intelligence services.

Amazon Reports Strong Cloud Unit Sales on Rising AI Demand

Who should decide what can and cannot be shared on social platforms? Mark Zuckerberg? Elon Musk? The users themselves?

Well, according to a new study conducted by Pew Research, a slim majority of Americans believe that social platforms should be regulated by the government.

Report Finds Most Americans Favor Government Regulation of Social Media Would more government regulation improve social media?

The US government has issued millions of dollars in fines to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon after an investigation found the nation’s top wireless carriers had illegally shared customers’ personal data without their consent.

FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent | CNN Business

xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source close to the deal. The deal – which would give investors one quarter of the company – is expected to close in the next few weeks unless the terms of the deal change.

EXCLUSIVE: xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted

The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses just gained some significant upgrades. In a push from Meta to make its photo-taking smart glasses even smarter, camera-enabled AI features are rolling out in beta to all users. New video calling functionality and a fresh frame shape are other Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses updates Mark Zuckerburg highlighted in a video shared to Instagram.

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just got a ton of upgrades, including new AI features and video calling Other AI hardware companies might want to take note

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Google announced a suite of new and updated generative-AI and large language models (LLM) tools to expand its reach into the red hot algorithmic medicine arena.

Google is doubling down on generative AI healthcare, with a batch of new tools From medical imaging to personalized health coaching, Google is testing new AI tools with patients and in hospitals.

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Artificial intelligence “is clearly the most significant event in this part of the galaxy,” he says. “What is the equivalent response for humans to have to AI?” Given the looming AI revolution, Johnson argues that outsourcing the management of the body to an algorithm is the ultimate form of human-AI “alignment.” If everything from marketing to legal research to retail will soon be optimized by algorithms, why shouldn’t algorithms run our bodies as well? Johnson argues that automating the physical body is a form of evolutionary adaptation to what he believes is an inevitable, AI-dominated future.

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A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House as lawmakers voice concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate Americans.

The measure gained the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and could soon come up for a full vote in the House. The bill advanced out of committee Thursday in a unanimous bipartisan vote — 50-0.

Bill that could make TikTok unavailable in the US advances quickly in the House A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House.

Humans are soon going to build entities which are much, much smarter than us humans... brilliant?

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---------------------------------------.. "However, Goertzel noted AI research is entering a period of exponential growth, and the evidence suggests that artificial general intelligence (AGI) — where AI becomes just as capable as humans across several areas independent of the original training data — is within reach. This hypothetical point in AI development is known as the "singularity."

Goertzel suggested 2029 or 2030 could be the likeliest years when humanity will build the first AGI agent, but that it could happen as early as 2027.

If such an agent is designed to have access to and rewrite its own code, it could then very quickly evolve into an artificial super intelligence (ASI) — which Goertzel loosely defined as an AI that has the cognitive and computing power of all of human civilization combined.

"No one has created human-level artificial general intelligence yet; nobody has a solid knowledge of when we're going to get there. I mean, there are known unknowns and probably unknown unknowns. On the other hand, to me it seems quite plausible we could get to human-level AGI within, let's say, the next three to eight years," Goertzel said."

AI singularity may come in 2027 with artificial 'super intelligence' sooner than we think, says top scientist We could build an AI that demonstrates generalized, human-level intelligence within three to eight years — which may open the door to a "super intelligence" in a very short space of time.

AI doesn't discriminate - blue-collar, white-collar... whatever... if it saves money and enhances efficiency in Society (people's lives, corporations, government...) it will happen as it benefits many stakeholders. But what is the end-result as it plays out... only people that are economically productive will be the smartest and most hardworking (in smart ways) humans and those with the Capital to deploy AI/Robots...
the rest, who are average folks, who cannot contribute to economic productivity in some manner, become irrelevant?
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Decades after automation began taking and transforming manufacturing jobs, artificial intelligence is coming for the higher-ups in the corporate office.

The list of white-collar layoffs is growing almost daily and includes jobs cuts at Google, Duolingo and UPS in recent weeks. While the total number of jobs directly lost to generative AI remains low, some of these companies and others have linked cuts to new productivity-boosting technologies such as machine learning and other AI applications.

Generative AI could soon upend a much bigger share of white-collar jobs, including middle and high-level managers, according to company consultants and executives. Unlike previous waves of automation technology, generative AI doesn’t just speed up routine tasks or make predictions by recognizing data patterns. It has the power to create content and synthesize ideas—in essence, the kind of knowledge work millions of people now do behind computers.

That includes managerial roles, many of which might never come back, the corporate executives and consultants say. They predict the fast-evolving technology will revamp or replace work now done up and down the corporate ladder in industries ranging from technology to chemicals.

“This wave [of technology] is a potential replacement or an enhancement for lots of critical-thinking, white-collar jobs,” said Andy Challenger, senior vice president of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

AI-related job cuts climb
Since last May, companies have attributed more than 4,600 job cuts to AI, particularly in media and tech, according to Challenger’s count. The firm estimates the full tally of AI-related job cuts is likely higher, since many companies haven’t explicitly linked cuts to AI adoption in layoff announcements.

Meanwhile, the number of professionals who now use generative AI in their daily work lives has surged. A majority of more than 15,000 workers in fields ranging from financial services to marketing analytics and professional services said they were using the technology at least once a week in late 2023, a sharp jump from May, according to Oliver Wyman Forum, the research arm of management-consulting group Oliver Wyman, which conducted the survey.

Some of the job cuts taking place already are a direct result of the changes coming from AI. Other companies are cutting jobs to spend more money on the promise of AI and under pressure to operate more efficiently.

AI Is Starting to Threaten White-Collar Jobs. Few Industries Are Immune. Jobs up and down the corporate food chain have been cut in the most recent cascade of layoffs. Leaders say the fast-evolving technology means many may never return.

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A patient implanted with Neuralink’s brain technology can now control a computer mouse just by thinking, the company’s founder Elon Musk said.

″[The] patient seems to have made a full recovery with no ill effects that we are aware of and is able to control the mouse, move the mouse around the screen just by thinking,” Musk said in a Spaces session on social media platform X.

Elon Musk says first Neuralink patient can control a computer mouse through thinking A patient implanted with Neuralink's brain technology can now control a computer mouse just by thinking, the company's founder Elon Musk said.

OpenAI's Thursday unveiling of Sora, which turns verbal commands into remarkably life-like movie clips, sent shockwaves through both the tech and media worlds.

Why it matters: Other firms have their own text-to-video tools, but OpenAI has upped the wow factor.

Everyone knew this was coming — but not this soon.
What's happening: AI as a tool for the ex*****on of human intentions seemed to take another leap with Sora's ability to take a couple of sentences from a user and crank out a convincing video up to a minute long.

It's not just that the images look real — it's that they feel like movies, the way ChatGPT's conversations sometimes feel like human speech.
Sora has what Wired's Steven Levy called "an emergent grasp of cinematic grammar."

Sora's movie-making magic, directed by AI It's not that these short AI-generated videos look real — it's that they look like movies.

OpenAI has already shaken up the tech industry and forced companies like Google to embrace a new generation of AI features. Now, it sounds like the ChatGPT creator might directly challenge Google with a search engine. This would nevertheless be OpenAI’s most direct challenge yet against Google if confirmed. Web search is Google’s bread and butter, and search advertising has been the company’s cash cow for years now.

The biggest question, though, is whether an OpenAI search product can deliver a superior product to Google and even topple Google in the first place.

OpenAI could be developing a search engine to rival Google OpenAI is reportedly working on a search engine product. This would be the most direct threat to Google from the ChatGPT creator.

OpenAI is reportedly developing “agent software,” that will effectively take over your device and complete complex tasks on your behalf, according to The Information. OpenAI’s agent would work between multiple apps on your computer, performing clicks, cursor movements, and text typing. It’s really a new type of operating system, and it could change the way you interact with your computer altogether.

It’s all part of Sam Altman’s vision to make ChatGPT into a “supersmart personal assistant” —like Siri, but better.

OpenAI's next move could be controlling your computer Sam Altman sees a future where ChatGPT uses your computer for you

Mark Kashef had long considered finance the most stable, lucrative field you could work in — until the release of ChatGPT.

On Nov. 30, 2022, the public gained access to OpenAI’s chatbot, which could create human-like responses to simple prompts from users. Some people dismissed the chatbot as a fad, but Kashef, then 27, looked at the technology and saw only dollar signs.

The Ottawa native had recently left a career in finance to work in data science. He was happy in his new role as an engineer at Amazon but felt like he had hit a lull at work and craved a new challenge.

As AI creates more 6-figure, remote work opportunities, 'the upside is high, but so are the risks,' experts say AI could be creating more work opportunities than it takes. The technology’s sudden boom has also sparked a wave of investment in hiring across industries.

Lonely on Valentine’s Day? AI can help. At least, that’s what a number of companies hawking “romantic” chatbots will tell you. But as your robot love story unfolds, there’s a tradeoff you may not realize you’re making. According to a new study from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project, AI girlfriends and boyfriends harvest shockingly personal information, and almost all of them sell or share the data they collect.

Those AI girlfriend chatbots are really all about data harvesting The chatbots actively encourage users to share details that are far more personal than in a typical app

"What a bunch of malarkey." That's what thousands of New Hampshire voters heard last month when they received a robocall purporting to be from President Biden. The voice on the other end sounded like the president, and the catchphrase was his. But the message that Democrats shouldn't vote in the upcoming primary election didn't make sense.

"Your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday," the voice said.

New Hampshire is investigating a robocall that was made to sound like Biden

New Hampshire is investigating a robocall that was made to sound like Biden
It quickly emerged that the voice wasn't Biden at all. It was the product of artificial intelligence.

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up As AI-generated deepfakes are being used to spread false information in elections in the U.S. and around the world, policymakers, tech platforms and governments are trying to catch up.

In this new episode Steven sits down with philosopher, neuroscientist, podcast host and author Sam Harris.

00:00 Intro
02:02 6 years later, where do you stand on AI?
16:36 Is this not the most pressing problem?
33:16 Why I deleted twitter
45:43 Narrow AI
58:26 The meaning of AGI
01:02:00 In the age of AI how do we create purpose?
01:10:06 Who will AI replace?
01:14:41 Should we be doing universal basic income?
01:21:40 Would you stop AI if you could?
01:27:31 How do we change our minds to be happier?
01:34:28 Why not lying & telling the truth will make you happier
01:41:28 The last guests question

WARNING: ChatGPT Could Be The Start Of The End! Sam Harris In this new episode Steven sits down with philosopher, neuroscientist, podcast host and author Sam Harris.00:00 Intro02:02 6 years later, where do you stand ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how we work, and the field of software development is no exception. Code writing is one of the areas that is seeing the most productivity boosts from using AI. AI code assistants are a new breed of AI tools that help developers write code faster and more safely. This article covers the best AI coding assistants and will help you choose the right one for your needs. Let’s dive in.

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"A few minutes ago, I opened the new Arc Search app and typed, “What happened in the Chiefs game?” That game, the AFC Championship, had just wrapped up. Normally, I’d Google it, click on a few links, and read about the game that way. But in Arc Search, I typed the query and tapped the “Browse for me” button instead... Arc Search, the new iOS app from The Browser Company, which has been working on a browser called Arc for the last few years, went to work. It scoured the web — reading six pages, it told me, from Twitter to The Guardian to USA Today — and returned a bunch of information a few seconds later.

Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different This might be the most interesting AI search tool yet.