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Apr 29 2024
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NIST launches a new platform to assess generative AI
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops and tests tech for the U.S. government, corporations and the broader public, today announced the launch of NIST GenAI, a new program spearheaded by NIST to assess generative AI technologies, including text- and image-generating AI. A platform designed to evaluate various forms of
TechCrunchApr 24 2024
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Salt Lake emerges as AI job hotspot
Data: UMD-LinkUp AIMaps; Note: "AI job" defined as a job requiring technical skills to build and/or use AI models; A bigger circle indicates more new jobs per capita; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios The Salt Lake City metro area saw an influx of AI-related job postings in the first quarter of 2024, outpacing the national average as demand for the technology grows, according to a new analysis. Why it
AxiosMay 16 2024
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Sony Music warns tech companies over 'unauthorized' use of its content to train AI
Sony Music Group has sent letters to more than 700 tech companies and music streaming services to warn them not to use its music to train AI without explicit permission. The letter, which was obtained by TechCrunch, says Sony Music has “reason to believe” that the recipients of the letter have “may already have made unauthorized uses” of its content. Sony Music said that while it recognizes
TechCrunchMay 16 2024
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Glenn Beck: It may be five years before 'true slavery' as AI gets alarmingly smarter
The future is here — and not in a good way. Stu witnessed it on a recent trip to Los Angeles, recalling autonomous robots making deliveries all over the city. “There are robots, robot vehicles that look like you could have put them in a 'Star Wars,'” he explains. “They’re just driving around the city by themselves crossing traffic.” While that’s bad enough, there has also been a major
The BlazeMay 16 2024
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Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa, experts on democracy and AI to lead GlobalFact as keynote speakers
Journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will be a featured keynote speaker at GlobalFact 11, the world’s largest fact-checking summit, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute. She’ll be joined by experts in journalism, democracy, artificial intelligence and debunking online misinformation. Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2021 in
PoynterApr 23 2024
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States Scramble to Block AI Election Meddling
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver was at a conference on election security last year when she had what she describes as an "oh crap, this is happening" moment. The potential for AI-generated disinformation and deepfakes to disrupt this year’s national elections was the "hottest topic among election administrators" at the event, Toulouse Oliver says, with one terrifying
Time MagazineMay 03 2024
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Tesla Stock’s Towering AI Valuation Is Detached From Reality
Elon Musk wants people to invest in Tesla Inc. only if they trust it can make self-driving cars. Trouble is, the stock already trades at levels that assume the company has cracked that code, and then some. The electric vehicle maker’s shares are considerably more expensive than those of Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. — two mega-cap companies widely seen as AI pioneers. Yet, while earnings
BloombergMay 06 2024
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Runway’s AI Film Festival Showcases ‘Imperfect’ but Important Creative Evolution
The second annual AI Film Festival, held last week by generative AI company Runway, provided a glimpse at how artificial intelligence may impact the future of content creation. Screened in Los Angeles (with a second screening slated for May 9 in New York), the 10 honored shorts were each created with at least some use of AI. And while even the competition’s Grand Prix winner acknowledged that
VarietyApr 16 2024
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Orange County’s untapped AI potential
When Forbes released its AI top 50 list last April, only one Orange County company made the cut. That’s despite California laying claim to thirty-five of the top fifty AI companies worldwide. OC, however, has untapped AI potential. The vast majority of Forbes’ top AI companies are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. The only SoCal standouts are Costa-Mesa-based Anduril and San-Diego-
Orange County Register