Amazon Announces Rufus

I'm going to ask Alexa, to ask Siri, to ask Jarvis, to ask Watson, to ask Claude, to ask Jasper, to ask Einstein, to ask ChatGPT if Rufus is a good name for a new generative AI-powered shopping assistant. Our friends at Amazon think it is. Continue Reading →

We Can’t Fix Political Deepfakes

ElevenLabs, an AI startup specializing in voice replication technology, has banned a user account responsible for creating an audio deepfake of President Biden. The deepfake featured a message urging people not to vote in the New Hampshire primary. Continue Reading →

Google’s New AI For Education Features

Just in time for my upcoming lecture at the Newhouse School – Generative AI Co-teachers and Co-students: A New Relationship – Google has introduced several new features for its Classroom aimed at enhancing classroom management, accessibility, and the integration of AI in educational tools. Continue Reading →

DeadPersonGPT

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, "Eternal You" is a documentary that explores the emerging (and slightly unsettling) business of "thanabots" (thanatology meets robotics), where AI models are trained to resurrect those who've shuffled off this mortal coil. Continue Reading →

Meta’s Approach to AGI

In an interview with Alex Heath for The Verge, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his company's ambitious goal to develop AGI and its strategic reorganization to integrate AI research and product development. Continue Reading →

A Seal of Approval for “Good” AI

Is your preferred AI application built on ethically sourced data? Fairly Trained, a new non-profit organization, is going to do its best to figure out the answer, then certify AI models that legally license protected data for training their AI models. Continue Reading →