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Can we rid artificial intelligence of bias?
Artificial intelligence built on mountains of potentially biased information has created a real risk of automating discrimination, but is there any way to re-educate the machines? The huge models on which ChatGPT is built "can't reason about what is biased or what isn't so they can't do anything about it," cautioned Jayden Ziegler, head of product at Alembic Technologies.
Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque exits startup ‘hollowed out’ by departures, mismanagement
Stability AI CEO Mostaque resigns, leaving a turbulent legacy. The startup grapples with leadership changes, financial strains, and operational hurdles. Uncertain future looms despite efforts to pivot and stabilize amidst fierce competition in the AI landscape.
Gemini's flawed AI racial images seen as warning of tech titans' power
For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out images of Black and Asian Nazi soldiers was seen as a warning about the power artificial intelligence can give tech titans. Folks interviewed at the popular South by Southwest arts and tech festival in Austin said the Gemini stumble highlights the inordinate power a handful of companies have over the artificial intelligence platforms that are poised to change the way people live and work.
Anthropic releases more powerful Claude 3 AI as tech race continues
According to the startup, the most capable in the family, Claude 3 Opus, outperforms rival models GPT-4 from OpenAI and Gemini 1.0 Ultra from Google on various benchmark exams.
'Unacceptable, we were wrong": Under-fire Google CEO Pichai reacts to Gemini AI fall-out
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed concerns over the company's AI model, Gemini, which faced backlash for displaying racial bias and problematic responses. Pichai admitted the responses were "unacceptable" and mentioned ongoing efforts to address the issues. The controversy has raised questions about the risks of biased AI in everyday applications. Elon Musk accused Google of running "racist, anti-civilizational programming" with its AI models. Gemini, formerly known as Bard, is Google's attempt to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity
Google's partial explanation for why its images put people of color in historical settings where they wouldn't normally be found came a day after it said it was temporarily stopping its Gemini chatbot from generating any images with people in them
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Gmail is here to stay: Google denies shutdown rumours, confirms continued service
Google has clarified that Gmail is not shutting down, debunking rumors circulated on social media. A screenshot claimed Gmail would be "sunsetted" on August 1, 2024, ending its email services. However, Google confirmed Gmail will continue as usual. The rumors followed backlash over Google's AI image tool, Gemini. Tech experts clarified that Gmail discontinued its HTML-only version in January 2024, but the standard @gmail service will continue normally.
Facial recognition: Coming soon to an airport near you
Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst for Atmosphere Research deemed this the year that could be the "tipping point" for widespread biometrics use in air travel. Time-consuming airport rituals like security screening, leaving your luggage at bag drop and even boarding a plane may soon only require your face, "helping to reduce waiting times and stress for travelers," he said.
Why are so many robots white?
Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn attention. However, these issues also arise in social robots, a subfield of robotics called socially assistive robotics. These robots, designed to interact with diverse groups of people, are already being utilized to help individuals with autism, special needs children, and stroke patients.
Popular AI image generator Stable Diffusion perpetuates racial and gendered stereotypes: Study
The generator tended to sexualise images of women from certain Latin American countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru) as well as those from Mexico, India and Egypt. The study will be presented at the 2023 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing in Singapore from December 6-10.
WhatsApp's AI-generated stickers spark outrage for depicting Palestinian children with guns; Meta says it'll 'continue to improve these features'
The incident has raised concerns about AI perpetuating bias, impacting public opinion negatively.
China's new artificial intelligence regulations begin to take effect
Rapid advancements in generative AI have stoked global alarm over the technology's potential for disinformation and misuse, with deepfake images showing people mouthing things they never said. Chinese companies have rushed to develop artificial intelligence services that can mimic human speech since the release of San Francisco-based OpenAI's ChatGPT, which is banned in the country.
Advertising big shots are now relying on AI to market to the masses
Generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can be used to produce content based on past data, has become a buzzword over the past year, capturing the public's imagination and sparking interest across many industries.
From Mad Men to machines? Big advertisers shift to AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can be used to produce content based on past data, has become a buzzword over the past year, capturing the public's imagination and sparking interest across many industries.
Don't expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models, security was an afterthought
Current AI models are simply too unwieldy, brittle and malleable, academic and corporate research shows. Security was an afterthought in their training as data scientists amassed breathtakingly complex collections of images and text. They are prone to racial and cultural biases, and easily manipulated.
ETtech Explainer: warnings aplenty against AI chatbot biases, ignore them at your own peril
The biases can have serious consequences. for individuals and communities, particularly those who have historically faced one or other type of discrimination. Biased algorithms, for instance, can lead to unfair lending practices, or unjust arrests and convictions.
Facebook apologises after AI puts ‘primates’ label on video of Black men
Facebook users who recently watched a video from a British tabloid featuring Black men saw an automated prompt from the social network that asked if they would like to “keep seeing videos about Primates”.
China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specifications
The technical standards, published by surveillance research group IPVM, specify how data captured by facial recognition cameras across China should be segmented by dozens of characteristics - from eyebrow size to skin color and ethnicity.
Google AI researcher's abrupt exit sparks ethics, bias concerns
The furor over Timnit Gebru's abrupt departure is the latest incident raising questions.
View: Peril of face recognition technology
For several years, activists have been crying hoarse about the abuse of these technologies. However, on March 11, the Indian government casually announced the full adoption of facial recognition technology enabled surveillance.
Internet's hidden warriors: Young Indians work to remove sexually & racially abusive content
From metropolises such as Delhi, Bengaluru to smaller cities such as Jaipur, thousands sit in front of computers looking at graphic content and help in removing it.
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