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Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far
In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips.
Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up
The airline tried to argue that it shouldn’t be liable for anything its chatbot says.
Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade
Just two months after Alphabet made its Gemini AI model public, it’s rolling out a new version that can handle several times as much audio, video, and text input as GPT-4.
Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot
Self-righteous chatbot Goody-2 was built to take AI guardrails to an illogical extreme. The artists behind the project say there’s a serious point behind the gag.
AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
The CEO of GitHub says half of all code produced by users of the Copilot programming helper is now AI-generated—but that there’s no sign the technology will replace human coders.
Gemini Advanced Is a Central Part of Google’s Subscription Future
Google is still mostly supported by ads, but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company’s burgeoning services business.
Amazon’s Cloud Boss Likens Generative AI Hype to the Dotcom Bubble
Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon’s dominant cloud platform AWS, says generative AI is valuable but that the excitement around some AI companies is similar to when dotcom darlings were “dramatically overhyped.”
LinkedIn’s New AI Chatbot Wants to Help You Find Your Next Job
A chatbot interface on LinkedIn tries to speed up job searches by offering advice such as an assessment of how well a job opening matches a person’s skills.
Meta Will Crack Down on AI-Generated Fakes—but Leave Plenty Undetected
Some AI-generated images posted to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will in future be labeled as artificial. But only if they are made using tools from companies willing to work with Meta.