This podcast discusses the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and its diverse applications across various industries. It explores the potential benefits of AI in fields like finance, cybersecurity, and biodiversity conservation, while also highlighting the emerging concerns surrounding its potential misuse, such as the spread of misinformation and the possibility of catastrophic outcomes. Also covered are specific developments like the launch of AI-powered search tools and the rise of agentic AI, alongside discussions on the importance of data quality for successful AI implementation and the ongoing debate regarding necessary regulations to mitigate potential risks.
I. Combating Disinformation and Hallucinations:
TechCrunch: What Can We Do About the Spread of AI-Generated Disinformation? This article delves into the growing concern of AI’s role in spreading misinformation and explores potential solutions to combat this challenge.
MarkTechPost: Wack: Advancing Hallucination Detection by Identifying Knowledge-Based Errors in Language Models Through Model-Specific High-Precision Datasets and Prompting Techniques: This piece highlights a new technique called ‘Wack’ that aims to detect and reduce AI hallucinations by focusing on knowledge-based errors within language models.
II. Enhancing AI Safety and Privacy:
MarkTechPost: Papillon: A Privacy-Focused AI Solution That Blends Local and Proprietary Models to Deliver Safe and Accurate Language Model Outputs: This article introduces ‘Papillon,’ a novel AI solution designed to prioritize user privacy by combining local and proprietary models for secure and accurate language processing.
III. Expanding AI Applications Across Industries:
Machine Learning Mastery: Industries in Focus: Machine Learning in Finance: This resource provides a comprehensive overview of the growing applications and impact of machine learning within the financial sector.
KnowTechie: OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search: This article announces the launch of ChatGPT Search, a new feature by OpenAI that integrates search capabilities into the popular ChatGPT chatbot.
ComputerWorld: Agentic AI Swarms Are Headed Your Way: This article explores the emerging concept of ‘agentic AI swarms’ and their potential applications across various industries.
AIBusiness: How AI Supports Global Biodiversity Efforts: IBM Insights: This piece showcases how IBM leverages AI to contribute to global biodiversity conservation efforts.
TechXplore: Artificial Intelligence in Gaming: Urge for Industry Cooperation: This article discusses the increasing role of AI in the gaming industry and calls for greater collaboration to maximize its potential.
IV. Addressing Data Quality and AI Success:
Inside AI News: Why Data Quality Is the Secret Ingredient to AI Success: This article emphasizes the crucial role of high-quality data in ensuring the success of AI initiatives.
AIBusiness: How to Make AI Work in the Security Operations Center: This piece provides insights into effectively integrating AI within security operations centers to enhance cyber defense capabilities.
V. Navigating the Ethical and Regulatory Landscape of AI:
AIWire: OSI Open AI Definition Stops Short of Requiring Open Data: This article discusses the Open Source Initiative’s (OSI) definition of open AI and its stance on open data requirements.
Futurism: Perplexity AI: Define Plagiarism: This piece explores how Perplexity AI is being used to define and address plagiarism in the age of AI-generated content.
Artificial Intelligence News: Anthropic Urges AI Regulation to Avoid Catastrophes: This article highlights Anthropic’s call for increased AI regulation to mitigate potential risks and prevent catastrophic outcomes.
ZDNet: Anthropic Warns of AI Catastrophe if Governments Don’t Regulate in 18 Months: This piece reports on Anthropic’s warning about the potential for AI-related disasters if governments fail to implement regulations within the next 18 months.
TechCrunch: Microsoft and a16z Set Aside Differences, Join Hands in Plea Against AI Regulation: This article discusses the unexpected alliance between Microsoft and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in opposing AI regulation.
VI. Industry Leaders Embracing AI Innovation:
Maginative: Disney Forms New Unit to Focus on AI and Mixed Reality Strategy: This article announces Disney’s formation of a dedicated unit focused on developing and implementing AI and mixed reality strategies across its operations.
AIBusiness: Quantum Computer Launched for Generative AI: This article highlights the launch of a new quantum computer specifically designed to accelerate and enhance generative AI capabilities.
Maginative: Physical Intelligence Unveils P0, a Foundation Model for General Robot Control: This piece details the unveiling of ‘P0’, a groundbreaking foundation model developed by Physical Intelligence, aimed at enabling more versatile and adaptable robot control.
Maginative: Google Launches Learn About, an Interactive AI-Powered Learning Experience: This article introduces ‘Learn About,’ Google’s new initiative leveraging AI to create interactive and personalized learning experiences.
VII. Perspectives on the Future of AI:
Futurism: Sam Altman: AGI Achievable With Current Hardware: This article features Sam Altman’s perspective on the feasibility of achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with existing hardware capabilities.
This week in technology news contains links to articles of interest to software developers, UI/UX designers, hardware developers, devops team members, product owners, project leaders, engineering managers, software architects, QA engineers, business managers, business analysts, company executives and anyone interested in technology and programming.
IDEs/Editors
Cesium brings geospatial data to Unity via free plugin Read the Article
This week in technology news contains links to articles of interest to software developers, UI/UX designers, hardware developers, devops team members, product owners, project leaders, engineering managers, software architects, QA engineers, business managers, business analysts, company executives and anyone interested in technology and programming.
Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection, and temperature sensors are excellent, but needs daily charging and the update is fairly incremental (Victoria Song/The Verge) Read the Article
10 years later, deep learning revolution rages on, say AI pioneers Hinton, LeCun and Li Read the Article
Researchers develop an AI model for autonomous driving Read the Article
Does AI Write Better Copy Than Humans? Most Marketers Think So Read the Article
Users trust AI as much as humans for flagging problematic content Read the Article
Study highlights how AI models take potentially dangerous shortcuts in solving complex recognition tasks Read the Article
Nvidia, Arm, and Intel Collaborate on AI Standard Read the Article
Researchers develop a new way to see how people feel about artificial intelligence Read the Article
Artificial intelligence is here in our entertainment. What does that mean for the future of the arts? Read the Article
Building a Computer Vision Model Using TensorFlow Read the Article
Exploiting GPT-3 prompts that order the model to ignore previous directions Read the Article
Collaborative machine learning that preserves privacy Read the Article
Teaching Robots to Laugh at the Right Time Is No Joke – CNET Read the Article
Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor Read the Article
This robot crossed a line it shouldn’t have because humans told it to Read the Article
Hardware
Arm beefs up Arm Neoverse infrastructure platform Read the Article
First-of-its-kind 3D-printed home blends concrete, wood Read the Article
Intel says the company plans to replace its Pentium and Celeron brands, debuted in 1993 and 1998, with Intel Processor, starting with notebooks in 2023 (Abner Li/9to5Google) Read the Article
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC Tipped to Launch With 3.5GHz High-Frequency Variant Read the Article
Arm fills in some gaps and details in server chip roadmaps Read the Article
The clock speed wars are back as Intel brags about hitting 6 GHz with 13th-gen CPUs Read the Article
IBM builds huge super-fridge colder than space to chill quantum computers Read the Article
Researchers create device to streamline interactions between ultra-cold computers and room-temperature ones Read the Article
Many crypto miners are shutting off rigs and plan to sell their GPUs, as GPU-based mining for most cryptocurrencies becomes unprofitable after Ethereum’s Merge (Michael Kan/PCMag) Read the Article
Security
Trojanized versions of PuTTY utility being used to spread backdoor Read the Article
Twitter Refutes Elon Musk’s Claims of Breach of Agreement Over Whistleblower Payment: Report Read the Article
How data detection and response are becoming cloud security essentials Read the Article
Hands-on cyberattacks jump 50%, CrowdStrike reports Read the Article
Is confidential computing the future of cybersecurity? Edgeless Systems is counting on it Read the Article
Report: Only 10% of orgs had higher budget for cybersecurity, despite increased threat landscape Read the Article
Researchers develop method to protect privacy and safety in encrypted messaging Read the Article
One-third of enterprises don’t encrypt sensitive data in the cloud Read the Article
Kaspersky report: malware attacks targeting gamers increase Read the Article
This week in technology news contains links to articles of interest to software developers, UI/UX designers, hardware developers, devops team members, product owners, project leaders, engineering managers, software architects, QA engineers, business managers, business analysts, company executives and anyone interested in technology and programming.
IDEs/Editors
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2022 Read the Article
Exploring the Salesforce Mobile SDK Using Android Studio Read the Article
Paul Buck: Coder on Why They Chose the Open VSX Registry Read the Article
A deep dive into Android 13’s new features and changes, including a photo picker, per-app language preferences, Quick Settings tiles, a Hub mode, and UI changes Read the Article
Android is finally gonna ask you about notifs before bugging you with them Read the Article
A Linux expert tells why she thinks the kernel is so important Read the Article
Web3 and Decentralization: What it Means for Data Storage Read the Article
Social Platforms
To rival TikTok and Instagram, YouTube plans to double down on more creator tools, including NFTs, live shopping, and more video effects Read the Article
Workers are actually far more obsessed with Slack than Microsoft Teams Read the Article
What is Social CRM, and why should it be on your radar? Read the Article
Twitter complaint-tracking bot reveals most griped about tech products Read the Article
Business
Microsoft vows app store fairness with Activision merger Read the Article
What does the new era of location intelligence hold for businesses? Read the Article
How a Diverse Culture Drives Employee Engagement and Business Growth Read the Article
How to build and maintain a high-performing team Read the Article
Eight years into his tenure, Satya Nadella looks to diversify Read the Article
Learn the marketing skills to back up your products Read the Article
