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Elon Musk says AGI will be smarter than the smartest humans by 2025, 2026 at the latest – TweakTown
Elon Musk has predicted that the development of artificial intelligence will get to the stage of being smarter than the smartest humans by 2025, and if not, by 2026. VIEW GALLERY - 2 IMAGES In an explosive interview on X Spaces, the Tesla and SpaceX boss told Norway wealth fund CEO Nicolai Tangen that IA was constrained by electricity supply and that the next-gen version of Grok, the AI chatbot from Musk's xAI startup, was expected to finish training by May, next month. When discussing the timeline of developing AGI, or artificial general intelligence, Musk said: "If you define AGI (artificial general intelligence) as smarter than the smartest human, I think it's probably next year, within two years".
South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI in bid to retain edge in chips – Reuters
SEOUL, April 9 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday his country will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) in artificial intelligence by 2027 as part of efforts to retain a leading global position in cutting-edge semiconductor chips. The announcement, which also includes a separate 1.4 trillion won fund to foster AI semiconductor firms, comes as South Korea tries to keep abreast with countries like the United States, China and Japan that are also giving massive policy support to strengthen semiconductor supply chains on their own turf
Microsoft to invest US$2.9 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Japan while boosting the nation’s skills, research and … – Microsoft
Picture left to right: Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan; Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft; Suzanne P. Clark, President and CEO, US Chamber of Commerce; Rahm Emanuel, US Ambassador to Japan; Miki Tsusaka, President, Microsoft Japan. Washington D.C., April 9 ET, 2024 Today, Microsoft announced it will invest US$2.9 billion over the next two years to increase its hyperscale cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Japan.
Humans Forget. AI Assistants Will Remember Everything – WIRED
Making these tools work together will be key to this concept taking off, says Leo Gebbie, an analyst who covers connected devices at CCS Insight. Rather than having that sort of disjointed experience where certain apps are using AI in certain ways, you want AI to be that overarching tool that when you want to pull up anything from any app, any experience, any content, you have the immediate ability to search across all of those things. When the pieces slot together, the idea sounds like a dream.
Tesla’s Musk predicts AI will be smarter than the smartest human next year – Reuters
Item 1 of 2 Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023.
I’m still trying to generate an AI Asian man and white woman – The Verge
I inadvertently found myself on the AI-generated Asian people beat this past week. Last Wednesday, I found that Metas AI image generator built into Instagram messaging completely failed at creating an image of an Asian man and white woman using general prompts. Instead, it changed the womans race to Asian every time.
Microsoft to Invest $2.9 Billion for AI Projects in Japan – PYMNTS.com
Microsoft will invest $2.9 billion for artificial intelligence projects in Japan. The investment will go toward expanding Microsofts cloud and AI infrastructure in the country, training 3 million people in AI and setting up a Microsoft Research Asia lab in Tokyo, Microsoft said in a press release. This will be the biggest investment Microsoft has made in Japan, NikkeireportedTuesday, citing an interview with Microsoft PresidentBrad Smith
EBay Uses AI to Deliver Personalized Recommendations to Fashion Shoppers – PYMNTS.com
EBay has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement that helps fashion consumers shop the look. This feature uses consumers shopping history to present them with items and outfits that match their style preferences and are available from sellers on the platform, the company said in a Tuesday (April 9)blog post.
A faster, better way to prevent an AI chatbot from giving toxic responses – MIT News
A user could ask ChatGPT to write a computer program or summarize an article, and the AI chatbot would likely be able to generate useful code or write a cogent synopsis. However, someone could also ask for instructions to build a bomb, and the chatbot might be able to provide those, too
How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI – WIRED
On its help pages, OpenAI says ChatGPT web users without accounts should navigate to Settings and then uncheck Improve the model for everyone. If you have an account and are logged in through a web browser, select ChatGPT, Settings, Data Controls, and then turn off Chat History & Training.