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Toyota's Robots Are Learning to Do Housework—By Copying Humans
Carmaker Toyota is developing robots capable of learning to do household chores by observing how humans take on the tasks. The project is an example of robotics getting a boost from generative AI.
Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data
At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms.
OpenAI’s New App Store Could Turn ChatGPT Into an Everything App
A new app store from the creator of ChatGPT invites companies to build custom “GPTs” that add functionality to the chatbot. OpenAI isn’t saying how app builders will get paid.
Get Ready for the Great AI Disappointment
Rose-tinted predictions for artificial intelligence’s grand achievements will be swept aside by underwhelming performance and dangerous results.
Scammy AI-Generated Books Are Flooding Amazon
Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There's little they can do to rein in the rip-offs.
Introducing the GPT Store
We’re launching the GPT Store to help you find useful and popular custom versions of ChatGPT.
Introducing ChatGPT Team
We’re launching a new ChatGPT plan for teams of all sizes, which provides a secure, collaborative workspace to get the most out of ChatGPT at work.
Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date
The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute: a handheld device you use to issue voice commands to your bot army.
Learn the mammals with DALL-E3
Here are the mammals! Maybe some of your favorites are pictured.Here's the prompt I gave ChatGPT4: "Please generate a set of mammals on a plain white background, each mammal species clearly labeled."However, ChatGPT4 is a text-generating model, so it doesn't have the
Multiple AI models help robots execute complex plans more transparently
A multimodal system uses models trained on language, vision, and action data to help robots develop and execute plans for household, construction, and manufacturing tasks.
Technique could efficiently solve partial differential equations for numerous applications
MIT researchers propose “PEDS” method for developing models of complex physical systems in mechanics, optics, thermal transport, fluid dynamics, physical chemistry, climate, and more.
It’s No Wonder People Are Getting Emotionally Attached to Chatbots
AI chatbots can be friendly and responsive—even sexy. It’s time to take these fundamentally human behaviors more seriously.
The Battle for Biometric Privacy
The pushback against ubiquitous surveillance and targeted deepfaking has begun—but regulation may fail to keep up with AI advances.
Synthetic Data Is a Dangerous Teacher
In the race to scale up, the number of AIs being trained on poor-quality data sets has swelled—and it’s going to amplify all kinds of inequities.
Staying One Step Ahead of Hackers When It Comes to AI
Phishing emails and other scams might be getting an artificial intelligence upgrade, but so are digital lines of defense.
AI Needs to Be Both Trusted and Trustworthy
Through sensors, actuators, and IoT devices, AI is going to be interacting with the physical plane on a massive scale. The question is, how does one build trust in its actions?
The Creative’s Toolbox Gets an AI Upgrade
It’s easy to accuse algorithms of stifling creativity, but designers of every stripe should be embracing their multidisciplinary abilities.
OpenAI and journalism
We support journalism, partner with news organizations, and believe The New York Times lawsuit is without merit.
In Defense of AI Hallucinations
Chatbots’ habit of spewing untruths is a big problem—but we should also celebrate these hallucinations as prompts for human creativity and a barrier to machines taking over.
