Andrew Ng is claiming that the idea that AI could make us extinct is a big-tech conspiracy. A datapoint that does not fit this conspiracy theory is that I left Google so that I could speak freely about the existential threat.
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Rep Eshoo advocates safe AI development beyond big tech entities
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"We need to develop AI that is safe, trustworthy, and responsible," said @RepAnnaEshoo at this morning’s discussion on public sector AI. We must develop AI beyond a small group of entities to be able to innovate, to benefit everyone, she said. Webinar https://
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Major AI Partners Contribute Templates to Community
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A huge thank you to our partners for benevolently contributing templates to help our community get better together s/o @AnthropicAI @awscloud @pinecone @supabase @Redisinc @neo4j @DataStax @elastic @weaviate_io @replicate @cohere @TimescaleDB @trychroma @Ollama_ai check them
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How Regular People Use iMac in Their Kitchens
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And this is just how regular folks use their iMac. It’s in their kitchens. Literally like this.
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Google Research Launches LinkedIn Channel for Tech Discoveries
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Google Research is now on LinkedIn! →
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Biden’s AI Executive Order Scope and Expert Perspectives
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Tesla’s Lack of AI Research Contributions Criticized
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Tesla doesn't even publish technical papers.
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Google Search Bar Now Generates AI Images Directly
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You can now generate #AI images directly in the Google Search bar https://
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… @engadget #technology #IoT #5G #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork #Cloud #CES #AR #VR @mvollmer1 @gvalan @enilev @Fabriziobustama @Xbond49 @olivierlaborde @pierrecappelli @kalydeoo -
Meta’s PyTorch: Foundation of OpenAI’s AI Products
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Open research and open source code for AI has been a trademark of Meta – FAIR from its beginnings 10 years ago. In fact, without Meta's PyTorch, there would be no OpenAI products today.
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Meta’s Open Source Strategy: Llama-2 Release Benefits Outweigh Risks
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The groundswell of interest for Llama-1 (and for all our previous open source AI packages, Like PyTorch, DINO, SAM, NLLB, wav2vec…) is what convinced the Meta leadership that the benefits of an open release of Llama-2 would overwhelmingly outweigh the risks and transform the https://
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