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Meet Phoenix: The new humanoid robot built for general-purpose tasks

A robot is just a tool, the real star is the AI control system.

At five feet seven inches (57’) and 155 pounds (70 kg), Phoenix, the humanoid robot, is just about the height of an average human. What it aims to do is also something that humans can casually do, general tasks in an environment, and that is a tough ask from a robot.

While humanoid assistants have been familiar with most science-fiction stories, translating them to the real world has been challenging. Companies like Tesla have been looking to make them part of households for a few years, but robots have always been good at doing specific tasks.

OpenAI to soon release a new open-source AI model

The move is a significant development in the world of artificial intelligence.

In what seems like a response to the growing competition in the open-source large language model (LLM) space, OpenAI will soon release a new open-source AI model to the public, reported The Information.

OpenAI hasn’t come up with an open-source model since 2019, and although the news is exciting, it might not be as sophisticated or in direct competition with its proprietary model GPT.

How is human behaviour impacted by an unfair AI? A game of Tetris reveals all

A team of researchers give a spin to Tetris, and make observations as people play the game.

We live in a world run by machines. They make important decisions for us, like who to hire, who gets approved for a loan, or recommending user content on social media. Machines and computer programs have an increasing influence over our lives, now more than ever, with artificial intelligence (AI) making inroads in our lives in new ways. And this influence goes far beyond the person directly interacting with machines.

A Cornell University-led experiment in which two people play a modified version of Tetris revealed that players who get fewer turns perceived the other player as less likable, regardless of whether a person or an algorithm allocated the turns.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman To Congress: Regulate Us, Please!

In a wide-ranging and historic congressional hearing Tuesday, the creator of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence called on the government to regulate his industry.

“There should be limits on what a deployed model is capable of and then what it actually does,” declared Sam Altman, CEO and cofounder of OpenAI, referring to the underlying AI which powers such products as ChatGPT.

He called on Congress to establish a new agency to license large-scale AI efforts, create safety standards, and carry out independent audits to ensure compliance with safety thresholds.

The hearing, run by Sen.

The hearings marked a significant step towards comprehensive understanding and governance of the AI landscape as AI continues to evolve and become an increasingly integral part of our lives. But they also highlighted the lack of understanding, even by AI researchers themselves, about how the most powerful generative systems do what they do.

“We need to know more about how the models work,” said Marcus.

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Alphabet Adds $115 Billion in Value After Defying AI Doubters

Dont like google, but also dont want to see Micros. corner market in AI and become some monopoly, which is what AI Licenses is all about.

(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc. is back in the game. The artificial intelligence game, that is. Most Read from BloombergA 32-Year-Old Nears Billionaire Status by Using AI to Broker Japan MergersDebt Deadlock Spurs Late-Day Slide in US Stocks: Markets WrapGoogle Billionaire Sergey Brin Gifts $600 Million in Surging SharesBiden, McCarthy Voice Cautious Optimism on Debt Deal After TalksGoldman Banker Wins Promotion, Then Leaves for Rival Two Weeks LaterShares in the Google-owner had lagged behind other megacaps this year amid fears it was losing ground in the race to deploy AI products. Yet since it unveiled its latest AI tools at a developer’s conference last week, the stock has advanced 12%, adding $160 billion in market value and erasing its underperformance against peers like Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: “If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: “My worst fears, are that we cause significant — we the field, the technology, the industry — cause significant harm to the world…If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong and we want to be vocal about that.” Full video here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?528117-1/openai-ceo-testif…telligence.

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