WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its impact on national security and education.
ChatGPT, an AI program that recently grabbed the public’s attention for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries, in particular has attracted U.S. lawmakers’ attention as it has grown to be the fastest-growing consumer application in history with more than 100 million monthly active users.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Commerce Department agency that advises the White House on telecommunications and information policy, wants input as there is “growing regulatory interest” in an AI “accountability mechanism.”
The company is terminating free trials owing to “exceptional demand and trial misuse.”
After users used its AI picture generator to produce high-profile deep fakes, Midjourney has decided to stop offering it for free. The company is terminating free trials owing to “exceptional demand and trial misuse,” according to CEO David Holz on Discord.
Midjourney tries to overcome unwanted attention nowadays, primarily because of the “arrested Donald Trump.” Also, deep fake Pope Francis wearing a trendy coat drew attention. Although the images were soon determined to be fake, there is a worry that malicious actors could distribute false information using Midjourney, OpenAI’s DALL-E, and other similar generators.
Gremlin/iStock.
As reported by Engadget, new precautions haven’t been “adequate” to stop misuse during trial periods. Using the technology will cost you at least $10 a month, as per David Holz.
The AI race has just gone global.
Chinese e-commerce and technology giant, Alibaba, unveiled its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model Tongyi Qianwen, a ChatGPT-like service, earlier today. The service can work in English and Chinese and will be rolled out across Alibaba products, ranging from Slack-like communication apps to smart home speakers.
Interest in the area of large language models has increased in the recent past after ChatGPT took the world by storm.
Robert Way/iStock.
The data centers that help train ChatGPT-like AI are very ‘thirsty,’ finds a new study.
A new study has uncovered how much water is consumed when training large AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. The estimates of AI water consumption were presented by researchers from the Universities of Colorado Riverside and Texas Arlington in a pre-print article titled “Making AI Less ‘Thirsty.’”
Of course, the water used to cool these data centers doesn’t just disappear into the ether but is usually removed from water courses like rivers. The researchers distinguish between water “withdrawal” and “consumption” when estimating AI’s water usage.
Pp76/iStock.
In contrast to consumption, which relates mainly to water loss due to evaporation when used in data centers, the former involves physically removing water from a river, lake, or other sources. The consumption component of that equation, where the study claims “water cannot be recycled,” is where most of the study on AI’s water use is concentrated.
From high-tech fighting machines to supercomputers and killer robots, science fiction has a lot to say about war. You might be surprised to learn that some governments (including the UK and France) are now turning their attention to these fantastical stories as a way to think about possible futures and try and ward off any potential threats.
For many years now, science fiction writers have made prophesies about futuristic technologies that have later become a reality. In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke famously predicted the internet. And in 1983, Isaac Asimov predicted that modern life would become impossible without computers.
This has made governments take note. Not only can science fiction help us imagine a future shaped by new technologies, but it can also help us learn lessons about potential threats.
The world’s first fully sustainable robot lawn mower which runs solely on solar energy. No more pollution, no more emission.
The modern quest to automate everything leveraging connected technology has seen the likes of robot vacuum cleaners and other smart-home devices flourish. SunScout, a company based in New Zealand, aims to be at the forefront of this race with its autonomous robot lawn mower fully powered by the sun.
The SunScount Pro promises to be the be-all and end-all for lawn care and boasts of being able to work anywhere in the world.
SunScout.
