Ai Artificial Intelligence Archive

The number of fake nudes on the top 10 websites that host AI-generated porn has increased by 290 percent since 2018, according to a recent report by The Washington Post, alongside a 149 percent rise in reported “sextortion” victims since 2019.

Over on MKBHD’s The Studio, David Imel talked about the Leica M11-P. Or, more accurately, he used it to talk about Content Credentials, which the $9,000-plus camera attaches to photos as they’re taken so they can be verified through Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI).

Nilay, David, and Alex had a little aside on Friday’s Vergecast episode about how the combo of SEO and AI means Google thinks you can melt an egg. This morning, a listener showed what’s clearly the best way to experience this silly SEO flub.

He says users will need a $16-a-month X Premium Plus subscription to access “Grok,” and that it will get real-time information from posts on X.

The 44th President just posted his AI reading list and let it slip that he and I chatted about the challenges of regulating AI — and he recommended our episode on free speech and social networks with Larry Lessig as well. Coming on Tuesday — subscribe now so you don’t miss it.

A heavily caveated somewhere — but this is the first real update since xAI formally launched in July.

I keep watching this very funny speech Julia Louis-Dreyfus gave that was penned by ChatGPT and wondering what prompt she used to cast her in so many romantic comedies of the early 90s.

The feature is possible thanks to OpenAI’s Whisper speech recognition system, according to Rogue Amoeba. Available in the new version 4.3 of Audio Hijack, transcriptions are done on-device.

The open-source model is now able to view and interpret images, Microsoft researchers tell Semafor. That marks a milestone for Microsoft, as it proves that you don’t need a massive (and expensive-to-run) model, like OpenAI’s GPT-4, to add more advanced capabilities.