Ai Artificial Intelligence Archive

Meta recently began tracking employees’ computer activity to train its AI models, plans to cut 10 percent of staff later this month, and is pushing “employees to make so many A.I. agents that others had to introduce agents to find agents, and agents to rate agents,” sparking “anger and anxiety,” reports the New York Times:

Earlier this week I wrote about the social media “clippers” that get paid to semi-covertly promote podcasts, TV shows, and other media through anonymous accounts. One of the clipping campaigns was for Perplexity AI — but nobody can tell me who, exactly, is responsible for the clips:

The two companies are forming a joint venture that will combine Sony’s designs with TSMC’s manufacturing capabilities to develop next-gen image sensors. The joint venture, majority owned by Sony, will also allow the companies to explore opportunities in physical AI applications in the robotics and automotive industries, the press release says.

Google says it’s rolling out a feature for its Help me write tool that lets it generate emails personalized to your tone and style. Depending on your prompt, Help me write can also pull in relevant context from Google Drive and Gmail.

Following The Academy Awards saying last week that only humans can get acting Oscars, the Golden Globes’ eligibility rules seem to have slightly more wiggle room allowing for AI to be used for acting awards.

“Codex can now use Chrome on your computer to complete work inside the websites and apps where you’re already signed in,” according to the Chrome Web Store listing for the extension. It works in “task-specific” tab groups so you can keep using your active tabs.

Mozilla:

Here’s what Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said about the decision:

Which gets something like $2 billion from hospital operations, more than $1 billion in tuition, and an endowment of $16 billion, plus $2.2 billion in philanthropy. Does this mean that Columbia is deviating from its mission to educate kids and support research?