IT総合 8 predictions for AI in 2024
This last year was a banger for AI as the technology went from niche to mainstream about as fast as anything ever has. 2...
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IT総合 IT総合 Lingrove’s carbon-negative wood alternative branches out with $10M round
These days even niche industries have concerned souls looking for more eco-friendly options for materials and processes,...
IT総合 OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI
OpenAI is expanding its internal safety processes to fend off the threat of harmful AI. A new “safety advisory gro...
IT総合 A16Z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has announced its intent to begin lobbying the US government, and their plan i...
IT総合 FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy
The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink’s application for $885 million in public funds to expand its orbital c...
IT総合 Fuzzy Door’s Viewscreen on-set AR puts CG characters and locations in the viewfinder
Practically every TV and film production uses CG these days, but a show with a fully digital character takes it to anoth...
IT総合 Anthropic’s latest tactic to stop racist AI: Asking it ‘really really really really’ nicely
The problem of alignment is an important one when you’re setting AI models up to make decisions in matters of fina...
IT総合 Google’s best Gemini demo was faked
Google’s new Gemini AI model is getting a mixed reception after its big debut yesterday, but users may have less c...
IT総合 Seattle biotech hub pursues ‘DNA typewriter’ tech with $75M from tech billionaires
A new Seattle biotech organization will be funded to the tune of $75 million to research “DNA typewriters,” ...
IT総合 Respeecher’s ethics-first approach to AI voice cloning locks in new funding
Ukrainian synthetic voice startup Respeecher is finding success despite not just bombs raining down on their city, but a...
IT総合 ‘Animate Anyone’ heralds the approach of full-motion deepfakes
As if still-image deepfakes aren’t bad enough, we may soon have to contend with generated videos of anyone who dar...
IT総合 AI invades ‘word of the year’ lists at Oxford, Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster
Few would disagree that 2023 was, in the world of technology at least, dominated by artificial intelligence. The diction...
IT総合 I’m watching ‘AI upscaled’ Star Trek and it isn’t terrible
For years, dedicated Star Trek fans have been using AI in an attempt to make a version of the acclaimed series Deep Spac...
IT総合 OpenAI’s GPT Store delayed to 2024 following leadership chaos
OpenAI’s app store for AI, the GPT Store, will not launch this year as previously announced, but rather on an unsp...
IT総合 Nucleos puts secure, tablet-powered education in the hands of inmates
Inmates in correctional facilities around the country have wildly varying levels of opportunity to prepare for life afte...
IT総合 Cradle’s AI-powered protein programming platform levels up with $24M in new funding
Biotech and AI startup Cradle is finding success with its generative approach to protein design, landing big customers a...
IT総合 Meta turned a blind eye to kids on its platforms for years, unredacted lawsuit alleges
A newly unredacted version of the multi-state lawsuit against Meta alleges a troubling pattern of deception and minimiza...
IT総合 This week in AI: The OpenAI debacle shows the perils of going commercial
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy round...
IT総合 Elon Musk’s ‘thermonuclear’ lawsuit over hate-adjacent ads on X… actually confirms them
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging defamation by a news organization over claims that m...
IT総合 WTF is going on at OpenAI? We have theories
In perhaps the most unexpected tech news of the year, billionaire and AI evangelist Sam Altman has been ejected from his...
IT総合 Blackshark.ai’s Orca Huntr lets you build orbital intelligence models with a scribble
Blackshark.ai has already made a digital twin of the Earth, and its next play further democratizes the hitherto lofty (i...
IT総合 Candela’s electric hydrofoiling ferry takes flight
The future is going to be electric, but in the air and on the water that transition is proving more difficult than on la...
IT総合 With Muse, Unity aims to give developers generative AI that’s useful and ethical
Unity is joining the rest of the gang in providing generative AI tools for its users, but has been careful (unlike some)...
IT総合 Courtesy of AI: Weather forecasts for the hour, the week, and the century
Machine learning models are taking over in the field of weather forecasting, from a quick “how long will this rain...
IT総合 This spinal implant tech could restore mobility to Parkinsons patients
People with Parkinson’s disease are being diagnosed earlier and living with the condition for longer periods as tr...
IT総合 App Store for AI: Build your own GPT and sell it on OpenAI’s GPT Store
OpenAI took the leash (and the “Chat”) off ChatGPT today with the announcement of GPTs, a way for anyone to ...
IT総合 Boox’s latest e-readers combine quiet, compact styles with big customization
Boox has a confusingly wide array of devices to choose from, but the latest make a good case for themselves as powerful,...
IT総合 Don’t be afraid of the ‘AI-assisted’ Beatles song, ‘Now And Then’
There’s been a bit of FUD around the decision to use a form of AI to resurrect John Lennon’s voice in what P...
IT総合 When generative AI cyberthreats arrive, Wraithwatch will be ready and waiting
Generative AI is pervading just about every industry already, whether we like it or not, and cybersecurity is no excepti...
IT総合 Biden’s AI EO hailed as broad, but not deep without legislation to match
The Biden administration announced the details of a long-awaited Executive Order on AI today, ahead of an international ...