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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Sam Altman wants to scan your eyeballs using Worldcoin, but governments worldwide crack down on it

Governments worldwide are not buying Sam Altman's Worldcoin initiative, which is a plan to distinguish humans from AI or robots by scanning the eyeballs of every person on earth as a pre-requisite for making crypto payments, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/sam-altman-wants-to-scan-your-eyeballs-using-worldcoin-but-governments-worldwide-crack-down-on-it-101724048874295.html

'We're not chasing a technology that is a moral threat to our greatest jewel : human creativity' : Popular digital drawing app Procreate rejects generative AI, here's what creatives are saying

In the video, Cuda said, "I don't like what's happening in the industry, and I don't like what it's doing to artists." When you head to Procreate's AI page, it boldly reads, "Generative AI is ripping the humanity out of things.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/generative-ai-is-ripping-the-humanity-out-of-things-built-on-a-foundation-of-theft-the-technology-is-steering-us-toward-a-barren-future-popular-digital-drawing-app-procreate-rejects-generative-ai-heres-what-creatives-are-saying

'We're not chasing a technology that is a moral threat to our greatest jewel : human creativity' : Popular digital drawing app Procreate rejects generative AI, here's what creatives are saying

In the video, Cuda said, "I don't like what's happening in the industry, and I don't like what it's doing to artists." When you head to Procreate's AI page, it boldly reads, "Generative AI is ripping the humanity out of things.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/generative-ai-is-ripping-the-humanity-out-of-things-built-on-a-foundation-of-theft-the-technology-is-steering-us-toward-a-barren-future-popular-digital-drawing-app-procreate-rejects-generative-ai-heres-what-creatives-are-saying

Study suggests that even the best AI models hallucinate a bunch

The research suggest that models aren’t hallucinating much less, despite claims to the contrary from OpenAI, Anthropic and the other big AI players. The U.S.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/study-suggests-that-even-the-best-ai-models-hallucinate-a-bunch/

Generative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful

Less than two years ago, the launch of ChatGPT started a generative AI frenzy. Some said the technology would trigger a fourth industrial revolution, completely reshaping the world as we know it. In March 2023, Goldman Sachs predicted 300 million jobs would be lost or degraded due to AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://theconversation.com/generative-ai-hype-is-ending-and-now-the-technology-might-actually-become-useful-236940

Build your own AI-powered robot: Hugging Face’s LeRobot tutorial is a game-changer

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ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/build-your-own-ai-powered-robot-hugging-faces-lerobot-tutorial-is-a-game-changer/

Sunday, August 18, 2024

As an amateur photographer, Google’s AI photo editing tools make me feel uncomfortable

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. More than a year ago, Google introduced Magic Editor, and some of us here at Android Authority were… discouraged. Us photo purists lamented the loss of authenticity and the dangers of quick-fix editing going mainstream.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.androidauthority.com/googles-ai-photo-editing-tools-make-me-uncomfortable-3469021/