OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—but Won’t Release the Tech Yet
[ad_1] Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice.…
How to Resist the Temptation of AI When Writing
[ad_1] Your local public library is a great source of free information, journals, and databases (even ones that generally require a subscription and include embargoed research). For example, your search…
Here’s Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content
[ad_1] In 2023, OpenAI told the UK parliament that it was “impossible” to train leading AI models without using copyrighted materials. It’s a popular stance in the AI world, where…
The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators
[ad_1] Whether through the frowning high-definition face of a chimpanzee or a psychedelic, pink-and-red-hued doppelganger of himself, Reuven Cohen uses AI-generated images to catch people’s attention. “I’ve always been interested…
Google Splits Up a Key AI Ethics Watchdog
[ad_1] When Google CEO Sundar Pichai emailed his workers the company priorities for 2024 this month, developing AI responsibly was top of the list. Some employees now wonder whether Google…
An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists
[ad_1] Ed Newton-Rex says generative AI has an ethics problem. He ought to know, because he used to be part of the fast-growing industry. Newton-Rex was TikTok’s head AI designer…
Synthetic Data Is a Dangerous Teacher
[ad_1] In April 2022, when Dall-E, a text-to-image visio-linguistic model, was released, it purportedly attracted over a million users within the first three months. This was followed by ChatGPT, in…