Tag: technology

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ethan Mollick

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/24/ethan-mollick/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ethan Mollick Feedly Summary: Often, you are told to do this by treating AI like an intern. In retrospect, however, I think that this particular analogy ends up making people use AI in very constrained ways. To put it bluntly, any recent frontier model (by which…

  • Hacker News: Open source audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime

    Source URL: https://venturebeat.com/ai/aiola-unveils-open-source-ai-audio-transcription-model-that-obscures-sensitive-info-in-realtime/ Source: Hacker News Title: Open source audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a new open-source AI model, Whisper-NER from Israeli startup aiOla, designed for audio transcription while enhancing privacy through named entity recognition (NER). This model integrates…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Former BP Chief Joins A.I. Data Center Developer

    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/business/ai-data-center-bernard-looney.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Former BP Chief Joins A.I. Data Center Developer Feedly Summary: Bernard Looney will join Prometheus Hyperscale, a Wyoming start-up, to help it address the enormous energy needs of the artificial intelligence industry. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Bernard Looney’s new…

  • Hacker News: Open-interpreter: A natural language interface for computers

    Source URL: https://github.com/OpenInterpreter/open-interpreter Source: Hacker News Title: Open-interpreter: A natural language interface for computers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents an in-depth overview of Open Interpreter, a tool that allows local execution of code with a language model interface, overcoming limitations of cloud-based alternatives like OpenAI’s Code Interpreter. This…

  • Hacker News: Not Using Copilot

    Source URL: https://macwright.com/2024/11/20/not-using-copilot Source: Hacker News Title: Not Using Copilot Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a thoughtful exploration of the implications of LLM-based coding assistants in software engineering. It highlights the complexity of modern-day programming, the potential productivity gains through automation, and the emotional and cognitive impacts of…

  • The Register: We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build AI agents that respond like real people

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/24/ai_based_on_people/ Source: The Register Title: We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build AI agents that respond like real people Feedly Summary: Oh, oobee doo, AI wanna be like you, AI wanna walk like you, talk like you, too Computer scientists have devised a technique for making AI models behave like specific people.… AI…

  • Hacker News: Win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser

    Source URL: https://tuta.com/blog/google-must-sell-chrome-in-antitrust-case Source: Hacker News Title: Win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the need for regulatory action against Google’s monopolistic practices, particularly in relation to its search engine and browser dominance. Tuta Mail’s CEO calls for a fairer…

  • Hacker News: AI PCs make users less productive

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/ai_pcs_productivity/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI PCs make users less productive Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Intel’s study reveals that users of PCs with built-in AI services tend to be less productive than those using traditional PCs. This is attributed to time spent on “digital chores,” with generative AI…

  • Slashdot: ‘It’s Surprisingly Easy To Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots’

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/23/0513211/its-surprisingly-easy-to-jailbreak-llm-driven-robots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘It’s Surprisingly Easy To Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new study revealing a method to exploit LLM-driven robots, achieving a 100% success rate in bypassing safety mechanisms. The researchers introduced RoboPAIR, an algorithm that allows attackers to manipulate self-driving…

  • Hacker News: School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/school-did-nothing-wrong-when-it-punished-student-for-using-ai-court-rules/ Source: Hacker News Title: School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent ruling from a federal court highlighted the complexities surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings, particularly regarding policies and regulations governing…