Monday October 28, 2024 OpenAI’s transcription tool Whisper is prone to inventing chunks of text, according to an Associated Press report. Researchers told the AP that Whisper “hallucinations” can include racial commentary, violent rhetoric and imagined medical treatments. A machine learning engineer reported discovering hallucinations in about half of the over 100 hours of Whisper […]
Monday October 21, 2024 Over two dozen updates are headed to YouTube, including features like fine-tunable playback speed, allowing for adjustments in 0.05 increments; improved browsing in landscape with greater responsiveness, and larger thumbnails and bigger text; and visual improvements to simplify the app. Also rolling out are a new miniplayer, new customization tools for […]
Monday October 14, 2024 X has dropped Unilever from its lawsuit, filed in August, against the World Federation of Advertisers and federation members. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants had conspired to withhold billions of ad dollars from Twitter/X after Elon Musk acquired it, to force the platform to maintain certain safety standards. In a […]
Monday October 7, 2024 IN THE NEWS Meta introduced Meta Movie Gen, a set of AI tools to automatically generate videos, instantly edit them and synchronize them with AI-generated sound effects. Video clips are up to 16 seconds in length and 16 frames per second. As for sources of data, Meta said, “We’ve trained these […]
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Monday September 23, 2024 Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new fund for AI education and training. Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Pichai said that to help avoid a global “AI divide,” Google is creating a $120 million Global AI Opportunity Fund through which it will “make AI education and training […]
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Monday September 9, 2024 IAB Tech Lab has released the IAB Tech Lab Privacy Taxonomy, which is now available for public comment. Developed under the guidance of IAB Tech Lab’s Privacy Implementation & Accountability Task Force, the new framework addresses the need for businesses to manage personal data more effectively and ensure compliance with privacy […]
Monday August 26, 2024 Apple will hold its product launch event on September 10, according to Bloomberg. The company’s latest iPhones, watches and AirPods, are expected to go on sale September 20. Instagram has rolled out a new option allowing users to add music to their profile by tapping “edit profile,” scrolling down to a […]
Monday August 19, 2024 Meta shut down CrowdTangle, a tool used by researchers to track the spread of misinformation on Facebook and Instagram. The company’s Content Library is available, but limited to users from “qualified academic or nonprofit institutions who are pursuing scientific or public interest research,” which leaves many researchers and most journalists out […]