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The image generation tool added to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is unleashing a “torrent of misinformation” and other harms, an expert has said. A new version of Grok, which is available to paid subscribers on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, was launched eariler in August complete with a new AI image generation tool. Some reports noted that the image tool did not appear to have many limits on what it would generate – something which has become industry standard with other AI image generators. As a result, X has seen a wave of strange and offensive images appearing on the platform, o...
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Despite the AI buzzword featuring in more and more marketing slogans, AI-powered goods and services appear to be less popular than alternatives, going by recent research in the US. "When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions," said Mesut Cicek, a marketing lecturer at Washington State University (WSU), whose research found people to be less likely to buy items with "artificial intelligence" in the description or label. After asking more than 1,000 people their thoughts about AI, the WSU team found products "described as using artificial...
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Google has unveiled a new generation of its Pixel smartphones, and AI features appear to be getting most of the spotlight. But can they live up to the hype? Here's how Google is trying to improve everyday smartphone usage with AI. All your screenshots in one app For those of us who take screenshots as reminders, this memory aid is to become even more useful on the Pixel 9 phones. The software can even read words and numbers in the image and save them for further use in a dedicated app. Get your phone calls transcribed Sometimes important names and numbers can be passed on in a phone calls. For...
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Google has unveiled its new range of flagship Pixel smartphones, which the company says have been built to house its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tech, as it looks to take on Apple and Samsung. The new range includes the Pixel 9, the Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL, and a new foldable in the form of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which were announced alongside a new smartwatch and wireless ear buds. The new phones have been loaded with AI – including Google’s Gemini chatbot, an AI image generation app, camera editing tools and voice call transcripts – and are powered by the tech giant’s own Tensor...
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Google will use its upcoming phone launch to “get the jump” on its rivals and try to “claim leadership” of the AI market in smartphones, an expert has said. The US firm is widely expected to introduce its Pixel 9 smartphone range during its Made by Google event on Tuesday evening. The launch is taking place earlier than normal, and will see Google make its announcement before Apple unveils the next iPhone, which is traditionally introduced in September. Ben Wood, smartphone expert and chief analyst at CCS Insight, said Google is trying to get ahead of its rival with new AI tools. “It is intere...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could help doctors identify early-stage bowel cancer patients who are most at risk of the disease coming back, a study has found. It could also help some people avoid unnecessary chemotherapy, according to researchers. For the study, academics from the University of Leeds used an AI algorithm to determine the level of CD3 – a type of immune cell – in early-stage bowel cancer tumours. After analysing tumour tissue samples from 868 patients taking part in the Quasar trial, the algorithm developed what researchers describe as a “CD3 Score”, which is based on the numbe...
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The western German state of Baden-Württemberg will be the first in Germany to use an AI system to alleviate the burden on staff and ease citizens' access to administrative services, the organization behind the initiative announced on Thursday. The system, F13, was developed primarily by the Heidelberg-based AI start-up Aleph Alpha, which has been touted as a German response to OpenAI's ChatGPT, though aimed at government, administration and industry in particular. F13 is to be made available for use by other public administrations in Germany from September, GovTech Campus Deutschland said. The...
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The western German state of Baden-Württemberg will be the first in Germany to use an AI system to alleviate the burden on staff and ease citizens' access to administrative services, the organization behind the initiative announced on Thursday. The system, F13, was developed primarily by the Heidelberg-based AI start-up Aleph Alpha, which has been touted as a German response to OpenAI's ChatGPT, though aimed at government, administration and industry in particular. F13 is to be made available for use by other public administrations in Germany from September, GovTech Campus Deutschland said. The...
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Nearly two-thirds of jobs across Britain could be enhanced or improved by the use of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study commissioned by Google. In response to the research, the tech giant is launching a range of pilot schemes designed to find the best way to help workers overcome any trust issues or concerns around the technology and boost their AI skills. According to the research, carried out by policy consultancy Public First, 61% of all UK jobs have the potential to be significantly enhanced by AI – meaning those roles could be transformed by the tech – while 31% will b...
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Meta has unveiled what it believes to be the "world's largest and most capable openly available (AI) foundation model" to take on the likes of ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp says its new Llama 3.1 model has "state-of-the-art capabilities" in a range of topics including general knowledge, mathematics and "multilingual" translation. As a result, Meta says this update to Llama is the company "ushering in a new era" by launching a model it says can match or exceed its closed source large language model (LLM) rivals, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. "Un...
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