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The creator of ChatGPT’s voice wants to build the tech from “Her,” minus the dystopia

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Alexis Conneau thinks a lot about the movie “Her.” For the last several years, he’s obsessed over trying to turn the film’s fictional voice technology, Samantha, into a reality. Conneau even uses a picture of Joaquin Pheonix’s character in the movie as his banner on Twitter. Conneau’s X/twitter banner (Image Credit: X) With ChatGPT’s Advanced […]

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Google says its new AI model outperforms the top weather forecast system

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Google’s DeepMind team unveiled an AI model for weather prediction this week called GenCast. In a paper published in Nature, DeepMind researchers said they found that GenCast outperforms the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ ENS — apparently the world’s top operational forecasting system. And in a blog post, the DeepMind team offered a more

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If you can make this AI bot fall in love, you could win thousands of dollars

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Ever wondered if you could get an AI bot to fall in love with you? Now you have the chance.  Freysa.ai is a team of anonymous developers building a series of increasingly meta challenges, designed to influence how humans think about AI safety. The third challenge is starting sometime in the next 24 hours (you can

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OpenAI considers ditching provision that would prevent AGI from being used for commercial gain

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According to the Financial Times, OpenAI is considering ditching a provision that would shut Microsoft, a major partner and investor, out of its most advanced technology when OpenAI achieves artificial general intelligence (AGI). Exactly when OpenAI creates AGI, which the startup defines as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work,” is

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Google Photos launches a ‘2024 Recap’ for a look back at this year’s memories

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Spotify Wrapped isn’t the only service offering a year-end recap these days. In addition to the year-end reviews from other streamers and social apps, Google Photos is among the apps providing users with a look back at key moments throughout the past year. “2024 Recap,” as the feature is called, introduces a collection of memories,

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