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Recent stories by Benj Edwards

1. Researchers craft smiling robot face from living human skin cells

   Human cells isolated from juvenile foreskin are flexible enough to grin when moved.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 28, 2024 3:14 pm UTC

2. OpenAI’s new “CriticGPT” model is trained to criticize GPT-4 outputs

   Research model catches bugs in AI-generated code, improving human oversight of AI.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 27, 2024 7:40 pm UTC

3. AI-generated Al Michaels to provide daily recaps during 2024 Summer Olympics

   AI voice clone will narrate daily Olympics video recaps; critics call it a "code-generated ghoul."

   Benj Edwards – Jun 27, 2024 3:30 pm UTC

4. Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora

   AI-generated commercials are here, and critics are displeased—but human work is still key.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 26, 2024 4:58 pm UTC

5. Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs

   Running AI models without floating point matrix math could mean far less power consumption.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 25, 2024 10:27 pm UTC

6. Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms

   Suno and Udio could face damages of up to $150,000 per song allegedly infringed.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 24, 2024 6:44 pm UTC

7. Anthropic introduces Claude 3.5 Sonnet, matching GPT-4o on benchmarks

   Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a speedy mid-sized entry in a new family of AI models.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 20, 2024 9:04 pm UTC

8. Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company

   Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to build hypothetical AI far beyond human capability.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 20, 2024 2:06 pm UTC

9. Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters to life

   New Gen-3 Alpha AI video generator can create detailed humans and surreal situations.

   Benj Edwards – Jun 18, 2024 9:41 pm UTC

10. Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI

    Real-time voice modification tech seeks to reduce stress in call center staff.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 18, 2024 5:09 pm UTC

11. Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code

    A physics simulation flaw in text-based 1969 computer game went unnoticed until today.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 14, 2024 6:04 pm UTC

12. “Simulation of keyboard activity” leads to firing of Wells Fargo employees

    With worker surveillance on the rise, vendors sell devices to fake keyboard and mouse movement.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 13, 2024 8:51 pm UTC

13. Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes

    Apple thinks pushing OpenAI’s brand to hundreds of millions is worth more than money.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 13, 2024 5:20 pm UTC

14. Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested

    Elaborate scheme involved hidden camera and an earpiece to hear answers.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 12, 2024 8:52 pm UTC

15. New Stable Diffusion 3 release excels at AI-generated body horror

    Users react to mangled SD3 generations and ask, "Is this release supposed to be a joke?"

    Benj Edwards – Jun 12, 2024 7:26 pm UTC

16. Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in tech

    Apple's AI moves are nothing new for a company that has integrated outside tech for decades.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 11, 2024 5:29 pm UTC

17. Apple unveils “Apple Intelligence” AI features for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

    Apple debuts new catchall AI branding, generative features during WWDC 2024 keynote.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 10, 2024 7:15 pm UTC

18. DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service

    DDG offers LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Mistral for factually-iffy conversations.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 6, 2024 4:39 pm UTC

19. Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation

    Open letter argues for AI whistleblower provisions due to lack of government oversight.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 4, 2024 9:52 pm UTC

20. Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place

    Eric Yuan told The Verge that "digital twins" are the future of work.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 4, 2024 7:23 pm UTC

21. Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen “Rubin” AI chips in keynote tease

    "I'm not sure yet whether I'm going to regret this," says CEO Jensen Huang at Computex 2024.

    Benj Edwards – Jun 3, 2024 5:13 pm UTC

22. Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic

    "Alarmed" writers unions question transparency of AI training deals with ChatGPT maker.

    Benj Edwards and Ashley Belanger – May 31, 2024 9:56 pm UTC

23. Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

    Google: "There are bound to be some oddities and errors" in system that told people to eat rocks.

    Benj Edwards – May 31, 2024 7:47 pm UTC

24. Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard

    "Ultra Accelerator Link" aims to connect high-performance GPUs and servers.

    Benj Edwards – May 30, 2024 8:42 pm UTC

25. OpenAI board first learned about ChatGPT from Twitter, according to former member

    Helen Toner, center of struggle with Altman, suggests CEO fostered "toxic atmosphere" at company.

    Benj Edwards – May 29, 2024 3:54 pm UTC

26. OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

    Amid criticism, OpenAI's new "safety" team includes CEO; GPT-5 may be farther off than expected.

    Benj Edwards – May 28, 2024 4:05 pm UTC

27. EmTech Digital 2024: A thoughtful look at AI’s pros and cons with minimal hype

    At MIT conference, experts explore AI's potential for "human flourishing" and the need for regulation.

    Benj Edwards – May 23, 2024 4:38 pm UTC

28. Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89

    Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft.

    Benj Edwards – May 21, 2024 6:53 pm UTC

29. New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

    Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."

    Benj Edwards – May 20, 2024 9:43 pm UTC

30. OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week

    Sexy voices, departing employees, and NDA rumors have challenged the AI company.

    Benj Edwards – May 20, 2024 8:51 pm UTC

31. Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora

    Google's video-synthesis model creates minute-long 1080p videos from written prompts.

    Benj Edwards – May 15, 2024 8:51 pm UTC

32. Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console

    How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the '90s.

    Benj Edwards and Jose Zagal – May 15, 2024 11:00 am UTC

33. Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever leaves OpenAI six months after Altman ouster

    CEO Altman: "OpenAI would not be what it is without him."

    Benj Edwards – May 15, 2024 3:05 am UTC

34. Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype

    AI model updates galore at Google I/O, including 2M context window, Imagen 3, Veo, and more.

    Benj Edwards – May 14, 2024 7:11 pm UTC

35. Before launching, GPT-4o broke records on chatbot leaderboard under a secret name

    Anonymous chatbot that mystified and frustrated experts was OpenAI's latest model.

    Benj Edwards – May 13, 2024 9:33 pm UTC

36. Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot

    New GPT-4o model can sing a bedtime story, detect facial expressions, read emotions.

    Benj Edwards and Kyle Orland – May 13, 2024 5:58 pm UTC