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Microsoft releases a new genAI model that can control robots – Computerworld
Microsoft has launched Magma, a new generative AI (genAI) model that can be used to control everything from software to robots. The company says Magma is the first such model that can act on its own based on multimodal data such as texts, images, and video. It can, for example, use an interface or handle physical objects, Ars Technica reports.…
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GenAI can make us dumber — even while boosting efficiency – Computerworld
The Carnegie Mellon-Microsoft study isn’t alone in its findings. Verbal reasoning and problem-solving skills in the US have been steadily dropping, according to a paper published in June 2023 by US researchers Elizabeth Dworak, William Revelle and David Condon. And while IQ scores had been increasing steadily since the beginning of the 20th century — as recently as 2012, IQ…
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EU pulls back – for the moment – on privacy and genAI liability compliance regulations – Computerworld
The critical factor is that another, much larger piece of legislation, called simply the EU AI Act, is just about to kick in, and regulators wanted to see how that enforcement went before expanding it. “They want to see how these other pieces of the framework are going to work. There are a lot of moving parts so (delaying) is…
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Google’s latest genAI shift is a reminder to IT leaders — never trust vendor policy – Computerworld
If they add a clause to every RFP that they will only work with model-makers that agree to not do X, Y, or Z, that will get a lot of attention. The contract would have to be realistic, though. It might say, for instance, “If the model-maker later chooses to accept payments for the above-described prohibited acts, they must reimburse…
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Mistral releases its genAI assistant Le Chat for IOS and Android – Computerworld
French AI company Mistral has released several updates to its generative AI assistant Le Chat and made it available on Android and iOS. Mistral describes the tool as a comprehensive genAI assistant for both life and work that can be used to access the latest news, plan daily tasks, keep track of projects, upload and summarize documents, and more. Le…
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CIOs grapple with subpar global genAI models – Computerworld
Another factor that could minimize the dataset size problem in the next few years is an anticipated increase in unstructured data. Indeed, highly unstructured data — such as that collected by video drones watching businesses and their customers — could potentially sidestep language issues entirely, as the video analysis could be captured directly and saved in many different languages. Until…
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MDM and genAI: A match made in Heaven — or something less?
Unless you’ve been in a coma for the past couple of years, you’ve seen countless headlines about how generative AI (genAI) is revolutionizing how we work, automating some jobs out of existence while empowering workers to move into new and more creative roles. GenAI features have been added to almost every type of business app there is, sometimes with more…
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ByteDance is about to learn a painful genAI lesson – Computerworld
How closely was this intern — and most interns need more supervision than a traditional employee — monitored? If I wanted to keep financial backers happy, especially when ByeDance is under US pressure to sell the highly-lucrative TikTok, I would not want to advertise the fact that my team let this happen. Even more troubling is that this intern was…
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GenAI is affecting jobs previously thought safe from automation – Computerworld
According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), generative AI (genAI) will soon affect work areas previously considered to have a low likelihood of automation, according to The Register. Automation in the past mainly affected industrial jobs in rural areas. GenAI, on the other hand, can be used for non-routine cognitive tasks, which is expected to…
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How the GenAI Changed Tech Work
Two years ago, on Nov. 30, ChatGPT burst onto the scene, igniting a global fascination with generative AI and transforming it into a must-watch innovation for both consumers and technology professionals. Since then, ChatGPT has expanded, and the wheels of AI regulation have started to turn. TechRepublic asked tech professionals how their work with ChatGPT has evolved, both personally and…
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