Fast-tracking a racism machine. Suspect Portraits There are a lot of potentially — shall we say — problematic uses for AI, but using one to generate police sketches? Now that’s just asking for trouble. As Vice reports, independent developers have created a program called “Forensic Sketch AI-rtist” that uses OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 text to image… Continue reading Developers Create Police Sketches Using AI. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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Goldman Sachs Annoyed by CEO’s Part Time Gig as a DJ
There’s even been rumors of an ouster. Spin It Goldman Sachs’ board members are apparently mighty fed up with CEO David Solomon’s increasingly problematic hobby as a moderately successful DJ. Reports out of both the New York Times and Insider reveal that Goldman’s part-time DJing gig isn’t going over well with some at his company,… Continue reading Goldman Sachs Annoyed by CEO’s Part Time Gig as a DJ
Microsoft Is Apparently Discussing ChatGPT’s Bizarre Alternate Personality
ChatGPT is powerful — and difficult to control. Do Anything Now A group of redditors has developed a truly unhinged way to hack OpenAI’s AI chatbot ChatGPT into various deranged entities that will gladly spit out vile language, fringe opinions, and even advice on how to carry out illegal activities. One particularly popular persona these… Continue reading Microsoft Is Apparently Discussing ChatGPT’s Bizarre Alternate Personality
David Guetta Faked Eminem’s Vocals Using AI for New Song
French DJ and producer David Guetta recently treated a massive crowd of ravers to a surprise new song, featuring rapper Marshall “Eminem” Mathers. Just one thing: Eminem, the living human, didn’t have anything to do with the track. In a video posted to Twitter last week, Guetta excitingly explained that he used unspecified generative AI… Continue reading David Guetta Faked Eminem’s Vocals Using AI for New Song
Elon Musk Furious at Twitter Engineers Because People Aren’t Faving His Tweets
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is complaining about how few people are interacting with his tweets, Platformer reports, in an internal tantrum that underlines just how little he knows about the company he bought for $44 billion last year. “This is ridiculous,” Musk raged, according to Platformer‘s multiple sources, during a meeting at Twitter’s headquarters in… Continue reading Elon Musk Furious at Twitter Engineers Because People Aren’t Faving His Tweets
Man “Sure” His AI Girlfriend Will Save Him When the Robots Take Over
Keep on dreaming, pal. She Saved Me The AI girlfriend guys are at it again — and this time, they’re hoping their digital paramours can save them from the robot apocalypse. In a piece for Insider, a writer who did not give his name said he was initially “pretty scared” when OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model came… Continue reading Man “Sure” His AI Girlfriend Will Save Him When the Robots Take Over
Panicked Elon Musk Asked Twitter Employees to Stop Building New Features as Site’s Infrastructure Crumbles
“Please pause for now on new feature development…” Falling Apart If you were on Twitter at all yesterday evening, you may have noticed: it was broken. If you tried to tweet outright, you were hit with a pop-up that said you’d already reached your “daily limit,” even if you hadn’t tweeted at all that day.… Continue reading Panicked Elon Musk Asked Twitter Employees to Stop Building New Features as Site’s Infrastructure Crumbles
Stable Diffusion Creator Launches New AI That Turns Boring Footage Into Super Stylized Videos
“We’re really close to having full feature films being generated.” Video to Video Stable Diffusion is currently getting all the glory for its impressive ability to generate entire — though perhaps not entirely original — images from text prompts. But its cocreator, a startup called Runway, has since split ways and gone on to release… Continue reading Stable Diffusion Creator Launches New AI That Turns Boring Footage Into Super Stylized Videos
Tesla Offers New Car to Guy Whose Steering Wheel Fell Off While Driving
“They should investigate this and make sure what they did wrong doesn’t happen again.” Oops, No Steering A Tesla owner was shocked when the steering wheel of his week-old Tesla Model Y fell off in his hands while driving on the highway, a terrifying incident that highlights the EV maker’s infamously shoddy quality control. Tesla… Continue reading Tesla Offers New Car to Guy Whose Steering Wheel Fell Off While Driving
College Student “Accidentally” Builds Explosive, Forcing Bomb Squad to Detonate It
“We don’t really have any homework to be doing so far, so here we are waiting for the explosion.” Accidental Bomb It’s like something straight out of 60s “Batman.” A University of Delaware student “accidentally” created a small amount of a “shock-sensitive explosive chemical” in one of the university’s labs, prompting the evacuation of several… Continue reading College Student “Accidentally” Builds Explosive, Forcing Bomb Squad to Detonate It