Issue 42 5th March 2024

Highlights

What is Sora? A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks

OpenAI’s Sora model is a leap forward for video-generation technology. How does it work, and what will it mean?

Microsoft's deal with Mistral AI faces criticism and further scrutiny

Some critics in the European Parliament are mad about the deal but there are also questions about what happened and the EU plans to look into it

India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches

India has waded into global AI debate by issuing an advisory that requires tech firms to get government permission before launching new models. India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT issued the advisory to firms on Friday. The advisory, not published on public domain but a copy of which TechCrunch has reviewed, also asks tech firms.

Google chief admits ‘biased’ AI tool’s photo diversity offended users

Sundar Pichai addresses backlash after Gemini software created images of historical figures in variety of ethnicities and genders Human or fake? How AI is distorting beauty standards – videoGoogle’s chief executive has described some responses by the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence model as “biased” and “completely unacceptable” after it produced results including portrayals of German second world warsoldiers as people of colour. Sundar Pichai told employees in a memo that images and texts generated by its latest AI tool had caused offence. Continue reading...

Video

Silicon Minds, Human Hearts - Teaser

Crafting a Future of Synergy in the AI EraA series that zooms into the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) with daily human life. It features interv...

Samuel Erskine - Humans in AI

Join us as we venture into the exciting world of AI with Samuel Erskine, a technology enthusiast who hails from the UK. With years of experience in the field, Sam delves into the opportunities that AI brings, its game-changing potential, and a flashback of its early days. Don't miss out as he shares his captivating AI journey and the immense fascination it holds for him. Strap in for a tech-talk like no other.

Articles

Making AI more Open and Accessible to Cloud Developers with Gemma on Vertex AI

Gemma is a family of open, lightweight, and easy-to-use models developed by Google Deepmind.

Tweets to Citations: Unveiling the Impact of Social Media Influencers on AI Research Visibility

As the number of accepted papers at AI and ML conferences reaches into the thousands, it has become unclear how researchers access and read research publications. In this paper, we investigate the…

AI-generated images of Trump with Black voters being spread by supporters

No evidence to tie fake images, including one created by Florida radio host, to Trump campaign, BBC Panorama investigation finds Supreme court allows Trump to stay on Colorado ballot - live updatesDozens of fake, artificial intelligence-generated photos showing Donald Trump with Black people are being spread by his supporters, according to a new investigation. BBC Panorama reported that the images appear to be created by supporters themselves. There is no evidence tying the photos to Trump’s campaign. Continue reading...

Visualize your RAG Data — Evaluate your Retrieval-Augmented Generation System with Ragas

How to use UMAP dimensionality reduction for Embeddings to show multiple evaluation Questions and their relationships to source documents with Ragas, OpenAI, Langchain and ChromaDB Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) adds a retrieval step to the workflow of an LLM, enabling it to query relevant data from additional sources like private documents when responding to questions and queries [1].

How to Learn the Math Needed for Data Science

A breakdown of the three fundamental math fields required for data science: statistics, linear algebra and calculus.

The Zen of Python, Unix, and LLMs with Simon Willison

I'm participating in a live online fireside chat with Hugo Bowne-Anderson tomorrow afternoon (3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm GMT) talking about LLMs, Datasette, my open source process, applying the Unix pipes philosophy to LLMs and a whole lot more. It's free to register.

Via @hugobowne

One month with Microsoft’s AI vision of the future: Copilot Pro

A first look at Microsoft’s new $20 per month AI subscription.

Upcoming events

Global AI Bootcamp 2024 | March 2024

The Global AI Bootcamp is an annual event that occurs worldwide, where developers and AI enthusiasts can learn about AI through workshops, sessions, and discussions. Local chapters of the Global AI Community host the events in various locations across the globe. This year, the bootcamp will take place in the full month of March 2024.