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An artificial intelligence (AI) start-up has unveiled a series of lifelike avatars that can convey human emotions via a user’s text prompts. London-based firm Synthesia showed off its “expressive avatars” in a video uploaded on the social media platform X on Thursday, showcasing a range of emotions from happy, and sad to frustrated. The technology comes at a time when deepfake videos raise concerns about avatars convincingly impersonating anyone for scams or misinformation. However, Synthesia told the MIT Technology Review that the company prefers the term “synthetic media” instead of deepfake...
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Are androids our friends or foes? It depends on the context. Most G7 countries have mixed feelings toward robots, according to a survey conducted by United Robotics on nearly 8,000 people in the US, France, Canada, Italy and Germany, and received exclusively by Euronews Next. Although the majority see further developments as "inevitable," many people are still concerned that in the future, robots may just get too intrusive. Humanoid robots are already here. But do we really need them and will they replace humans?People largely reject the idea of human-looking androidsThe standout fear across a...
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An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot created by New York City to help small business owners is under criticism for dispensing bizarre advice that misstates local policies and advises companies to violate the law. But days after the issues were first reported last week by tech news outlet The Markup, the city has opted to leave the tool on its official government website. Mayor Eric Adams defended the decision this week even as he acknowledged the chatbot's answers were "wrong in some areas". Launched in October as a "one-stop shop" for business owners, the chatbot offers users algorithmi...
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We've heard the argument that regulation stifles innovation too many times. It’s not only boring, it’s a misguided myth. In reality, regulation is less about stifling innovation and more about channelling it responsibly — before it’s too late and irreversible harm is caused. Regulation keeps big tech in check and without it, we end up with endless apologies from tech executives who say “Just trust us”. Two years ago, the European Commission proposed the first EU regulatory framework for AI, to ensure that AI systems can be analysed and classified according to the risk they pose to users. Now, ...
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Amazon said on Wednesday it is pouring an additional $2.75 billion (€2.55 billion) into Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence startup to $4 billion (€3.7 billion). Amazon will maintain a minority stake in San Francisco-based Anthropic, a rival of ChatGPT maker OpenAI. “Generative AI is poised to be the most transformational technology of our time, and we believe our strategic collaboration with Anthropic will further improve our customers’ experiences, and look forward to what’s next,” said Swami Sivasubramanian, vice president of data and AI at AWS, Amazon's ...
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The UN General Assembly is set to vote on Thursday on the first resolution on artificial intelligence (AI), which aims to make it "safe, secure and trustworthy". The resolution was put forth by the United States, which hopes that all 193 UN member states will vote to adopt it. The US Mission to the UN, along with 54 co-sponsors of the resolution, said last week that AI "has enormous potential to shape our economies, societies, and the world for the better," adding that countries must "ensure these benefits extend across the globe to countries at all levels of development". The proposed resolut...
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Denmark will soon be home to one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers. The Novo Nordisk Foundation, the world’s wealthiest charity, announced on Tuesday that it was entering into a partnership with NVIDIA and the Investment Fund of Denmark to establish a national AI research centre that will be home to the supercomputer. The foundation is also the majority shareholder of Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of diabetes and weight loss medication Ozempic. Danish pharmaceutical invests €2.1 billion in France Novo Nordisk ascent: Will Europe’s biggest company continu...
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Europe’s policymakers have rushed to spin out rules and warnings to tech companies since the launch of ChatGPT and this week has been monumental in establishing the EU’s artificial intelligence (AI) rules. On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, which takes a risk-based approach to ensure companies release products that comply with the law before they are made available to the public. A day later, the European Commission, asked Bing, Facebook, Google Search, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and X under separate legislation to detail how they are cur...
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An “AI-powered” advertisement for the sportswear company Under Armour has become the subject of a fervent debate on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to repurpose commercials. Wes Walker, the director behind the one-minute-long spot called it an “AI-powered sports commercial”. It was posted on social media by Walker, Under Armour, and British boxer Anthony Joshua. Yet several directors and others in the industry were quick to criticise it as a spot that used previous footage of the British boxer shot two years prior. Director Gustav Johansson wrote in the comments of the social media pos...
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In recent years, AI has dominated discussions across various sectors. Its swift integration and growth outpace the general public's ability to keep up with the developments. This has forced journalists, researchers, and civil society organisations to continuously highlight the drawbacks of these emerging technologies, and they are right in doing so. The discussion was sparked by the latest release of Sora, a text-to-video AI model, with many debating whether tools like these have any beneficial applications or an inherently negative impact on the world. Some opted for a more measured approach ...
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