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Twitch, a popular streaming platform, announced it is withdrawing a policy that allowed “artistic nudity” on the site, two days after implementing the change. The reversal comes after AI-generated women began appearing topless during streams, making it difficult to determine whether the content was digital art or photography. Experts raise deep concerns over the potential … Read more Twitch retracts artistic nudity rules amid AI deepfake concerns.

The recent activities around artificial intelligence (AI), especially involving OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, are compared to a new global ‘gold rush’ similar to the original California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century and the internet boom of the 1990s. OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT4 could potentially outshine IT giants Microsoft, Google, and Facebook by using the vast … Read more California’s New Gold Rush – AI Unleashed

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, discussed a range of topics including artificial intelligence (AI), falling birth rates, and immigration at the Italian “Atreju” political conference. The SpaceX founder emphasized the civilizational risk posed by declining birth rates and the role children play in generating future generations. As part of his discourse, Musk also delved … Read more Musk’s AI chat takes center stage at Italian extravaganza.

Key Points Federal agencies are failing to meet deadlines and build their management of artificial intelligence (AI). Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made multiple recommendations to 19 agencies to better implement federally-required AI strategies. Many federal agencies are falling behind on deadlines and efforts to improve their management of artificial intelligence (AI), even as the … Read more Watchdog finds federal government trailing in crucial AI needs

• Large AI models can now create and train smaller AI tools without human assistance, according to scientists from MIT, several University of California campuses, and AI technology company Aizip. • These smaller AI models, known as Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML), can perform specific tasks such as facial recognition, hearing aid devices, and home appliances. … Read more Big AI models now master mini versions, no humans needed.

Seeing AI, a game-changing app for the visually impaired, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance vision. Originally available only on iOS, it was recently expanded to Android and supports 18 languages with plans to expand to 36 in the coming year. Key features of the app include detailed photo descriptions, interactive document scanning, object, people, … Read more Vision-changing AI app now available for Android.

CaliExpress, situated in Pasadena, is being hailed as the world’s first fully autonomous, AI-powered restaurant. Developed by Pasadena-based Miso Robotics, a restaurant automation company, CaliExpress features robots that make hamburgers and fries, as well as manage the business operations. The restaurant, which will open to the public before the end of the year, aims at … Read more CaliExpress: The world’s pioneering AI-powered autonomous restaurant in Pasadena

Key Points: The University of Michigan’s autonomous vehicle and technology testing site, Mcity, operates a 24/7 virtual reality counterpart alongside its physical replica city environment. Mcity’s objective is to advance safety, efficiency, accessibility, and equity in transportation. Mcity was also the site where the US’s first wireless charging roadway technology was tested. The facility, which … Read more Discover the University of Michigan’s Auto Vehicle Test Innovation Hub.

Key Points: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can generate faces that appear more “real” to people than actual human faces, a phenomenon called “hyperrealism”. This is especially relevant with the rise of deepfakes, material artificially generated to impersonate real individuals. However, AI achieves hyperrealism only with white faces; AI-generated faces of color fall into the “uncanny valley”. … Read more White AI faces appear more real than actual human faces.