According to sources familiar with the matter, OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is in talks with chip manufacturers such as Broadcom to collaborate on the development of a new artificial intelligence chip, as reported by The Information on Thursday. OpenAI is exploring the idea of making AI chips on its own to overcome the shortage of expensive graphics processors it relies on to develop AI models such as ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E3. The Microsoft-backed company is hiring former Google employees who produced the web search giant’s own artificial intelligence chip,…

Andrew McAfee, the Co-Founder and Co-Director of ‘MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy’ and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, believes that despite being a new technology, generative AI shows promising signs of being a general-purpose technology similar to the steam engine. Since the Industrial Revolution, a handful of technologies have been powerful enough to accelerate overall economic development, the author said in his report, “Economic Impact of Generative AI.” These “general purpose” technologies include the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, electrification, and the…

PremjiInvest, the leading Indian family office overseeing more than $10 billion for software magnate Azim Premji, plans to increase investments in artificial intelligence companies and enhance its in-house AI investment tools, according to a senior executive at the company. The firm, which was among the first major Indian asset managers to use AI tools in the private equity sector, is now working on AI quantum modeling for its public market bets as well, TK Kurien, its managing director and chief investment officer, said in his first speech. after being interviewed…

Synthesia, a company backed by Nvidia, has unveiled “Expressive Avatars,” digital characters created by AI that can express human emotions using text inputs. This breakthrough is poised to transform the video production industry by eliminating the necessity for cameras, microphones, actors, and time-consuming editing procedures. Connecting the virtual and real world London-based Synthesia studio employs Actors to read scripts against a green screen and teach an artificial intelligence system to reproduce human expressions and emotions. “Expressive Avatars” were introduced by inputting simple lines of text such as “I’m happy,” “I’m…

According to a recent report from the Stanford Internet Observatory, a tipline established 26 years ago to address online child exploitation has not fully met its objectives and requires technological enhancements and other improvements to better assist law enforcement in pursuing offenders and saving victims. Repairs to the “extremely valuable” service for researchers also need to be made urgently, as new artificial intelligence technology threatens to exacerbate its problems. “In the years to come, the CyberTipline will almost certainly be flooded with highly realistic-looking AI content, making it even more…

Kerala’s KITE aims to provide AI training to 80,000 teachers by August; Concerns raised over Bollywood deepfakes impacting elections; IIT Kharagpur to introduce AI course in BTech program; Apple acquires French startup focusing on AI and computer vision. Stay updated with our daily news roundup. 1. Kerala’s KITE will train 80,000 teachers in artificial intelligence by August Kerala’s KITE plans to train 80,000 secondary teachers in artificial intelligence by August. They learn how to create topic-specific visuals, simplify documents, and condense content. Aiming to inspire responsible use of AI, the…