AI & Machine Learning

US tech giant OpenAI on Tuesday said it had solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics with an unreleased artificial intelligence model after just 88 hours – and millions of dollars’ worth of computing power. But a US mathematician and a researcher at rival Anthropic allege that OpenAI only took up the problem after […]

Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups

Instagram’s viral ChatGPT ’80s photo trend is turning modern selfies into realistic retro portraits inspired by 1980s fashion and Bollywood. Users can create the look by uploading a photo to ChatGPT and using a detailed prompt for period-style clothes, hair, lighting and film grain.

Chief executive Sam Altman says the lab was threatened with ‘unfounded accusations of plagiarism’

Several weeks after OpenAI’s chatbots attacked the company Hugging Face, the “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton reflect on the incident and what it means for A.I. development more broadly.

Microsoft’s patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold. It was only two months ago that Microsoft patched a then-record 570 vulnerabilities. Google and other companies have also published record numbers of vulnerabilities in recent months. Two weeks ago,

If a tiger mauls your face, the important question isn’t “Is it conscious?” It’s “Why did it maul my face?” The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss that whether you believe A.I. is conscious or not, the consequences of autonomous agents are mounting.

Engineers at 1Password use Codex to rapidly build new features and internal tools, reaching production-readiness while maintaining rigorous security policies.

Donald Trump shared an AI-generated map Monday appearing to show the US absorbing Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba and parts of the Caribbean into a giant “United States of America”. Shared with no context, the post sparked diplomatic backlash with Iceland summoning its ambassador and Mexico reiterating its sovereignty. Denmark also pushed back over Greenland.

New ‘agent’ called Muse designed to make customised suggestions based on chats and social media activity