A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI.
News, Articles, and Analyses
Home – AI and Games Conference
https://www.aiandgamesconference.com/
(Sunday, July 28, 2024) “The ‘AI and Games Conference’ brings together developers from across the games industry alongside academic researchers to learn, network and discuss applications of artificial intelligence for video games. We invite you to join us for two tracks of talks detailing how AI is used within, and to support production in the video games industry, alongside ground-breaking research, and relevant insights into broader business development within the field.”
Introducing Qwen2-Math | Qwen
https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen2-math/
(Thursday, August 08, 2024) “Over the past year, we have dedicated significant effort to researching and enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models, with a particular focus on their ability to solve arithmetic and mathematical problems. Today, we are delighted to introduce a series of math-specific large language models of our Qwen2 series, Qwen2-Math and Qwen2-Math-Instruct-1.”
SoftBank’s Strategic Pivot: Investing in AI Infrastructure and Funding Use Cases with Vision Fund – PUNE.NEWS
Author: Neha Raj
(Tuesday, August 13, 2024) “SoftBank, the Japanese technology conglomerate, has been vocal about its aggressive push into the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. However, recent reports indicate a significant drop in the Vision Fund unit’s new investments, falling 60 percent to $620 million in the June quarter.”
Artists’ lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney gets more punch – The Verge
(Tuesday, August 13, 2024) “A lawsuit that several artists filed against Stability AI, Midjourney, and other AI-related companies can proceed with some claims dismissed, a judge ruled yesterday.”
SpaceX to launch 1st space-hardened Nvidia AI GPU on upcoming rideshare mission | Space
https://www.space.com/ai-nvidia-gpu-spacex-launch-transporter-11
(Wednesday, August 14, 2024) “AI is about to take a major leap to conquer the final frontier. An Nvidia Jetson Orin NX chip, one of the most popular AI and edge computing GPUs, will travel to space soon on SpaceX’s Transporter 11 mission.”
Exists launches GenAI platform to create 3D games from text prompts | VentureBeat
https://venturebeat.com/games/exists-launches-genai-platform-to-create-3d-games-from-text-prompts/
Author: Dean Takahashi
(Thursday, August 15, 2024) “AI startup Exists unveiled its generative AI platform platform to enable anyone to create 3D games from text prompts.”
Illinois Becomes Second State to Ban Unauthorized Digital Replicas Created by Generative AI
(Thursday, August 15, 2024) “Last week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed HB 4875 into law, enacting several changes to the state’s Right of Publicity Act to create a cause of action against parties creating unauthorized digital replicas of individuals with the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems.”
Nvidia vs. the startups: AI chip challengers chase efficiency – Nikkei Asia
(Friday, August 16, 2024) “Asia seen as strategic location for applications run by PCs, industrial devices”
Embracing Gen AI at Work
https://hbr.org/2024/09/embracing-gen-ai-at-work
(Sunday, September 01, 2024) “Today artificial intelligence can be harnessed by nearly anyone, using commands in everyday language instead of code. Soon it will transform more than 40% of all work activity, according to the authors’ research. In this new era of collaboration between humans and machines, the ability to leverage AI effectively will be critical to your professional success. This article describes the three kinds of “fusion skills” you need to get the best results from gen AI. Intelligent interrogation involves instructing large language models to perform in ways that generate better outcomes—by, say, breaking processes down into steps or visualizing multiple potential paths to a solution. Judgment integration is about incorporating expert and ethical human discernment to make AI’s output more trustworthy, reliable, and accurate. It entails augmenting a model’s training sources with authoritative knowledge bases when necessary, keeping biases out of prompts, ensuring the privacy of any data used by the models, and scrutinizing suspect output. With reciprocal apprenticing, you tailor gen AI to your company’s specific business context by including rich organizational data and know-how into the commands you give it. As you become better at doing that, you yourself learn how to train the AI to tackle more-sophisticated challenges. The AI revolution is already here. Learning these three skills will prepare you to thrive in it.”
