April 3, 2025

Generative AI

Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, such as text, images, audio, or video, based on patterns learned from existing data. It uses algorithms to generate original outputs in response to user prompts, often producing creative and unique results.

Source: Conversation with Copilot, 9/28/2024

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Coding with and for AI and Quantum Computing News and Commentary – Sunday, August 25, 2024

Bob Sutor06 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Coding with and for AI and Quantum Computing. General News, Articles, and Analyses The Walrus Operator: Python’s Assignment Expressions – Real Python https://realpython.com/python-walrus-operator/ Author: Geir Arne Hjelle (Wednesday, August 14, 2024) “In this tutorial, you’ll learn about assignment expressions and the walrus operator….

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AI News and Commentary – Friday, August 23, 2024

Bob Sutor07 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses NEA led a $100M round into Fei-Fei Li’s new AI startup, now valued at over $1B | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/nea-led-a-100m-round-into-fei-fei-lis-new-ai-startup-now-valued-at-over-1b/ Author: Marina Temkin (Wednesday, August 14, 2024) “World Labs, a stealthy startup founded by renowned Stanford University AI professor…

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AI News and Commentary – Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Bob Sutor07 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses AI and Games Conference https://www.aiandgamesconference.com/ (Sunday, July 28, 2024) “Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry.” GenAI Can’t Scale Without Responsible AI https://www.bcg.com/ja-jp/publications/2024/genai-cant-scale-without-responsible-ai Authors: Eric Jesse; Vanessa Lyon; Maria Gomez; and Krupa Narayana…

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AI News and Commentary – Friday, August 16, 2024

Bob Sutor07 mins

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…

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AI News and Commentary – Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Bob Sutor06 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses Why larger LLM context windows are all the rage – IBM Research https://research.ibm.com/blog/larger-context-window (Wednesday, July 24, 2024) “IBM has scaled the context window of its open-source Granite 3B and 8B models to 128,000 tokens, the new industry standard.”…

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AI News and Commentary – Friday, August 09, 2024

Bob Sutor08 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses NVIDIA Announces Generative AI Models and NIM Microservices for OpenUSD Language, Geometry, Physics and Materials | NVIDIA Newsroom https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-generative-ai-models-and-nim-microservices-for-openusd (Monday, July 29, 2024) “SIGGRAPH—NVIDIA today announced major advancements to Universal Scene Description, or OpenUSD, that will expand adoption…

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AI News and Commentary – Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Bob Sutor04 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses Generative AI in Real-World Workplaces – Microsoft Research https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/generative-ai-in-real-world-workplaces/ (Thursday, July 25, 2024) “This report presents the most recent findings of Microsoft’s research initiative on AI and Productivity, which seeks to measure and understand the productivity gains associated…

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AI News and Commentary – Thursday, August 01, 2024

Bob Sutor07 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-already-taking-jobs-in-the-video-game-industry/ (Tuesday, July 23, 2024) “A WIRED investigation finds that major players like Activision Blizzard, which recently laid off scores of workers, are using generative AI…

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AI News and Commentary – Monday, July 29, 2024

Bob Sutor04 mins

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses Video Game Actors Under SAG-AFTRA Go On Strike Over AI, Pay | MMORPG.com https://www.mmorpg.com/news/video-game-actors-under-sag-aftra-go-on-strike-over-ai-pay-2000132322 (Friday, July 26, 2024) “SAG-AFTRA actors cannot perform work for many major video games projects and interactive media, including promotional events, with some exceptions.”…

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