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How AI experts are using GPT-4

WOW, last week was intense. Several leading AI companies had major product releases. Google said it was giving developers access to its AI language models, and AI startup Anthropic unveiled its AI assistant Claude. But one announcement outshined them all: OpenAI’s new multimodal large language model, GPT-4. My colleague William Douglas Heaven got an exclusive preview. Read aboutContinue reading “How AI experts are using GPT-4”

Language models might be able to self-correct biases—if you ask them https://t.co/TcdpmsRmzN

Language models might be able to self-correct biases—if you ask them https://t.co/TcdpmsRmzN — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Mar 20, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 March 20, 2023 at 12:59PM via IFTTT

Language models might be able to self-correct biases—if you ask them

Large language models are infamous for spewing toxic biases, thanks to the reams of awful human-produced content they get trained on.  But if the models are large enough, and humans have helped train them, then they may be able to self-correct for some of these biases. Remarkably, all we have to do is ask. That’sContinue reading “Language models might be able to self-correct biases—if you ask them”

The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says. https://t.co/KC3JOToQ0e

The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says. https://t.co/KC3JOToQ0e — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Mar 20, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 March 20, 2023 at 11:34AM via IFTTT

The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says.

Time is running short to address climate change, but there are feasible and effective solutions on the table, according to a new UN climate report released today.  Despite decades of warnings from scientists, global greenhouse-gas emissions are still climbing, hitting a record high in 2022. If humanity wants to limit the worst effects of climateContinue reading “The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says.”

The Download: weight loss drugs, and a new abortion fight frontier https://t.co/MI41TzX8W4

The Download: weight loss drugs, and a new abortion fight frontier https://t.co/MI41TzX8W4 — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Mar 20, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 March 20, 2023 at 08:34AM via IFTTT

The Download: weight loss drugs, and a new abortion fight frontier

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Weight-loss injections have taken over the internet. But what does this mean for people IRL? Over the course of the last year, so-called “miracle” weight-loss drugs have blown up across the internet. AlthoughContinue reading “The Download: weight loss drugs, and a new abortion fight frontier”

Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills online https://t.co/q08ndgO7YB

Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills online https://t.co/q08ndgO7YB — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Mar 20, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 March 20, 2023 at 07:34AM via IFTTT

Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills online

This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. There’s been a quiet shift in the abortion fight in the US. Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court last June,Continue reading “Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills online”