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EU's AI Act wins fresh backing ahead of April vote

14-02-2024 20:57

European Union (EU) legislation that would set guardrails for the use and development of AI technology appears to be on a clear path toward ratification as two key groups of legislators in the EU Parliament on Tuesday approved a provisional agreement on the proposed rules.The EU Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) approved the AI Act with an "overwhelmingly favorable vote," putting the rul

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Apple accelerates its genAI efforts with LLM image-editing tool

14-02-2024 18:19

Apple is pushing into generative AI (genAI) in a big way with a new tool called Keyframer; it's designed to give users the power to animate static images using text prompts.Keyframer is described in a recently published Apple research paper and what it does seems impressive. To create animated illustrations from static 2D images, users just need to pop in an SVG image, provide some text prompts, and let Keyframer build CSS animation code to animate that original image. Then you can fine-tu

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Slack launches genAI tools for big businesses, remains mum on price

14-02-2024 15:57

Slack AI is now available for enterprise customers, though pricing details for the generative AI (genAI) features have not yet been disclosed.Slack announced plans for its AI assistant app last year, focusing on three areas:
AI powered search. This provides personalized answers to questions based on an organization’s knowledge base. Slack AI helps users locate subject matter experts, or find information on anything from work projects to understanding unfamiliar acronyms.
Channel

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Tech spending shifts to meet AI demand, forces a 'reshuffling of skills' for workers

14-02-2024 12:00

Tech companies such Google, Amazon, Meta (Facebook) and others laid off tens of thousands of workers last year as an adjustment to over-hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic.But the firings have not abated in 2024.In January, job cuts leaped 136% over December and hit a 10-month high, according to a new report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. The surge in firings was led by the tech and financial services sectors. (In fact, Cisco may be eyeing signific

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Microsoft and the Taylor Swift genAI deepfake problem

14-02-2024 12:00

The last few weeks have been a PR bonanza for Taylor Swift in both good ways and bad. On the good side, her boyfriend Travis Kelce was on the winning team at the Super Bowl, and her reactions during the game got plenty of air time. On the much, much worse side, generative AI-created fake nude images of her have recently flooded the internet.As you would expect, condemnation of the creation and distribution of those images followed swiftly, including from generative AI (genAI) companies and, not

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