AI & Technology

Artificial intelligence, language models, machine learning, AI research, tools and infrastructure — from Anthropic and OpenAI to academic papers.

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ChatGPT's Suggestions for Enhancing Italian Cultural Heritage ai-technology
The article tests ChatGPT by asking it to write a 3000-character article on how to enhance Italy's cultural heritage. The AI's response, while generic, proposes digitalization,…
Three Artists Sue Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for Copyright Infringement ai-technology
On January 16, 2023, a class-action lawsuit was initiated by artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt. They accuse…
ChatGPT invents fake artworks by Ai Weiwei, Cattelan, and others ai-technology
ChatGPT, the AI chatbot released by OpenAI in late 2022, has been generating detailed descriptions of nonexistent contemporary artworks, attributing them to real artists such as…
Google Imagen: AI Software Converts Text into Photorealistic Images ai-technology
Google has developed Imagen, an experimental AI software that generates high-quality, photorealistic images from text descriptions. Using text-to-image technology and machine…
AI Detects Art Forgeries with 96% Accuracy Using 3D Imaging ai-technology
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have developed an AI system that detects art forgeries with up to 96% accuracy using chromatic confocal optical…
AI's Role in Art: Four Scientific Studies on Emotional Intelligence, Attribution, Accessibility, and Classification ai-technology
A collection of four scientific studies demonstrates how artificial intelligence is reshaping art creation, perception, and classification. Researchers at Stanford developed…
Fashion Preferences as Political Data: Cambridge Analytica's Use of Clothing Choices ai-technology
Cambridge Analytica used fashion preferences as a key parameter to build AI models for political targeting, according to whistleblower Christopher Wylie. Speaking at a Business of…
AI Art and the Law: Who Owns the Copyright? ai-technology
The portrait of Edmond de Belamy, created by the French collective Obvious using a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), sold at Christie's for $432,500, far exceeding its…
MIT Researchers Create 'Psychopathic' AI Named Norman ai-technology
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston has created what they call the 'first psychopathic artificial intelligence,' named Norman after…
Google's Creatism AI creates landscape photos from Street View ai-technology
Google researchers Hui Fang and Meng Zhang have developed a neural network called Creatism that can generate original landscape photographs by learning from professional images.…
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst Advocate for Artist Rights in AI Era with Digital Tools ai-technology
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst have long addressed concerns about AI's role in artmaking, predating recent debates sparked by AI-generated artworks winning competitions. Herndon,…
AI-generated songs infiltrate Spotify top charts without disclosure ai-technology
AI-generated music is increasingly difficult to distinguish from human-made tracks, with songs by non-existent artists like Sienna Rose reaching Spotify's top 50 most-streamed…
Taylor Swift files trademark for voice and image against AI threats ai-technology
Taylor Swift has filed new trademark applications to protect her voice and image from the threats posed by artificial intelligence, according to the law firm Gerben IP. The…

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