22nd April 2024

Kyle Wiggers at TechCrunch takes a look at claims around Open Source AI projects. Source: TechCrunch

Ofcom have published an update on their strategic approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Source: Ofcom

Ars Technica takes a look at accusations that a Netflix documentary had used AI generated imagery and failed to disclose it in the credits. Jeremy Grimaldi, an executive producer, pointed out that “the photos of Jennifer are real photos of her. The foreground is exactly her. The background has been anonymized to protect the source.” Ars Technica touches on some of the current controversies around the use of generative AI in cinema. Source: Ars Technica

TechCrunch hosts an interview with Anna Korhonen as part of its series looking at women who are making a difference in the development of Generative AI. Anna Korhonen is a professor at the University of Cambridge and she researches NLP and how to develop, adapt and apply computational techniques to meet the needs of AI. Source: TechCrunch

Researchers Francesco Salvi, Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Riccardo Gallotti and Robert West have submitted a working paper to arXiv on the "conversational persuasiveness of large language models". The rearchers conclude that "LLMs can out-persuade humans in online conversations through microtargeting" and argue that "malicious actors interested in deploying chatbots for large-scale disinformation campaigns could obtain even stronger effects by exploiting fine-grained digital traces and behavioral data, leveraging prompt engineering or fine-tuning language models for their specific scope". Source: arXiv