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Bad Bunny has gone on a furious rant over an AI-generated TikTok song that used his voice. AdvertisementAdvertisementBad Bunny is not happy about an AI-generated song making the rounds on TikTok. The song, "nostalgIA," features an AI-generated version of his vocals and artificially generated versions of Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee. It said, "If you like that shitty song that's viral on Tiktok, get out of this group right now. Drake also took issue with a viral AI-generated TikTok song that mimicked his voice and paired it up with The Weeknd.
Persons: Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee, , Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Bad Bunny, He's, Drake Organizations: Service, Spotify, Apple Music
Elon Musk shouted a profanity-laden jibe when he signed the Twitter takeover deal, per a new book. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk shouted a profanity-laden jibe when he signed the Twitter deal, according to the author of the new book titled "Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History." Ben Mezrich's book documents Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover and cites "unique access to Twitter employees and Musk's confidants." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe author, who also wrote "The Accidental Billionaires," said Musk "definitely sees" Zuckerberg as a rival but was a much more "dictatorial control person than Mark." Musk and Zuckerberg have also butted heads outside the ring since Musk's Twitter acquisition.
Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Ben Mezrich, Kara Swisher, , Ben Mezrich's, Musk's, Mezrich, Zuckerberg Organizations: Twitter, Service, Elon
Singles in Atlanta will likely have a better time of it than in other US cities, a study has found. The company considered income, rent prices, unemployment, and the percentage of single people. People living alone have been facing a "singles tax" that can hike living costs by thousands of dollars per year. AdvertisementAdvertisementGeorgia city Atlanta topped the list as the best city for single people. Here are the best US cities for single people to live, ranked:
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Linda Yaccarino is showing support for Elon Musk's latest project, the AI chatbot Grok. "I wish I knew Grok during the Birds and the Bees talk with my kids," she said on X. AdvertisementAdvertisementLinda Yaccarino has been praising Elon Musk's latest project, the "rebellious" AI chatbot Grok. Despite the potentially inappropriate language, X CEO Yaccarino was enthusiastic about the bot's educational potential. During a disastrous interview at Code Conference in September, Yaccarino defended Musk's leadership and said the pair talked "about everything."
Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk's, Yaccarino, , Musk, Elon Musk, chuckles Organizations: Elon, Service, Conference Locations: Sea Cliff , New York
Staff at X, formerly Twitter, considered calling the police over fears Elon Musk might harm himself. Ben Mezrich, author of the book "Breaking Twitter," made the remarks to CNBC's Squawk Box. AdvertisementAdvertisementStaff at X, formerly Twitter, once considered calling the San Francisco police after an upset Elon Musk locked himself in his office, author Ben Mezrich said. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The Elon before Twitter and the Elon after Twitter are two different Elons," he said. "Elon didn't just break Twitter, Twitter broke Elon Musk."
Persons: Elon, Ben Mezrich, CNBC's, Mezrich, X, , Elon Musk, Dave Chappelle, Elon didn't, Twitter, Musk Organizations: Twitter, Service, San Francisco, Elon Locations: San Francisco police
Elon Musk has been playing up the humorous side of his AI chatbot, Grok. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's been a few days since Elon Musk launched his AI chatbot, Grok, which is the latest offering from startup xAI. One example, shared by X employee Christopher Stanley, involved Grok comparing scaling API requests to a "never-ending orgy." Grok can answer "spicy" questions rejected by other AI models and has a "rebellious streak," the company said.
Persons: Elon Musk, , Christopher Stanley, Musk, Grok Organizations: Service, Elon, X, Google, Microsoft
OpenAI plans to offer assistance to customers that are facing copyright lawsuits. The move is likely aimed at reducing consumer anxiety around unresolved copyright claims. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe move is likely aimed at reducing consumer anxiety sparked by unresolved copyright claims against generative AI systems. The US Copyright Office has been scrambling to deal with the new challenge posed by AI-generated content for some time. Google, which owns ChatGPT rival Bard, told the US Copyright Office: "Any resulting liability should attach to the user."
Persons: Sam Altman, , Altman, OpenAI, George R.R, Martin, Kali Hays, Bard Organizations: Service, ChatGPT Enterprise, US, Google, Microsoft, US Copyright
An AI godfather says we should all be worried about the concentration of power in the AI sector. Bengio said the control of powerful AI systems was a central question for democracy. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe concentration of power in the AI arena is one of the main risks facing the industry, an AI godfather says. Regulation, at least in its current form, will not be the boost for big tech companies that some industry experts have suggested it could be, he added.
Persons: Yoshua Bengio, Bengio, , Yoshua, I've, Yann LeCun, OpenAI's Sam Altman, LeCun, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Benigo Organizations: Service Locations: Canadian, ChatGPT
Elon Musk says xAI is about to release its first AI model. He said the model would be available to a "select group" on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's xAI is gearing up to release its first AI model. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk announced his company was set to release the model to a "select group" on Saturday. It's unclear who is part of the "select group" to gain access to the model.
Persons: Elon Musk, xAI, , Elon, Musk, He's, GPT, Manuel Kroiss, Igor Babuschkin Organizations: Service, Twitter
AI godfather Yoshua Bengio says the risks of AI should not be underplayed. His remarks come after Meta's Yann LeCun accused Bengio and AI founders of "fear-mongering." AdvertisementAdvertisementClaims by Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, that AI won't wipe out humanity are dangerous and wrong according to one of his fellow AI godfathers. AdvertisementAdvertisement"If your fear-mongering campaigns succeed, they will inevitably result in what you and I would identify as a catastrophe: a small number of companies will control AI," LeCun wrote. "Existential risk is one problem but the concentration of power, in my opinion, is the number two problem," he said.
Persons: Yoshua Bengio, Bengio, Meta's Yann LeCun, , Yann LeCun, Yann, LeCun, overstating, Andrew Ng, Geoffrey Hinton, Hinton Organizations: Service, Bell Labs, Google Locations: Bengio
The UK's AI safety summit kicks off on Wednesday. Several groups have criticized the UK government's focus on the existential risks of AI. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe UK's AI safety summit kicked off on Wednesday, but the event is already surrounded by criticism. Hickok is not the only one to raise concerns about the current rhetoric around AI safety. "The UK should not let the AI safety agenda displace the AI fairness agenda," she said.
Persons: , Merve Hickok, AGI, Hickok, Rishi Sunak Organizations: Service, Center, AI, Policy
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  + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In today's big story, we're looking at the tech industry's debate over whether AI poses a real threat to humanity. The big storyBig Tech's big lieAP Photo/Julia Nikhinson; Arantza Pena Popo/InsiderWant to get someone in tech riled up? The private event, which had an exclusive guest list, has been criticized for favoring Big Tech executives over actual AI experts. "When big tech companies, big startups, and powerful VCs start calling for regulation of their hottest new technology, something is very wrong," Alistair Barr, Insider's global tech editor, told me.
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Many are shrugging off the supposed existential risks of AI, labeling them a distraction. They argue big tech companies are using the fears to protect their own interests. The timing of the pushback, ahead of the UK's AI safety summit and following Biden's recent executive order on AI, is also significant. More experts are warning that governments' preoccupation with the existential risks of AI is taking priority over the more immediate threats. Merve Hickok, the president of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, raised similar concerns about the UK AI safety summit's emphasis on existential risk.
Persons: , You've, there's, Yann LeCun, Altman, Hassabis, LeCun, LeCun's, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Andrew Ng, hasn't, Anthropic, Aidan Gomez, Merve Hickok, Hickok, Rishi Sunak, Michelle Donelan Organizations: Service, Google, CNBC, Stanford University, Australian Financial, Guardian, Center, AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he let his nerves get the better of him when he met Steve Jobs. In a resurfaced interview clip, Altman called Jobs his "childhood idol." The OpenAI CEO has more recently been compared to tech titans like Jobs. AdvertisementAdvertisementSam Altman once became deeply starstruck after meeting his idol, Steve Jobs. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe OpenAI CEO has become a star within the tech world after his company launched the viral chatbot ChatGPT.
Persons: Sam Altman, Steve Jobs, Altman, Organizations: Jobs, Service, Apple, Microsoft, Google, CNN Locations: Silicon Valley
Students who use tools like ChatGPT to write their college essays need to walk a fine line. However, the guidance is still pretty vague, especially when it comes to admissions and college essays. "If you look across the landscape of college admissions, especially elite college admissions, there are no clear rules on whether you could use GPT or not." AdvertisementAdvertisementIn February, I tested the chatbot's ability to write college application essays. "If an essay is clearly written by AI, I think they will penalize the student and that application," Nguyen said.
Persons: , Adam Nguyen, Ivy Link, Nguyen, there's Organizations: Service, telltale
Big Tech is lying about some AI risks to shut down competition, a Google Brain cofounder has said. Some large tech companies didn't want to compete with open source, he added. AdvertisementAdvertisementA leading AI expert and Google Brain cofounder said Big Tech companies were stoking fears about the technology's risks to shut down competition. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn May, AI experts and CEOs signed a statement from the Center for AI Safety that compared the risks posed by AI with nuclear war and pandemics. Any necessary AI regulation should be created thoughtfully, he added.
Persons: Andrew Ng, , Sam Altman, It's, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, Ng Organizations: Big Tech, Australian Financial, Service, Google, Stanford University, Center, AI Safety, European
Dubai is one of the best cities for a working vacation, or "workation," a study found. Dubai is known for strict law-enforcement policies and has a zero-tolerance policy on crime. AdvertisementAdvertisementDubai is one of the best cities to take a "workation," a study has found. Barcelona was ranked the best city for a workation in the study by Berlin-based WorkMotion. It was also named the best city for taxes.
Organizations: United Arab, New Locations: Dubai, Barcelona, Berlin, United Arab Emirates, Bern, Switzerland, UAE, New York
In a Thursday blog post, CEO Linda Yaccarino ignored all the chaos and said X's "future is bright." User numbers are reportedly down, regulators are probing the platform over disinformation, and competitors have popped up around every corner. AdvertisementAdvertisementX's CEO Linda Yaccarino also made headlines in September after giving a car-crash interview, where she seemed not to have a grasp on precise user numbers and couldn't answer questions about a paywall. Yaccarino also flagged the platform's user numbers as a point of success, pointing to new signups and time spent on the platform as potential indicators. Representatives for X and Yaccarino did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside normal working hours.
Persons: It's, Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, , Yaccarino, X Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Service, Ebiquity, Wall Street
Microsoft's early investment in AI may already be paying off. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter heavily investing in OpenAI after the launch of ChatGPT, Microsoft sparked something of an AI arms race among its big tech rivals. Microsoft's success had a lot to do with the success of Copilot, Rotibi said. "Microsoft has captured the zeitgeist of kind of the AI and generative AI with copilot," she said. Despite Microsoft''s success, Rotibi said it was still too early to call a winner in the AI race or say whether Google was falling behind.
Persons: , Satya Nadella, Dan Ives, Ives, Bola Rotibi, Rotibi, It's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, CNBC, Google, CCS Insight, OpenAI, Excel Locations: OpenAI, Refinitiv
Web Summit's CEO quit after appearing to accuse Israel of "war crimes," triggering backlash online. In his first post on the subject, Cosgrave seemed to accuse Israel of war crimes. "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are." Proceed with cautionMany of the high-profile CEOs who have commented on the conflict so far have explicitly condemned Hamas and supported Israel. "If you have no connection to Israel, what is the point in mouthing off about political issues now?"
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Jason Derulo says he doesn't see AI music as a threat to artists yet. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementJason Derulo says he doesn't see AI music as a threat to artists amid growing tensions around the tech's potential impact on the music industry. Speaking at the Gitex tech conference in Dubai, Derulo said he didn't think the technology was up to scratch despite the hype. "Hopefully, the creativity of the product continues to grow with the technology as opposed to using technology as a crutch."
Persons: Jason Derulo, , Derulo, Elon Musk's, Grimes, Drake Organizations: Service, Spotify, Bloomberg Locations: Dubai
That follows shock arrests and allegations of bribery at the Shanghai offices of US agency GroupM. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementChilling effectThe probes and arrests are likely to further chill foreign business activity in China. Outwardly, China's leaders have emphasized the country is open to foreign investment. "Both Chinese investment overseas and foreign investment in China have boosted friendship, cooperation, confidence, and hope," said Chinese Premier Xi Jinping earlier this month at a summit on the country's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
Persons: , Foxconn, Bain, Mintz, Steve Tsang, it's, Xi, Dan Harris, Terry Gou, Gou, Tim Cook, Cook, Wang Wentao, Apple, GroupM Organizations: Apple, Foxconn, GroupM, Service, WPP, Financial Times, FBI, SOAS China Institute, New York Times, Chinese Communist Party, Huawei Locations: China, Shanghai, Taiwan, Beijing, New York, Seattle
In an invitation-only Discord chat, Googlers have been discussing the bot. First announced in February, Google's Bard chatbot is one of the company's flagship generative AI products. The launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT months earlier reportedly put the company on high alert and led to resources being poured into generative AI projects. Google's Bard, for example, falsely said there was a ceasefire between Gaza and Israel despite the recent violent escalation between the two nations. This is also not the first time Googlers have raised doubts about Google's generative AI push.
Persons: Bard, Google's Bard chatbot, OpenAI's, , Bard ., I'm, Cathy Pearl, Dominik Rabiej, Google's Bard, we've, Googlers, it's Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Google Locations: Gaza, Israel
CEOs are condemning Hamas and expressing support for Israel in messages to employees. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google boss Sundar Pichai have publicly condemned the attacks on social media and issued statements to employees. "Heartbroken by the horrific terrorist attacks on Israel and the escalating conflict," Nadella said in a post on X. "Google has two offices and more than 2,000 employees in Israel, and it's unimaginable what they are experiencing right now." "We stand with our employees, their families and the people of Israel during this time of great suffering and loss."
Persons: Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, , Nadella, Kathleen Hogan, Hogan, Google's Pichai, 9to5Google, Dimon Organizations: Israel, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Service, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Street Journal, CNN Locations: Israel
AI chatbots may be the most hyped tech of 2023, but maybe don't rely too heavily on them just yet. Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI chatbots are struggling to keep up with the Israel-Hamas war. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In a disclaimer before using Bard, Google notes that "Bard is an experiment" and "will not always get it right." However, it still said "Egypt has brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas" that had yet to be accepted by either side.
Persons: OpenAI, , Google's Bard, Microsoft's Bing, Bing, Bard, Israel —, Google's chatbot, Google Bard, chatbot, Israel Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Service, Bloomberg, Hamas, Palestinian, Islamic, Microsoft Bing, ChatGPT Locations: Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Bard
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