Samsung Electronics Co. has banned the use of generative AI tools by its employees following the accidental leak of sensitive code through the popular ChatGPT platform, dealing a blow to the adoption of such technology in the workplace. In a memo seen by Bloomberg, the South Korean firm told staff at one of its biggest divisions that external servers could store data transmitted to AI platforms such as Google Bard and Bing, making it challenging to delete and retrieve it and leaving it at...

Alibaba Cloud has launched a partnership program to facilitate the development of custom generative artificial intelligence (AI) models for industries such as transportation, hospitality, finance, and telecommunications. Through this program, Alibaba hopes to accelerate the creation of large language models that are tailored to different verticals using its recently launched Tongyi Qianwen generative AI model. The seven initial partners in the program include Kunlun Digital Technology, China...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has revealed that the company is developing a more “generalized and capable” large language model (LLM) to power Alexa. During Amazon’s Q1 earnings call, Jassy stated that the updated LLM would help the company towards its goal of building “the world’s best personal assistant.” The LLM, like ChatGPT, is a deep learning algorithm that can recognize, summarize, and generate text and other content based on knowledge from enormous amounts of text data. While Amazon already...

Palantir, the tech company founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, has released a video demo of its new Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), which integrates large language models (LLMs) into privately-operated networks, specifically for military operations. AIP was showcased in the video using a ChatGPT-style chatbot to order drone reconnaissance, generate attack plans, and coordinate the jamming of enemy communications. The demonstration of AIP has raised questions about the ethical...

Apple is developing an AI-based coaching service, codenamed Quartz, as part of its push into health services. The coaching service is designed to motivate users to exercise, improve eating habits, and help them sleep better. It will use AI and data from an Apple Watch to make suggestions and create coaching programs tailored to specific users. Apple is hoping to unveil the service next year. Get full access to AIWireX.com at aiwirex.substack.com/subscribe

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been undertaking a massive project to upgrade its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure after a critical gap was identified in the company’s tooling, workflows, and processes for AI development. The company has been slow to adopt AI-friendly hardware and software systems for its main business, despite high-profile investments in AI research, hobbling its ability to keep pace with innovation at scale. Get full access to AIWireX.com at...

Microsoft’s AI-powered design tool, Designer, has been launched for public preview with expanded features. The web app, which is similar to Canva, can create designs for posters, presentations, digital postcards, graphics, and other media channels. Designer utilizes user-created content and OpenAI’s text-to-image AI, DALL-E 2, to ideate designs. It also offers drop-downs and text boxes for further customization and personalization. AIWireX.com is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

Google DeepMind is set to transform the landscape of AI research and development. With AI research and technology advancing at an unprecedented rate, DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research will be merging to form a single unit called Google DeepMind. This new venture aims to accelerate progress towards a future where AI helps solve some of the biggest challenges facing humanity. AIWireX.com is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider...

Nvidia, a popular technology company, has recently launched NeMo Guardrails, a safety toolkit for AI chatbots that acts as a censor for applications built on large language models (LLMs). This software has been released as an open source project, and it enables developers to set up three kinds of boundaries. The first boundary is topical guardrails, which prevents apps from moving into undesired areas. The second boundary is safety guardrails, which include fact-checking, filtering out...