Anthropic has written a constitution for Claudethat contains detailed explanations of the values they would like Claude to embody and the reasons why. In it, they explain what we think it means for Claude to…
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Naming AI tools after dead philosophers
Google has apparently bought a promising AI start-up that specialises in AI voices that sound extraordinarily natural and human-like, with high emotional awareness and appropriate responses in conversations. All based on research. It’s called Hume…
AI clones of dead grandparents
How difficult would it be to bring deceased grandparents, parents and ither family members “back” in the form of AI-generated avatars? Perhaps easy visually, but generating a believable voice, personality and memories is another story….
Painting with light
I love iridescence in nature. Think of the shimmering colours on peacocks’ tails, on butterfly wings, on the bodies of dragonflies. It turns out that this type of colour in nature is called “structural color”….
Soft skills in an age of AI
Some interesting responses to Natasha Singer’s article, “As Schools Embrace A.I. Tools, Skeptics Raise Concerns“, in the Letters to the Editor section today: “With the proliferation of A.I. tools and the push for their adoption…
ChatGpt: now the paid adverts with every chat
Well, even LLMs have expenses. Free users in the US will start seeing paid advertising relevant to their chat after each exchange. OpenAI is apparently planning to excluse adverts from sensitive exchanges that involve, for…
Welcome, ChatMD
According to Futurism, OpenAI has launched a health-focused version of ChatGPT that can ingest full medical records. When people tap into this knowledge, they will see an explicit warning it shouldn’t be used for diagnosis or…