2024年4月18日 星期四

AI 產業發展新聞評論:Alphabet, Meta



The next generation of AI models is rumoured be remarkable. But for it to stun the world as ChatGPT did in 2022, fundamental breakthroughs may be needed: https://econ.st/3VZvDxn


Illustration: Daniel Zender

目前,越大越好,所以微軟的預算


 2023.09 

AI 101: While some students will invariably be more interested in AI than others, understanding the fundamentals of how these systems work is becoming a basic form of literacy—something everyone who finishes high school should know. At the start of the new school year, here are MIT Technology Review’s six essential tips for how to get started on giving your kid an AI education. Read more from Rhiannon Williams and me here. 



Bits and Bytes

Chinese AI chatbots want to be your emotional support
What is Chinese company Baidu’s new Ernie Bot like, and how does it compare to its Western alternatives? Our China tech reporter Zeyi Yang experimented with it and found that it did a lot more hand-holding. Read more in his weekly newsletter, China Report. (MIT Technology Review)

Inside Meta’s AI drama: Internal feuds over compute power
Meta is losing top talent left, right, and center over internal feuds about which AI projects are given computing resources. Of the 14 researchers who authored Meta’s LLaMA research paper, more than half have left the company. (The Information

Google will require election ads to disclose AI content
Google will require advertisers to “prominently disclose” when a campaign ad “inauthentically depicts” people or events. As the US presidential election looms closer, one of the most tangible fears around generative AI is the ease with which people can use the technology to make deepfake images meant to mislead people. The changes will come into effect from mid-November. (The Financial Times

Microsoft says it will pay for its clients’ AI copyright legal fees
Generative AI has been accused of stealing authors’ and artists’ intellectual property. Microsoft, which offers a suite of generative AI tools, has said it will pay up if any of its clients are sued for copyright violations. (Microsoft

A buzzy AI startup for generating 3D models used cheap human labor
The Mechanical Turk, but make it 3D. Kaedim, a startup that says it uses machine learning to convert 2D illustrations into 3D models, actually uses human artists for “quality control,” and sometimes to create the models from scratch. (404 media



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Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday it would consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across its Research and DeepMind divisions in its latest push to develop its AI portfolio.



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 【#余英時國際漢學研究中心啟動儀式暨成立紀念研討會】


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臺灣大學得到馨昌公司董事長鄧傳馨捐款,於2023年8月29日通過成立「#余英時國際漢學研究中心」,以紀念余英時院士(1930-2021),推動國際學術交流和以 #漢學 為中心的人文學術研究。該中心於3月22日舉辦啟動儀式。並接連2天舉辦成立紀念研討會,


#余英時 院士為享譽國際的歷史學大師,也是極富代表性的公共知識分子,自1970年代起便與臺灣建立密切關係,在許多方面影響深遠。研究中心中心主任陳弱水指出,該中心的2大目標,在於提升人文研究與培養人才,將透過「國際訪問學者獎助」、「研究生研修獎助」和學術講座等方式,實現這些目標。


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■ 詳見焦點新聞:https://www.ntu.edu.tw/spotlight/2024/2255_20240410.html


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