Anthropic has announced upgrades to its AI portfolio, including an enhanced Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and the introduction of Claude 3.5 Haiku, alongside a “computer control” feature in public beta. The upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet demonstrates substantial improvements across all…

Stability AI has announced the release of Stable Diffusion 3.5, marking a leap forward in open-source AI image generation models. The latest models from Stability AI include multiple variants designed to cater to different user needs, from hobbyists to enterprise-level…

Penguin Random House (PRH) has taken a significant step in response to rising concerns about the use of intellectual property to train AI systems. The publisher has introduced a new statement to the copyright pages of both new and reprinted books, stating, “No part of this book may be…

A comprehensive AI sector study – conducted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in collaboration with Perspective Economics, Ipsos, and glass.ai – provides a detailed overview of the industry’s current state and its future prospects. In this article, we…

ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, recently experienced a security breach involving an intern who allegedly sabotaged AI model training. The incident, reported on WeChat, raised concerns about the company’s security protocols in its AI department. In response, ByteDance clarified that…

Influencer partnerships can be great for brands looking to pump out content that promotes their products and services in an authentic way. These types of engagements can yield significant brand awareness and brand sentiment lift, but they can be risky too. Social media stars are unpredictable…

President Biden has issued the US’ first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI, addressing how the nation approaches the technology from a security perspective. The memorandum, which builds upon Biden’s earlier executive order on AI, is founded on the premise that cutting-edge…

MIT researchers have developed a robot training method that reduces time and cost while improving adaptability to new tasks and environments. The approach – called Heterogeneous Pretrained Transformers (HPT) – combines vast amounts of diverse data from multiple sources into a…

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has unveiled a definition framework to evaluate whether AI systems can be classified as open-source. The announcement of the first Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) was made at All Things Open and marks the culmination of a comprehensive global effort…

Anthropic has flagged the potential risks of AI systems and calls for well-structured regulation to avoid potential catastrophes. The organisation argues that targeted regulation is essential to harness AI’s benefits while mitigating its dangers. As AI systems evolve in capabilities…