The European Union is poised to pass the “AI Act”, a broad legislative attempt to regulate AI in the name of preventing its potential harm. Recent negotiations over the details represent a victory for developers of the most powerful AI models.
Working in collaboration with artists and songwriters, Google has developed a new Music Generation AI Model dubbed “Lyria”. Earlier models had trouble with continuity, generating music that often seems to change randomly. Google says that with Lyria, users can expect consistent, “long sequences of sound” with all the nuance of traditionally composed music. Google is also teasing incredible control with Lyria-powered software.
“There’s something for everybody” according to Forward Health’s creepy new marketing pitch for its recently unveiled “CarePod”, an all-in-one, AI-powered uh, health chamber? Medical booth? Get-better-box? I’m not sure what to call it.
Let’s take a closer look.
Remember Astro, the Alexa-enabled robot that Amazon announced in 2021 and hoped would be roaming around your house by now? Me neither.
Well, it’s back, and Amazon wants it to get up in your business.
OpenAI has rolled out a new feature for enterprise users: customizable AI Agents. Dubbed ‘GPT’s, these agents are customized versions of ChatGPT that can be tailored for specific tasks. This customization is accomplished by combining specific instructions, data, and capabilities. See here for instructions to build your own.
The team at x.ai have announced “Grok”, making it ChatGPT’s latest competitor. It’s not yet widely available, so we can only report what x.ai itself says about it. Unfortunately, the press release announcement offers few specifics beyond an odd mission statement.
