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Discover how Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) uses ChatGPT Enterprise to turn data into insights, empowering creativity and product development across its iconic brands. Learn more about ELC’s work with ChatGPT: source
On Monday, a developer using the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor noticed something strange: Switching between machines instantly logged them out, breaking a common workflow for programmers who use multiple devices. When the user contacted Cursor support, an agent named “Sam” told them it was expected behavior under a new policy. But no such policy existed, and Sam was a bot. The AI model made the policy up, sparking a wave of complaints and cancellation threats documented on Hacker News and Reddit. This marks the latest instance of AI confabulations (also called “hallucinations”) causing potential business damage. Confabulations are a…
On Monday, a developer using the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor noticed something strange: Switching between machines instantly logged them out, breaking a common workflow for programmers who use multiple devices. When the user contacted Cursor support, an agent named “Sam” told them it was expected behavior under a new policy. But no such policy existed, and Sam was a bot. The AI model made the policy up, sparking a wave of complaints and cancellation threats documented on Hacker News and Reddit. This marks the latest instance of AI confabulations (also called “hallucinations”) causing potential business damage. Confabulations are a…
Tesla, and certainly its CEO, Elon Musk, both have a fan in Joe Rogan, but his recent comments about the company’s Full Self-Driving suite could potentially be the most notable yet. Rogan is a massive fan of Musk and has had him on his podcast more than five times. Perhaps some of the coolest Tesla details have been revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience, and it has resulted in the UFC commentator and podcaster purchasing several Teslas, including a completely decked-out Model S Plaid. However, Rogan recently gave his two cents on the Full Self-Driving suite, which is among the…
Determining how best to incorporate AI in your reporting can be daunting. For journalists and small newsrooms navigating tight deadlines and limited resources, harnessing AI tools to carry out time consuming tasks can be pivotal. For students developing a foundational skill set for future reporting careers, the technology can’t be ignored. Think of AI tools similarly to how you do common applications like Microsoft Excel or Adobe Photoshop: AI can help free up time, which you can in turn dedicate to more in-depth reporting, and more creative writing, visuals and marketing, among other perks. However, a 2024 survey by the…
C3.ai experienced a 5% price increase last week, potentially driven by its recent strategic alliance with PwC. This partnership aims to implement AI-powered business transformation across industries such as banking, financial services, and manufacturing. The focus includes tailored solutions like C3 AI Reliability and C3 AI Anti-Money Laundering. Amid broader market downturns, where the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq experienced declines of up to 1.5%, C3.ai’s gains appear noteworthy. While major indexes saw negative sentiment driven by economic concerns and high-profile events in the tech sector, the company’s strategic moves and industry-specific offerings possibly provided positive investor sentiment and…
Contextual advertising, a strategy that matches ads with relevant digital content, has transformed digital marketing by delivering personalized experiences to viewers. However, implementing this approach for streaming video-on-demand (VOD) content poses significant challenges, particularly in ad placement and relevance. Traditional methods rely heavily on manual content analysis. For example, a content analyst might spend hours watching a romantic drama, placing an ad break right after a climactic confession scene, but before the resolution. Then, they manually tag the content with metadata such as romance, emotional, or family-friendly to verify appropriate ad matching. Although this manual process helps create a seamless…
Robert Legato – the respected VFX innovator who won Oscars for “Titanic,” “Hugo” and “The Jungle Book” – has joined Stability AI at chief pipeline architect. In doing so, he reteams with James Cameron, an influential board member for the AI firm. Legato is credited with creating the virtual cinematography pipeline for Cameron’s “Avatar,” which went on to surpass the director’s “Titanic” as the highest grossing film of all time with $2.8 billion at the worldwide box office. Legato’s pioneering work has also included “Apollo 13,” “The Aviator,” and the virtual production of “The Lion King.” He’s also held roles…
If you are interested in building your very own local deep research AI assistant, you might be interested in Google’s Gemma 3 AI models. They represent a significant advancement in artificial intelligence, offering a compact yet robust solution tailored for local deployment. Derived from the larger Gemini series, these models combine high performance with a strong emphasis on privacy and accessibility. Featuring multimodal capabilities, support for 140 languages, and the ability to generate structured outputs, Gemma 3 is engineered to meet diverse AI research assistant and productivity demands. These models are open source and optimized for local use, allowing you…
One pressing question at the artificial-intelligence (AI) summit in Paris this week was this: is Mistral AI’s assistant a cat, or a chat? Called Le Chat and developed by a French startup as a competitor to ChatGPT, it launched as a smartphone app on February 6th. To the English speaker, Le Chat looks like a French twist on AI chat, which it conducts in English (and other languages). Yet at the jamboree President Emmanuel Macron plugged it using a soft “sh”, rendering Le Chat distinctly feline. Arthur Mensch, Mistral’s 32-year-old boss, says his baby is indeed four-legged. Look carefully at…