One of the most popular YouTube music industry personalities, Rick Beato, says he can no longer easily distinguish many generative AI created songs from those created by human artists.
Category: 18 June 2024
CARBON WAR REBELLION: THE LATEST
The war on hydrocarbon energy is meeting with greater resistance, despite attempts by authorities to cast a supposed “green energy transition” as inevitable.
WWIII: MEDVEDEV CALLS ON SEVERE RESPONSE TO LATEST ROUND OF U.S. SANCTIONS
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said last week that Moscow should take off its gloves because the West has declared “war without rules” on Russia and said the Kremlin should use every weapon at its disposal to counter.
TRADE WAR 2.0: CHINA BLASTS ‘HYPOCRITICAL’ G7
China lashed out at leaders from the G7 for “baselessly” accusing Beijing of destabilizing the world, from its business relationship with Russia during the Ukraine War to jeopardizing Western economies with oversaturation and a cheap workforce.
‘SERVE’ IN CONGRESS, THEN COLLECT YOUR WINDFALL
Political prostitutes and their staffers make big bucks serving as a link between the government and private sector—so when a politician loses his seat, it often means a big pay day. Journalist Lee Fangjun compiled a short list of some of the political nobodies who went on to become millionaires. He called the revolving door......
OPENAI REPORTS FOILING ILLICIT USERS
In March, April, and May, OpenAI defeated several attempts to use its Chat AI models for nefarious activities, thanks to the bots’ built-in tools and the company’s own investigations, it reported.
APPLE IS ALL IN ON AI
After being MIA in the AI revolution for 18 months, Apple declared that AI stands for “Apple Intelligence” at its Worldwide Developers Conference last week.
FROM THE AI BEHAVING BADLY FILE…
Microsoft’s new line of PCs with AI system Copilot+ was made with a tool called Recall, which takes and stores periodic screenshots of a user’s activities.
MICROSOFT, UAE GET MARRIED
Microsoft’s $1.5-billion investment in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) G42 AI platform resulted from lengthy negotiations between U.S. and UAE officials, after which the UAE pledged to dump Chinese AI technology and stick with U.S. products.
AI DEVELOPERS MUZZLE EMPLOYEES FROM EXPRESSING CONCERNS
Seventeen current and past employees of leading AI developers Anthropic, DeepMind, and OpenAI say confidentiality agreements ban them from publicly expressing worries about AI’s dark side and potential threats to humanity.