Generative AI

According to a new report from Gartner, generative AI will spawn new roles in software engineering and operations by 2027, requiring 80% of the workforce to upgrade their skills. The report states that AI will change the future roles of software engineers, not replace them. Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, said AI will require software engineers to have a unique skill set in software engineering, data science and AI/machine learning. The report predicts that in the short term, AI tools will moderately boost existing developers' work patterns and tasks by augmenting...

Sept. 15 - Artificial intelligence expert Sasha Luccioni warns that generative AI is accelerating the climate crisis by using 30 times more energy than traditional search engines. Luccioni works to raise awareness of the environmental impact of hot new technologies. Named one of the world's 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence by Time magazine in 2024, she has been working for years to quantify the emissions of programs such as ChatGPT or Midjourney. At the A...

On August 29, at the 2024 China Internet Civilization Conference held in Chengdu, the "Generative Artificial Intelligence Industry Self-Discipline Initiative" was officially released. The "Generative Artificial Intelligence Industry Self-Discipline Initiative" issued an industry initiative from the aspects of ensuring the security and compliance of data and algorithm models, promoting the construction of content ecology, pursuing technological innovation and quality improvement, following values and ethical standards, and promoting exchanges, cooperation and open co-construction. Representatives of the participating units of the initiative said that implementing the initiative is not only a solemn commitment to the general public, but also an inherent requirement for industry development and corporate operations. The "Generative Artificial Intelligence Industry Self-Discipline Initiative"...

In Florida, a man has been arrested for allegedly creating and distributing child pornography generated using artificial intelligence and is now facing up to 20 obscenity charges. The case has raised widespread concern about the abuse of generative artificial intelligence. According to CBS12 News, the man's name is Phillip Michael McCorkle, who works at a movie theater in Vero Beach, Florida. Last week, law enforcement officers arrested him at the theater, and the TV crew happened to capture this dramatic moment. McCorkle was wearing a uniform...

Recently, Microsoft released a report stating that Iran is stepping up its use of cyber influence operations and generative artificial intelligence to manipulate the 2024 US presidential election. According to the analysis of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), Iran's cyber activities have been increasing since June this year, especially the influence operations against US targets are gradually taking shape, including network reconnaissance and infiltration of online people and websites. Source Note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is authorized by Midjourney. The report mentioned that there are multiple organizations in Iran involved in these activities. Among them, the "Sefid Flood…

According to the "Industry and Information Technology Micro-News", at the 12th Internet Security Conference held recently, Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the Office of the Central Cyberspace Security and Informatization Committee and deputy director of the State Internet Information Office, introduced that as of now, my country has completed the filing and launched more than 180 generative artificial intelligence service models that can provide services to the public, and the number of registered users has exceeded 564 million. It is reported that in recent years, my country's artificial intelligence development has achieved remarkable results. On the one hand, a relatively comprehensive artificial intelligence technology industry system has been initially established, with more than 4,500 related companies, and the scale of the industry continues to expand...

In recent years, generative artificial intelligence has developed rapidly and is widely used in interactive scenarios such as voice assistants, intelligent customer service, and collaborative office. While promoting technological and industrial changes, it also brings challenges to user rights protection. In order to strengthen the user rights protection capabilities of generative artificial intelligence products and services and promote the healthy and orderly development of related industries, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (hereinafter referred to as "CAICT") Telecommunication Terminal Laboratory, relying on the Telecommunication Terminal Industry Association, organized the formulation of a series of standards for "Requirements for User Rights Protection of Generative Artificial Intelligence Products and Services". In the early stage, the Telecommunication Terminal Laboratory organized a relevant seminar to determine…

Recently, the European Commission announced that it will launch a number of funding programs for generative artificial intelligence, which will be carried out in the "Horizon Europe" work program next year with a total budget of up to 500 million euros. This plan aims to help the EU catch up with the world in the field of artificial intelligence, especially using technologies like ChatGPT to solve real-world industrial problems. Source note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is licensed to the service provider Midjourney. This initiative, called "GenAI4EU", plans to fund multiple collaborative projects and encourage companies and research institutions to form teams to jointly develop…

China leads the world in adoption of generative artificial intelligence, a new survey shows, demonstrating the country’s progress in this technology. Generative artificial intelligence has gained global attention due to the launch of ChatGPT by the US company OpenAI at the end of 2022. Image source: Pixabay The survey, jointly conducted by US artificial intelligence and data analysis software company SAS and Coleman Parkes Research, interviewed 1,600 industry decision makers from 16 countries and regions around the world…

Recently, Microsoft announced that it would invest nearly $10 billion in the field of artificial intelligence overseas, aiming to maintain its leading position in this key market. Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed as a new industrial revolution and has set off a technological trend in Silicon Valley. As a major supporter of OpenAI, Microsoft has achieved great success through its ChatGPT project and has become the company with the highest market value in the world. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney Since ChatGPT came out in 2022, Microsoft has been vigorously developing in the field of artificial intelligence, and has not…

All signs indicate that future Apple devices will make extensive use of generative AI technology starting in the second half of this year. Although the specific application methods are still uncertain, there are many signs in the industry that the Cupertino technology giant is actively deploying this field. According to Bloomberg, Apple will release its first artificial intelligence applications later this year, and these applications will be able to run locally without an Internet connection. This is consistent with previous speculation inferred from Apple's recruitment records. Currently, the most famous generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, etc. rely on...

According to the latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC), the Asia-Pacific region is about to embark on a transformative journey, with a surge in the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). IDC's forecast indicates that spending in this area will soar to US$26 billion by 2027, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 95.4% from 2022 to 2027. GenAI is a branch of computer science that enables computers to create new content from existing materials and is gaining more and more attention in all walks of life. IDC predicts that this technology will completely change the next…

Stanford University has released the 2024 Artificial Intelligence Index Report, a 500-page report that is Stanford University's most comprehensive report to date. Stanford University has expanded its research scope, and this report covers a wide range of fundamental trends such as the technological progress of artificial intelligence, public perception of the technology, and the geopolitical dynamics surrounding its development. China dominates AI patents. In 2022, China led the world in AI patent sources with 61.1%, far exceeding the United States' 20.9%. China dominates the field of industrial robots. Since…

Recently, KPMG's latest research shows that more than a third (36%) of senior leaders in the financial services industry use generative artificial intelligence every day. Among them, CEOs are the group that uses this technology most frequently, and they mainly use it for brainstorming and speech writing. Although most leaders use generative artificial intelligence at least once a week in their daily work, about 30% of leaders are still skeptical about the potential of the technology to be used by the enterprise as a whole. In the financial field, the most common field of generative artificial intelligence is currently financial planning, followed by customer data analysis and fraud detection. At the same time, leaders…

A new report shows that more and more companies are beginning to worry about advertisers incorporating generative AI into their workflows. In this "cold war" between human artists and generative AI, companies have become unexpected allies. Some companies have reportedly expressed concerns about advertisers incorporating generative AI into their workflows, leading them to include "no AI, no cooperation" clauses in their contracts with advertising agencies. Source note: The image is generated by AI, and the image licensing service provider Midjourney According to adage, companies are beginning to use AI in their contracts with advertising agencies...

Amazon continues to innovate and help sellers succeed by introducing generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that allow them to provide links to their own websites and leverage new generative AI capabilities to easily create high-quality product detail pages in Amazon stores. Advances in AI technology are revolutionizing experiences, and Amazon is continually introducing new features that significantly improve the customer experience in stores and the sellers’ success in building a thriving business. One focus is helping sellers create high-quality product pages more easily. In the past, creating product pages required a lot of effort from sellers,…

According to The New Yorker, the popular chatbot ChatGPT needs to process more than 200 million requests per day, and its power consumption may be as high as 500,000 kWh per day. In comparison, the average daily electricity consumption of an average American household is only 29 kWh, which means that ChatGPT's daily electricity consumption is more than 17,000 times that of an average household. What is more worrying is that as generative artificial intelligence becomes more popular, its power consumption may surge further. Alex de Vries, a data scientist at the Dutch Central Bank, said in a report...

Adobe has officially introduced its generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technology Firefly to mobile devices. The latest version of Adobe Express beta has launched the Firefly GAI feature on both Android and iOS, providing users with a wider range of image creation and editing options. With Firefly, users can generate the desired image and insert, delete or replace elements such as people, objects and backgrounds by simply entering a text prompt. Quick operations make editing, background removal and image resizing just a few clicks. In addition to image generation, Express…

EA CEO Andrew Wilson said at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday that he believes generative artificial intelligence will have a transformative impact on the company and the entire gaming industry in the next five years. Wilson said the technology's advances allow the company to create richer, more personalized content faster. He said greater efficiency coupled with "deeper, more immersive experiences" will lead to significant player growth in the coming years and provide "multi-billion-dollar" growth opportunities. Wilson gave the example of building an in-game experience in the past...

According to data from the AI job tracker of the University of Maryland and LinkUp, 10,404 new AI-related jobs were posted in the United States in January this year, an increase of 42% compared to December 2022 when ChatGPT was just released. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Axios today, the total number of newly posted IT jobs in the United States in January exceeded 90,000, a decrease of 31% from December 2022. Artificial intelligence jobs are increasing, while data science and software engineering jobs are decreasing. Figure…

According to Cailianshe, at Baidu's 2023 fourth quarter and full-year earnings conference call, Robin Li revealed that the daily call volume of Wenxin Big Model has exceeded 50 million times, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 190%; in December, about 26,000 companies called Wenxin Big Model, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 150%. Currently, Samsung, Honor, Autohome and other companies have reached cooperation with Baidu. IT Home noted that at the previous Samsung Galaxy S24 series new product launch conference, Xu Yuanmo, vice president of user experience strategy for Samsung Electronics Greater China, and Chen Yifan, vice president of Baidu, jointly…

The New York Times recently announced that it will form a team to explore the use of generative artificial intelligence and learning machine technology in the newsroom. The focus of the team will be to try to use generative artificial intelligence and learning machine technology to help report and submit news. The New York Times said that although artificial intelligence tools will be introduced, it emphasizes that news will still be provided by other professional journalists, written, edited and reported. It is reported that the main members of the team will include machine learning engineers, software engineers, designers and editors. Source Note: The picture is generated by AI, and the picture licensing service provider Midjourney The New York Times also stated that the team will be led by editors…

2023 was the most disruptive year in AI in a long time, with a slew of generative AI products entering the mainstream. Continuing its transformative journey, generative AI is expected to move from a topic of excitement to real-world applications in 2024. The field of generative AI is rapidly evolving as tech companies continue to develop and fine-tune AI models, giving rise to a wide range of trends that will boost AI adoption across industries and its presence in our daily lives. Let’s dive into the top generative AI trends that will determine the true value of generative AI…

Anthropic, a major generative AI startup, has filed a defense against copyright infringement claims brought against it by a group of music publishers and content owners. In a new court filing Wednesday, Anthropic detailed why the group’s claims are invalid. In the fall of 2023, music publishers including Concord, Universal, and ABKCO filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement through its chatbot Claude (now replaced by Claude2). …