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OpenAI unveils’ Five-Tier’ system to gauge AI progress towards human surpassing abilities: How it works

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OpenAI unveils' Five-Tier' system to gauge AI progress towards human surpassing abilities: How it works

OpenAI has introduced a five-tier system to measure its progress toward developing artificial intelligence (AI) capable of surpassing human performance, reported Bloomberg. This move aims to provide clearer insight into the company’s approach to AI safety and its vision for the future. The classification system was unveiled to employees during an all-hands meeting, an OpenAI … Read more

What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?

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What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?

In the world’s tech capital it is taken as read that AI will transform the global economy. But for AI to fulfil its potential, firms everywhere need to buy big tech’s AI, shape it to their needs and become more productive as a result. Investors have added $2trn to the market value of the five … Read more

Does Perplexity’s “answer engine” threaten Google?

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Does Perplexity’s “answer engine” threaten Google?

When Aravind Srinivas was accepted at the University of California, Berkeley, to do a PhD, his mother was disappointed. Like many Indian parents, she wanted him to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But things worked out after all; on the west coast he interned at OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind, both of which became … Read more

Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big?

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Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big?

When ChatGPT took everyone by storm in November 2022, it was OpenAI, the startup behind it, that seized the business world’s attention. But, as usual, big tech is back on the front foot. Nvidia, maker of accelerator chips that are at the core of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is now duelling with Microsoft, a tech … Read more

AI sparks classic Android, iOS tug of war for developers

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AI sparks classic Android, iOS tug of war for developers

The story was similar at Google, too, which on 14 May announced features and initiatives to lure developers into building apps and services on its Gemini large language model (LLM)-powered suite of features for Android, Chrome, YouTube and more—which have estimated active user bases of 3.9 billion, 3.2 billion and 2.5 billion, respectively. With Apple … Read more

ChatGPT is a marvel of multilingualism

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ChatGPT is a marvel of multilingualism

THE HYPE that followed ChatGPT’s public launch last year was, even by the standards of tech innovations, extreme. OpenAI’s natural-language system creates recipes, writes computer code and parodies literary styles. Its latest iteration can even describe photographs. It has been hailed as a technological breakthrough on a par with the printing press. But it has … Read more

The war for AI talent is heating up

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The war for AI talent is heating up

That reflects not Mr Altman’s leadership but a broader trend in the technology industry, one that OpenAI itself precipitated. Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the market for AI labour has been transformed. Zeki Research, a market-intelligence firm, reckons that around 20,000 companies in the West are hiring AI experts. Rapid advances in … Read more

How to define artificial general intelligence

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How to define artificial general intelligence

The idea of machines outsmarting humans has long been the subject of science fiction. Rapid improvements in artificial-intelligence (AI) programs over the past decade have led some experts to conclude that science fiction could soon become fact. On March 19th Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, the world’s biggest manufacturer of computer chips and … Read more

This Jio Platforms-backed Silicon Valley startup wants to fix the AI language gap in India

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This Jio Platforms-backed Silicon Valley startup wants to fix the AI language gap in India

Backed by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms and South Korea’s Naver Corp, the artificial reality startup has released a multilingual LLM called Sutra as well as a beta version of a multilingual LLM-based chatbot called Geniya.  Two Platforms also plans to soon release an artificial intelligence-powered messaging and social app called Zappy in India, according … Read more

OpenAI ‘Spring Updates’ Event sparks speculation: GPT-5 launch or Google Search Revival?

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OpenAI 'Spring Updates' Event sparks speculation: GPT-5 launch or Google Search Revival?

Rumors abound in the tech world as OpenAI gears up for its highly anticipated “Spring Updates” live stream event, set to unveil new features and enhancements for its ChatGPT and GPT-4 models. Speculation has been rife regarding potential announcements, with some suggesting a revival of Google’s search engine and others anticipating the launch of GPT-5. … Read more