Tag: Computer vision

Listen to The Citizen's incredible podcast of the groundbreaking AI-driven chatbot ChatGPT. Get an in-depth look at the implications of the technology, with an intriguing conversation between host and AI. Also explore the real-world issues surrounding AI, such as its potential to change job markets and raise ethical considerations. Trustworthy AI technology is essential- OpenAI shares their evaluation and actions to ensure it is safe.

Mira Murati, OpenAI CTO and a prominent AI pioneer, believes that AI systems must have a world-wide understanding and robust reasoning for reliability. Utilizing OpenAI tools for ML, NLP and computer visions, she is guiding the development of ChatGPT, an AI expert in natural language processing. GPT-3 and GPT-4 are developed to identify the weaknesses and failures of AI in the real world and provide safe usage.

Researchers from 186 universities, including Brigham Young University (BYU), tested OpenAI's ChatGPT on accounting exams, finding that university students significantly outperformed it. Despite this, it is seen as a game-changer, providing a way to teach and learn accounting more efficiently in the future. ChatGPT did best on true/false and multiple choice questions, but struggled with higher order problems and short answers. While it generated convincing references, many of the works and authors were fictional. David Wood, professor of accounting from BYU, led the study, with the aim of discussing this technology from multiple perspectives.

Consensus, an AI-powered search engine that simplifies scientific research, has announced a $3 million seed funding round and will host a seminar to discuss AI maturity and investments. The Boston-based platform provides expert knowledge from 200 million academic sources. Founded by Harvard Ph.D. Abinash Bhattacharjee, it enables users to access unbiased, well-qualified search results.

Autotech Ventures, a mobility-focused VC firm, is bolstering its resources with a third fund of $230M, investing in new areas such as fintech, logistics and the circular economy. The fund is backed by both financiers and American companies like Allison Transmission, Shell, etc. Managing Director Alexei Andreev is focused on SaaS-enabled fintech, ecofriendly solutions and AI investments. Five of the investments have already gone public.