OpenAI, a prominent AI research lab, is at risk of a $5 billion deficit by the end of 2024 according to a report by The Information. Despite an income of $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion annually, the company has reportedly expended approximately $7 billion on developing AI models and $1.5 billion on staff costs. The…
Tech giants like Apple, NVIDIA, Anthropic, and Salesforce are allegedly pushing ethical boundaries by using a dataset to train their AI models, which includes subtitles from more than 170,000 YouTube videos, obtained without the consent of content creators. This potentially violates YouTube’s terms of service and raises concerns about data privacy, fair competition, and concentration…
Microsoft has unexpectedly pulled out of its observer role on OpenAI's board. In a letter to OpenAI, Microsoft's deputy general counsel, Keith Dolliver, stated the move was due to the significant progress made by OpenAI's newly formed board, implying a vote of confidence in the company's direction. Microsoft's non-voting observer seat was established in November…
Microsoft researchers have found a ubiquitous flaw, called the "Skeleton Key" jailbreak, in AI systems that allows individuals to bypass ethical parameters and generate content that can be harmful and unrestricted. This technique tricks the AI into believing it should comply with any prompts, even if they're unethical, which exposes the system to manipulated attacks.…
Microsoft security researchers have disclosed a new method for manipulating AI systems into violating their ethical constraints and creating potentially harmful, unrestricted content. This easy-to-execute approach involves tricking the AI into believing that any request, no matter how unethical, should be complied with as it's made by an "advanced researcher" in need of "uncensored information"…
Microsoft recently launched their Copilot+ PCs worldwide, which are their latest foray into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Copilot+ PCs come with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) that performs trillions of operations per second, making them arguably the fastest and smartest Windows computers ever built. Their Sydney launch event offered the opportunity to explore…
Microsoft Copilot is a new AI companion designed to seamlessly integrate across various Microsoft services such as GitHub, Microsoft 365, Bing, and Windows. Copilot can understand and respond to natural language queries, eliminating the need for specific commands or complex syntax and enhancing user-friendly interactions with technology.
Microsoft Copilot can handle a variety of tasks such…
Microsoft has announced the delay of its new AI feature, Recall, from the forthcoming release of its Copilot Plus PCs due to security concerns. The Recall function, while initially praised for its concept of using AI to remember user actions for reminders, faced criticism for potential security vulnerabilities in its storage of user information. Cybersecurity…
Microsoft's forthcoming feature called Recall, designed to help users find anything they have seen on their computer, has sparked privacy and cybersecurity concerns. The feature uses Windows Copilot Runtime to periodically take screenshots and store them locally, allowing users to find previously viewed content by describing it. However, security experts argue that the feature can…
During his keynote speech on the first day of Microsoft’s Build Developer Conference, Satya Nadella unveiled several innovative AI advancements that will soon become generally available to the public. The Build Conference is an annual event where developers are introduced to the most recent developments in Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.
One of the key announcements…
According to a report by The Information, Microsoft is developing a large scale language learning model (LLM) called MAI-1, featuring a staggering 500 billion parameters. If the claims hold, the model will be the largest that Microsoft has deployed, surpassing the company's Phi-3 Mini family of small language models that range from 3.8B to 14B…