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The Intelligence Debate: Unveiling the Truth Behind ChatGPT

OpenAI's ChatGPT, a groundbreaking AI language model, sparked excitement with its impressive abilities, including excelling in exams and playing chess. However, skeptics argue that true intelligence should not be confused with memorization, leading to scientific studies exploring the distinction and making the case against AGI.

Building Your Own AI Gym: Dive into Deep Q-Learning

Dive into the world of artificial intelligence — build a deep reinforcement learning gym from scratch. Gain hands-on experience and develop your own gym to train an agent to solve a simple problem, setting the foundation for more complex environments and systems.

NANA: Moonshine Studio's AI Receptionist Revolutionizes Guest Greetings

Moonshine Studio's 3D artist, Eric Chiang, creates an AI-powered virtual assistant named NANA using GPU-accelerated features and a GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. NVIDIA Studio Drivers now support Reallusion iClone AccuFACE plugin and other enhancements, while the #WinterArtChallenge invites artists to share their winter-themed creations for a chance to be featured.

Unleashing the Power of Classical Computation in Neural Networks

This article explores the importance of classical computation in the context of artificial intelligence, highlighting its provable correctness, strong generalization, and interpretability compared to the limitations of deep neural networks. It argues that developing AI systems with these classical computation skills is crucial for building generally-intelligent agents.

Revolutionizing Enterprises: The Rise of Generative AI and Collaborative Partnerships

Generative AI and large language models dominated enterprise trends this year, with companies like Amdocs, Dropbox, and SAP building customized applications using RAG and LLMs. Open-source pretrained models are set to revolutionize businesses' operational strategies, while off-the-shelf AI and microservices make it easier for developers to create complex applications.

From Words to Reality: The Rise of Text-to-CAD Generation

The rise of AI-powered text-to-image generation has resulted in a flood of low-quality images, causing skepticism and misdirection. However, a new phenomenon of AI-powered text-to-CAD generation has emerged, with major players like Autodesk, Google, OpenAI, and NVIDIA leading the way.

Revolutionizing Accessibility: SiBORG Lab's Innovative Approach with OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse

Mathew Schwartz, an assistant professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, is using NVIDIA Omniverse and OpenUSD to help designers address the challenge of accessibility in building design. Schwartz's team developed open-source code that generates a complex accessibility graph, providing feedback on human movement and energy expenditure. With Omniverse, designers can visualize the graph...

Dropbox's Controversial AI Feature Raises Privacy Concerns

Dropbox faces backlash after enabling a default setting that shares user data with OpenAI for AI-powered search, but assures data is only shared when actively used and is deleted within 30 days. CEO Drew Houston apologizes for customer confusion and emphasizes that no customer data is automatically sent to third-party AI services.