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Open AI vs. Tech Council: Copyright Clash

OpenAI's Chris Lehane declares AI models will be in Australia despite copyright disputes with Tech Council of Australia at SXSW Sydney. ChatGPT's chief global affairs officer discusses geopolitics of AI and Australia's tech future at the event.

Revolutionizing Music Creation with AWS Trainium and SageMaker

Generative AI transforms music creation, as Splash Music collaborates with AWS to develop HummingLM, a cutting-edge model enabling users to create studio-quality tracks effortlessly. Splash Music overcomes challenges in model complexity, industry pace, and infrastructure scaling to revolutionize music production.

Revolutionary software creates recyclable clothing

MIT and Adobe's Refashion software aims to reduce textile waste by allowing users to design reconfigurable clothing items, adapting to trends and body changes. The tool breaks down fashion design into modules, enabling easy customization and prototyping of versatile garments in just 30 minutes.

GOP Releases Deepfake Attack Ad Targeting Chuck Schumer

The National Republican Senatorial Committee released a dystopian attack ad featuring a deepfake video of Chuck Schumer. The AI-generated Schumer robotically repeats a phrase about the government shutdown, with a small disclaimer acknowledging its artificial origins.

AI Sora Videos: Legal Experts Sound Alarm

Video app creates realistic deepfakes of Marx and MLK Jr. Some question use of 'historical figures' for legal testing. Night out with Henry VIII, DJing with Princess Diana, and shopping with Karl Marx in engaging scenarios.

Unlocking Real-Time Insights with Amazon Bedrock

TP ICAP's Innovation Lab used Amazon Bedrock to create ClientIQ, an AI-powered CRM assistant that quickly extracts insights from meeting notes, revolutionizing data accessibility and enhancing business value. ClientIQ allows users to interact with Salesforce data through natural language queries, refining searches, applying filters, and accessing original records, all in a conversational interf...

Peak Power Rewards: Lowering US Bills

'Demand flexibility policy could ease strain on grid caused by AI datacenters, lower power bills, prevent blackouts, and help climate by rewarding customers for using less power or selling excess energy from solar panels.'

Enhancing Strategies with Amazon Bedrock Iterative Fine-Tuning

Amazon Bedrock now supports iterative fine-tuning for AI models, allowing incremental adjustments and continuous improvement without starting from scratch. This approach mitigates risks, optimizes performance based on real feedback, and accommodates evolving business requirements.

Personalized Object Detection: A Breakthrough in Generative AI

MIT and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers introduce a new training method to teach vision-language models to localize personalized objects in a scene, outperforming state-of-the-art systems. This approach could help AI systems track specific objects over time and assist visually impaired users in finding items in a room.

Enhancing Document AI with Amazon Nova Models

Fine-tuning Amazon Nova Lite for document processing tasks can significantly improve accuracy and reduce costs, especially for specialized documents like tax forms. The challenges of document processing, such as complex layouts and data quality variations, can be overcome by leveraging vision LLMs for structured information extraction.