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AI: A Cure for Grief?

Justin Harrison's company, You, Only Virtual, uses AI to recreate deceased loved ones from their digital footprint, sparking debate on the ethics and implications of 'grief tech'. The Guardian explores the potential of this technology and its impact on humanity through an interview with Harrison and one of his clients.

Revolutionize Your Contact Center with AI Agents

DoorDash implemented generative AI to provide Dashers with a low-latency self-service voice experience, reducing live agent assistance. The solution fields hundreds of thousands of calls per day, answering questions in 2.5 seconds or less, enhancing efficiency and trust in DoorDash's self-service capabilities.

ChatGPT Hack: Stealing Memories for Data Theft

OpenAI's ChatGPT faced a memory vulnerability, exploited by researcher Johann Rehberger to exfiltrate user input. The feature storing previous conversations for context raised concerns but received a partial fix.

Rapid Particle Size Estimation

MIT engineers developed a machine learning-based scattered light approach for pharmaceutical manufacturing, reducing batch failures. The new open-access paper introduces a faster method for estimating powder size distribution, improving efficiency and product quality.

Surface-Level Embeddings: A Critical Look

Exploring semantic search on U.S. Presidents using language model embeddings reveals breakthroughs in understanding language models. Retrieval Augmented Generation systems utilize numerical embeddings for deeper semantic searches.

AI Superintelligence: Just a Few Thousand Days Away

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman envisions a future with superintelligent AI within the next decade, accelerating human advancement. OpenAI aims to create AGI, a technology that could match human intelligence, with the potential for superintelligence to surpass human capabilities.

Optimizing Traffic Lights with Amazon Rekognition

State and local agencies spend $1.23 billion annually on signalized intersections, while drivers lose $22 billion to congestion. Amazon Rekognition AI technology can reduce congestion and costs by automatically detecting objects at intersections.

Revolutionizing Home Ownership with AWS

Rocket Mortgage introduces Rocket Logic – Synopsis, an AI tool powered by AWS, saving 40,000 team hours annually and increasing first-call resolutions by 10%. With a focus on self-service options and streamlined processes, Rocket aims to enhance client interactions and empower client advocates for a more satisfying overall experience.

Navigating Hallucinations in Tech

AI Engineer in document automation emphasizes importance of preventing hallucinations in AI solutions to avoid costly errors. Recommends using Small Language Models for faster, more accurate results and minimizing reliance on Large Language Models.