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· Bryan Ke
Chinese vlogger sparks outrage for using AI to ‘resurrect’ Coco Lee, Godfrey Gao
A Chinese vlogger has sparked outrage among Chinese social media users by posting videos featuring the late Chinese American singer Coco Lee and Taiwanese Canadian actor Godfrey Gao, who were “resurrected” using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Key points:
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese musician taps AI to bring back late daughter for her mom’s birthday
A Taiwanese musician harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally recreate his deceased daughter to deliver a message for her mother’s birthday. The video: Tino Bao, 56, posted the AI video of his late daughter, Bao Rong, who also went by her English name Felicity, on…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese engineer charged with stealing Google’s AI trade secrets
A former Google software engineer has been charged with stealing the tech giant’s trade secrets to benefit two China-based companies seeking to gain advantage in the AI race. Allegations: Linwei Ding, 38, also known as Leon Ding, is accused of stealing more than 500 files…
· Ryan General
How Japan is using AI to address population decline and boost marriage numbers
Japan is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) in a nationwide effort to reverse the trend of dwindling marriage numbers and bolster its population. Love algorithm: In recent years, Japan’s local governments have been leveraging big data and AI algorithms to boost their…
· Ryan General
Studio Ghibli fans reject ‘live action’ AI renditions of ‘Spirited Away’ characters
Fans of Studio Ghibli are rallying against artificial intelligence (AI) images of the iconic anime film “Spirited Away” that recently went viral online. About the anime: “Spirited Away” is a 2001 animated fantasy film written and directed by legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao…
· Ryan General
Sony researchers uncover bias against skin with yellow hues in AI algorithms
The study posits that standardized skin tone scales fail to capture the full spectrum of human skin diversity as they ignore the nuanced contribution of yellow and red hues to human skin color
· Michelle De Pacina
Multi-billion-dollar SF start-up Scale AI accused of exploiting Filipino workers
U.S. tech company Scale AI is being accused of failing to abide by labor standards for its workers living abroad in the Philippines, according to new Washington Post report. About Scale AI: Scale AI, a $7 billion San Francisco-based start-up, is one of several American AI…
· Ryan General
These AI-powered robotic pets from China are now for sale
Experts noted that while AI pets can provide companionship with minimal maintenance, they cannot replicate the intricate experiences that come with caring for a living being
· Carl Samson
Asian MIT grad asks AI to make her photo more ‘professional,’ gets turned into white woman
A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias in artificial intelligence (AI). What she asked for: Rona Wang, 24, has been experimenting with AI portrait generators. In a recent…
· Ryan General
Those who work with AI likelier to drink more, sleep less, study finds
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is taking a significant toll on employees’ physical and mental well-being, a new study has found. About the research: The study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology on Monday, found that workers who interact with AI are…
· Ryan General
This AI tool fixes ‘Asian bias’ in AI-generated images
A new tool aimed at addressing a bias toward Asian features in AI-generated images is gaining traction among members of the AI art community. The “Style Asian Less” model, designed to remove the Asian influence from AI-generated images, has been downloaded nearly 3,000 times on…
· Ryan General
Woman’s AI-generated itinerary for 12-day solo Vietnam trip goes viral on TikTok
A Singaporean woman has gone viral on TikTok for using artificial intelligence (AI) to plan her 12-day solo trip to Hanoi, Vietnam. The woman, known as Mel, fed the details of her preferred places to visit and her chosen arrival and return dates to the Notion AI writing…
· Ryan General
Manga author with ‘zero’ drawing talent to launch Japan’s first fully AI-drawn manga
A Japanese manga author who said he has “absolutely zero” drawing talent is set to launch a science fiction manga title entirely drawn by artificial intelligence. The author, who uses the pseudonym Rootport, used the viral AI tool Midjourney to create “Cyberpunk: Peach John,”…
· Daniel Anderson
Netflix enlists Guillermo del Toro to direct animated adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’
Guillermo del Toro and Netflix are teaming up to create an animated adaptation of Japanese British author Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2015 fantasy novel “The Buried Giant.” Del Toro, who previously worked on Netflix’s “Pinocchio,” will direct and produce the stop-motion film and is…
· Carl Samson
Nvidia CEO hails ChatGPT as ‘greatest thing’ to happen in computing
Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang recently expressed high praise for ChatGPT, declaring it one of the greatest things ever created in the computing industry. Developed by AI research and deployment company OpenAI — originally a nonprofit co-founded by Elon Musk — ChatGPT is…
· Iris Jung
Look: AI recreates Pokémon as Studio Ghibli characters
Images of Pokémon generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in the style of Studio Ghibli have gone viral. On Tuesday, Facebook page The Art or AI uploaded a series of AI-generated art under the description, “What if Studio Ghibli created Pokémon?”
· Michelle De Pacina
Interview: Karen X Cheng on her LNY metaverse and how AI can benefit artists everywhere
A collaboration between award-winning digital creator Karen X Cheng and McDonald’s rung in the Lunar New Year with an immersive metaverse experience. The innovative campaign includes an experiential augmented reality (AR) filter, one of the first commercials to use NeRF (neural…
· Ryan General
College student develops new app that detects AI-written essays
A university student has developed an app that can detect if a written work was authored by the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). ChatGPT, which was launched by AI research lab OpenAI in November, immediately gained global…
· Carl Samson
Chinese researchers develop AI that can read minds and determine party loyalty, report reveals
Chinese researchers have reportedly developed artificial intelligence (AI) that can read the minds of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and determine their level of loyalty. In an experiment, the software analyzed brain signals, facial expressions and skin electrical…
· Bryan Ke
Singapore MOH chatbot’s response to a user who said that his son had COVID: ‘You should practice safe sex’
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has temporarily stopped its “Ask Jamie” chatbot on Monday after it gave out inappropriate and unrelated answers to COVID-19 questions. Wear a condom: Screenshots of the replies from Ask Jamie began circulating the internet earlier this week,…