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> The study, published today as part of the proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2024) – the premier international conference in natural language processing – reveals that LLMs have a superficial ability to follow instructions and excel at proficiency in language, however, they have no potential to master new skills without explicit instruction. This means they remain inherently controllable, predictable and safe.

> The AI boyfriend on the phone was manipulative, threatening, and aggressive. Anna's 12-year-old daughter became completely obsessed with the app, spending a shocking 100 hours on it in just ten days. Now her mother is issuing a stark warning: "I believe this could cause lasting brain damage," she says.

> With just one minute of high-quality video, a Chinese company claims it can bring your loved ones back to life - via a very convincing, AI-generated avatar. “I do not treat the avatar as a kind of digital person, I truly regard it as a mother,” Sun Kai tells NPR, in a recent interview. Kai, age 47, works in the port city of Nanjing and says he converses with his mother - who is deceased - at least once a week on his computer. Sun works at Silicon Intelligence in China, and he says that his company can create a basic avatar for as little as $30 USD (199 Yuan). But what’s the real cost of recreating a person who has passed?

A new study found that most people think AI chatbots like ChatGPT can have feelings and thoughts, just like humans do. Even though experts say these AIs aren't really conscious, many regular folks believe they are. The study asked 300 Americans about ChatGPT, and two-thirds of them thought it might be self-aware. People who use AI more often were more likely to think this way. The researchers say this matters because what people believe about AI could affect how we use and make rules for it in the future, even if the AIs aren't actually conscious. They also found that most people don't understand consciousness the same way scientists do, but their opinions could still be important for how AI develops.

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> The company believes its technology is approaching the second level of five on the path to artificial general intelligence.

> Canadian researchers have developed a robot named Mirrly that provides children with information and support when undergoing treatment

> After nearly two years of hype, it's still early for enterprise GenAI. That said, skepticism -- and outright pessimism -- have begun to emerge about AI assistants for IT automation.

>- Samsung will launch an upgraded version of its voice assistant Bixby this year based on its own artificial intelligence models, mobile chief TM Roh told CNBC. >- The Bixby upgrade is part of Samsung’s broader push to market AI features on its suite of devices. >- Roh said the company will maintain its strategy of allowing multiple voice assistants on its devices.

> Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are throwing their weight behind a new venture, Thrive AI Health, that aims to build AI-powered assistant tech to promote healthier lifestyles.

> Backed by Huffington’s mental wellness firm Thrive Global and the OpenAI Startup Fund, the early-stage venture fund closely associated with OpenAI, Thrive AI Health will seek to build an “AI health coach” to give personalized advice on sleep, food, fitness, stress management and “connection,” according to a press release issued Monday.

> New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model

> While the study’s findings are intriguing, they come with several caveats. For example, the humor tasks were text-based and did not involve delivery, which is a critical component of humor. AI-generated jokes might not perform as well in formats that require timing and presentation, such as stand-up comedy or sketch shows.