Two Brothers Arrested for Using AI to Create Obscene Videos of Women

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August 24, 2023

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Two brothers have been detained by police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district for allegedly utilizing artificial intelligence tools to create obscene videos of women and posting them on social media. According to investigators, this was likely the first instance in the state when AI was used to produce offensive videos.

The suspects, who are aged 19 and 21, are the sons of a police officer stationed in Mumbai, according to senior inspector Kalyan Karpe of the Arnala maritime police station. The pair is accused of using artificial intelligence-based techniques to create pornographic videos with images of women and girls, he claimed.

According to senior inspector Sujit Gunjkar of the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar police commissionerate’s cyber unit, this was the first instance of an AI-based cybercrime in the state.

The two are suspected of assaulting two females who approached the accused on Monday because of the tapes. According to the police, an investigation is ongoing. The accused were detained on Tuesday in accordance with section 354 of the Indian Penal Code and the portions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).

The rate of crimes perpetrated using the artificial intelligence technology is gradually on rise in India, just as it is in the other parts of the world. Recently, a man from Kerala was defrauded with ₹40,000 in a newly reported incident of a scam using artificial intelligence-based deepfaking.

A similar incident took place in Arizona. In April, reports surfaced about a mom from Arizona claiming that in a $1 million kidnapping scam, con artists cloned her daughter’s voice using AI. The mom, Jennifer DeStefano, received a call from an unknown number while her 15-year-old daughter Briana was safe on vacation skiing.

Kerala Announces its First AI school in Thiruvananthapuram

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August 24, 2023

Kerala announces its first AI school in Thiruvananthapuram — Image Credits: INEWS

With the opening of its first Artificial Intelligence School in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has made a significant advancement in the integration of AI technology into education. An important turning point for education in the state was highlighted by the inaugural ceremony, which former President Ram Nath Kovind presided over.

The ground-breaking AI School, situated at Santhigiri Vidyabhavan, was created in association with Vedhik eSchool and iLearning Engines (ILE) USA, two well-known educational platforms. A prominent group of professionals, including former Chief Secretaries, DGPs, and Vice Chancellors, oversees the Vedhik eSchool.

Authorities from Vedhik eSchool claim that AI school presents a cutting-edge pedagogy that makes use of artificial intelligence to give pupils access to a high-quality education. Through the school’s online portal, this innovative method promises high-quality learning experiences both during and outside of school hours.

The New National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s National School Accreditation Standards correspond precisely with the AI School, according to Vedhik eSchool officials. It offers an extensive collection of learning tools and resources and initially will cater to students in classes 8 through 12.

The school’s AI-powered features include career mapping, ability enhancement, memory techniques, multi-teacher revision support, multilevel assessment, aptitude testing, psychometric counseling, mathematical skills, behavioral etiquette, English proficiency, communication and writing skills, interview and group discussion skills, and training in the development of emotional-mental abilities.

Additionally, the AI School provides thorough preparation for entrance tests and competitive exams including JEE, NEET, MAT, CLAT, G-MAT, GRE, IELTS, and more. It also offers assistance with finding scholarships for studying abroad at prestigious overseas universities.

Notably, the AI School strives to offer these excellent educational services for affordable prices. Through the school’s website, the artificial intelligence-powered digital curriculum is easily available, relieving parents and students of unnecessary financial burdens.

Salesforce Announces World’s Biggest AI Event Dreamforce 2023

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August 23, 2023

During the Salesforce AI Day today, the company announced the world’s largest AI event, Dreamforce. The first batch of Dreamforce 2023 speakers were introduced by Salesforce. Dreamforce 2023 will bring together customers, partners, leaders, and visionaries to discuss the future of trustworthy AI for organizations around the world, delving deeply into AI and how it is changing the world around us. Registration for the same is open.

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Dreamforce 2023, the biggest AI conference in the world, will be held at Moscone Centre in San Francisco from September 12–14. For three full days, tens of thousands of guests in person and millions online on Salesforce+ will join forces to learn, interact, and give back.

At the Salesforce AI Day, the majority of senior business leaders said they will prioritize AI for their company over the next 18 months because it will enable them to use data more effectively, provide better customer service, and run more smoothly. However, in order for enterprise AI to be implemented in a trustworthy, responsible manner, a number of significant problems like ethics, security, and bias need to be resolved.

At the largest AI event, which will feature more than 70 AI researchers, innovators, ethical experts, and thought leaders, the best minds influencing the future of AI will be present. Some of the the top speakers include Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Dario Amodei, Co-Founder and CEO of Anthropic, Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere, and, Dr. Margaret Mitchell, Chief Ethics Scientist at Hugging Face, and many more.

Along with other visionaries and futurists, including Dr. Jane Goodall, Matthew McConaughey, Rainn Wilson, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, and others, the speakers will discuss how they can consider business as the best platform for change in the era of artificial intelligence. A series of TIME100 Talks highlighting the fundamental part that female leadership plays in AI innovation will also be presented at Dreamforce. At the largest AI event in the world, TIME will honor leaders and innovators in the field.

The entire community will be able to connect to Dreamforce event at any time, from anywhere, thanks to Salesforce+. Exclusive to Salesforce+, more than 72 hours of live broadcast footage and 120+ new on-demand episodes showcasing the most significant developments and highlights from Dreamforce will be available.

Microsoft to Integrate Python Programming Language in Excel

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August 23, 2023

Microsoft has announced that it is integrating Python, a well-known programming language, into Excel. Users of Excel now have the ability to manage and analyze data using Python, thanks to a feature that is now in public preview.

Stefan Kinnestrand, general manager of contemporary work at Microsoft, explains that users can manipulate and explore data in Excel using Python plots and libraries, and then use Excel’s formulas, charts, and pivot tables to further refine their insights. Now that Python is readily accessible from the Excel ribbon, complex data analysis may be done in the comfortable Excel environment.

Python integration in Excel will be a part of Excel’s built-in connectors and Power Query, so one won’t need to install any additional software or set up an add-on to use the features. Additionally, Microsoft is introducing a new PY function that makes it possible to display Python data inside the grid of an Excel spreadsheet.

Popular Python libraries like pandas, statsmodels, Matplotlib, and others are available in Excel through a collaboration with Anaconda, an enterprise Python repository.

Python calculations run in the Microsoft Cloud will show the results returned into an Excel worksheet. With the potential to incorporate charting libraries like Matplotlib and Seaborn for visualizations like heatmaps, violin plots, and swarm plots, Excel users will be able to generate formulas, PivotTables, and charts based entirely on Python data.

Today, a public preview of Python in Excel is being made available to Microsoft 365 Insiders in the Beta Channel. It will initially only be compatible with Windows before being available on other platforms at a later date. During the preview, Python in Excel will be a part of a Microsoft 365 subscription, but some features will be restricted without a paid licence when the preview expires, according to Microsoft.

OpenAI Announces Fine-Tuning Features for GPT-3.5 Turbo Model

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August 23, 2023

The developer of the well-known AI chatbot ChatGPT, OpenAI, has announced the availability of fine-tuning features for its GPT-3.5 Turbo model. Developers will be able to run the current model at scale and modify it according to their use cases, thanks to the new feature.

According to OpenAI, the fine tuned GPT-3.5 Turbo can even surpass the performance of GPT-4. In preliminary tests, a refined version of the model was able to match, or even outperform, base GPT-4-level capabilities on certain narrow tasks, according to OpenAI.

In order to increase a language model’s performance on a certain job, it can be fine-tuned by training it on a particular dataset. With OpenAI’s most recent development, companies can now fine-tune GPT 3.5 Turbo using their own datasets.

Businesses using the GPT-3.5 Turbo through the OpenAI API can fine-tune the model to make it more compliant, for example, by programming it to always reply in a specific language. Alternatively, they can enhance the model’s capacity to format responses consistently, for example, when completing snippets of code, and fine-tune the demeanor of the model’s output, such as its tone, to make it better fit a brand or voice.

Additionally, fine-tuning allows OpenAI users to reduce the length of their text prompts, accelerating API calls and lowering costs. According to OpenAI’s blog post, early testers have reduced prompt size by up to 90% by fine-tuning instructions into the model itself.

In order to fine-tune, one must currently prepare the data, upload the required files, and create a fine-tuning job using OpenAI’s API. The company claims that all fine-tuning data must go through a “moderation” API and a moderation system that is driven by GPT-4 to determine whether it violates OpenAI’s safety parameters.

But in the future, OpenAI intends to release a fine-tuning UI with a dashboard for monitoring the progress of ongoing fine-tuning workloads. OpenAI stated that fine-tuning support for GPT-4, which, in contrast to GPT-3.5, can recognise visuals in addition to text, will be available later this autumn.

Amazon India Opens Applications for Free Machine Learning Summer School

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August 23, 2023

The third edition of the Machine Learning (ML) Summer School has been announced by Amazon India. It is an immersive programme designed to give students the chance to study crucial ML technologies from Scientists at Amazon and prepare them for a career in machine learning. The registration for the program is open till September 6 and the program commences on September 16.

Eight modules will be covered over four weekends in September as part of the free educational programme, giving participants the chance to learn about machine learning challenges. The emphasis is on building a solid foundation in both theoretical ideas and real-world applications using supervised learning, deep neural networks, probabilistic graphical models, dimensionality reduction, and unsupervised learning.

A novel application-focused learning strategy is provided by Amazon’s ML Summer School, which departs from traditional approaches that place an emphasis on theory. Additionally, Amazon’s ML Summer School distinguishes out because it combines modern science courses at universities with contemporary business practices, emphasizes hands-on learning, and accepts students from a variety of ML backgrounds.

All engineering students enrolled in Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD programmes from any accredited institution in India who expect to graduate in 2024 or 2025 are eligible to attend the ML Summer School. All qualified students will be asked to complete an online test covering principles of arithmetic and machine learning in areas including probability, statistics, and linear algebra. The top 3000 students will then be accepted for the ML Summer School, where they will study eight modules live over the course of four weekends, with live Q&A sessions with Amazon scientists following each session.

The Amazon ML Summer School has advanced quickly and shown extraordinary progress since its pilot in 2021. Over 3500 students participated in the first programme, with the top 300+ students receiving invitations to attend. In 2022, the programme was enlarged based on its prior success, and over 17,500 engineering students from all around India registered. Out of these, 2880 pupils were chosen to participate in the programme. The class size will increase this year as it is being expanded to include engineering students registered in any accredited institute in India.

AI-Generated Art Cannot be Copyrighted, Rules US Court

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August 22, 2023

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A US court in Washington DC has ruled that an artwork produced by artificial intelligence without any human involvement is not protected by copyright under US law. US District Judge Beryl Howell ruled on Friday that only work by human authors are eligible for copyrights, upholding the Copyright Office’s decision to deny computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s application on behalf of his DABUS system.

The ruling on Friday comes in the wake of failures for Thaler in his attempts to get US patents for ideas he claimed were produced by DABUS, or Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience. With very limited success, Thaler has also applied for DABUS-generated patents in the UK, South Africa, Australia, and Saudi Arabia.

Ryan Abbott, Thaler’s attorney, declared on Monday that they will appeal the judgment since they strongly disagree with it. In a statement released on Monday, the Copyright Office stated that it “believes the court reached the correct result.”

New intellectual property concerns have emerged in the quickly expanding generative AI sector. Recently, the Copyright Office also rejected an artist’s request for copyrights on photographs produced by the AI system Midjourney, despite the artist’s claim that the system was an integral part of their creative process.

A number of ongoing legal actions have also been brought against the wrongful training of generative AI using copyrighted material. “We are approaching new frontiers in copyright as artists put AI in their toolbox,” Howell said on Friday, adding that this will lead to challenging questions for copyright law.

Thaler submitted an application for a copyright in 2018 for “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” a work of art he claimed his AI system produced entirely on its own without any human input. Last year, the office denied the application and stated that in order for creative works to be copyrighted, they must have human writers.

In a lawsuit against the ruling, Thaler argued that human authorship is not a legally binding condition and that permitting AI copyrights would be consistent with the US constitution’s stated purpose for copyrights, which is to promote the progress of science and useful arts. The Copyright Office and Howell both agreed that human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright based on “centuries of settled understanding”.

Paytm Investing to Build Artificial General Intelligence Software Stack, says CEO

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August 22, 2023

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In a letter to the company’s shareholders, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma emphasized that the company is making investments in artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on developing a software stack for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This innovation can be used outside of India and is not just aimed at the Indian market.

Sharma said, “Paytm is investing in AI with the goal of creating a software stack for artificial general intelligence. By developing it here, we are also producing something that could be used outside of India, in addition to advancing India’s technological capacity.”

Small mobile-led credit is the first application that Paytm hopes to use AI for. “Paytm’s next important contribution to India’s digital revolution will be small mobile credit with good credit quality and complete adherence to regulators’ standards. This project calls for highly developed AI and other technological skills. I am incredibly happy with our current AI capabilities in use and our ongoing growth,” the CEO said.

Sharma also noted that Paytm has built a methodology for delivering small digital loans through payment partnerships with both customers and merchants over the past two years with success. In this approach, the risk is taken on by the lending partners of Paytm, who employ the fintech’s capabilities to streamline loan distribution and repayment.

Further adding to the AI capabilities of Paytm, Sharma said, “We are building an India-scale AI system, in order to help financial institutions identify possible hazards and frauds while also protecting them from new kinds of threats brought on by advances in AI.”

In a letter to Paytm’s shareholders in May, Sharma voiced his opinion that the rise of Artificial General Intelligence would provide opportunities to improve business efficiency and introduce AI-first solutions. In the near future, the company projects that there will be 100 million merchants and 500 million payment consumers in the nation.

IBM Report says 40% of Workers Will Need New Skills Training Due to AI

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August 22, 2023

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According to a recent estimation report from IBM, almost 40% of workers or 1.4 billion of the 3.4 billion people in the global labor force will need to reskill over the next three years as a result of automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

About 87% of executives, according to tech giant IBM, believe that generative AI would improve job functions rather than replace them. That percentage is closer to three-quarters in the areas of marketing (73%) and customer service (77%) and exceeds 90% in the areas of finance (93%), risk and compliance (93%), and procurement (97%) respectively.

Moreover, three out of four executives claimed that entry-level positions are already being impacted, whereas only 22% agreed about the same for those in executive or senior management roles. The potential impacts of generative AI on their current staff have only been considered by 28% of CEOs.

According to the report, as AI develops further, its effects will probably become more pronounced everywhere, especially at the administrative and executive levels. No level is exempt from the effect and this will compel executives to reconsider job responsibilities, skill levels, and the way work is completed. says IBM.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) estimates that between 2020 and 2025, this transformation would disrupt 85 million jobs globally and create 97 million new job roles.

The experts also identified three key priorities that can help them elevate employees and gain a competitive edge. Transforming traditional processes, job roles, and organizational structures to boost productivity and enabling new business and operating models; developing human-machine partnerships that enhance value creation and employee engagement; and investing in technology that enables people to concentrate on higher-value tasks and fosters revenue growth.

UK to Invest £100m in AI Chips Production Amid Global Competition

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August 21, 2023

The UK government will invest £100 million in an effort to establish the country as a contender in the race to create the computer chips that will fuel artificial intelligence innovation.

The taxpayer money will be utilized in an effort to create a national AI resource in Britain that is comparable to those being developed in the US and other countries. It is anticipated that funds will be used to place orders with significant semiconductor manufacturers Nvidia, AMD, and Intel for essential parts.

An official who was briefed on the plans, however, told that the government’s offer of £100 million is much too low when compared to investments made by competitors in the US, China, and the EU. The official confirmed that the government is in the advanced stages of placing an order for up to 5,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia, a move that was originally reported by the Telegraph.

Nvidia first built processing units for video games, and has now experienced a significant rise in value as the artificial intelligence competition has intensified. It is because its chips run ChatGPT and other leading large language models. GPUs, often known as graphics cards, are a crucial component of chips’ processing power and are in much demand.

In comparison to the US’s $52 billion Chips Act and the EU’s €43 billion in subsidies, Rishi Sunak’s government announced intentions to invest £1 billion over 10 years in semiconductor research, design, and production in May. In the face of escalating geopolitical tensions over AI chip technology, there is a fear that a halt in development brought on by comparatively poor investment may leave the UK vulnerable.