🫤 That ‘cheap’ open-source AI model is actually burning through your compute budget
https://venturebeat.com/ai/that-cheap-open-source-ai-model-is-actually-burning-through-your-compute-budget/
#Al #LLM
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Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02450-9
#Academia #Research #MentalHealth
A new report reveals that Disney—the company that spent decades lobbying to extend copyright terms to protect Mickey Mouse—abandoned a deepfake Dwayne Johnson project purely over public domain fears.
#AI #Copyright #Disney
Techdirt
Disney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain
Disney spent 18 months negotiating to create a digital version of Dwayne Johnson for the live-action Moana film. Johnson agreed. The technology was...
Global AI Cultures
How a cultural focus can empower generative artificial intelligence.
https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/global-ai-cultures/
#AI #LLM #Culture #Research
GPT-5 is here. Now what?
The much-hyped release makes several enhancements to the ChatGPT user experience. But it’s still far short of AGI.
#AI #LLM #ChatGPT
MIT Technology Review
GPT-5 is here. Now what?
The much-hyped release makes several enhancements to the ChatGPT user experience. But it’s still far short of AGI.
Comic Sales Charts are Gone, But is That Such a Bad Thing?
#Comics
SKTCHD
Comic Sales Charts are Gone, But is That Such a Bad Thing? - SKTCHD
The horse race has taken over. I don’t mean a literal horse race, of course. I’m referring to how box office performance and sales and ratings ...
Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
#AI #LLM #Research
MIT Technology Review
Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
From coding to hardware, LLMs are speeding up research progress in artificial intelligence. It could be the most important trend in AI today.
Is It Still Disney Magic If It’s AI?
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-ai-hollywood-movies-5982a925
#AI #Disney #Film #Cinema
Techmeme
Disney is grappling with using AI in its filmmaking process while protecting its characters against it, plus legal uncertainty, fan backlash, and union concerns
From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
Benedict Cumberbatch criticises “grossly wasteful” film industry
“It’s a grossly wasteful industry. Think about set builds that aren’t recycled, think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light and energy. The amount of wattage you need to create daylight and consistent light in a studio environment. It’s a lot of energy.”
#Film #Cinema
NME
Benedict Cumberbatch criticises “grossly wasteful” film industry
Benedict Cumberbatch has described the film industry as “grossly wasteful” in its excessive use of resources and energy.
DeepMind and OpenAI models solve maths problems at level of top students
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02343-x
#AI #LLM #Math
Cultural theory was right about the death of the author. It was just a few decades early
#AI #LLM #Theory
Cultural theory was right about the death of the author. It was just a few decades early — Crooked Timber
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
#AI #Privacy
MIT Technology Review
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to train image generation ...
Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
#AI #Regulation #Poll
The Conversation
Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
Democrats and Republicans alike have concerns about AI and want to see the rapidly developing technology regulated to protect the public.
How to run an LLM on your laptop
#AI #LLM
MIT Technology Review
How to run an LLM on your laptop
It’s now possible to run useful models from the safety and comfort of your own computer. Here’s how.
AI is replacing human connection as it boosts productivity. Success requires elevating relationships while embracing the technology
#AI #Work
Fortune
AI is replacing human connection as it boosts productivity. Success requires elevating relationships while embracing the technology | Fortune
Productivity gains from AI are only sustainable when AI augments, not replaces, human connection, purpose, and growth.
Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal
#Cloudflare #UK #Piracy
Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal * TorrentFreak
Cloudflare has become the first intermediary to join the UK's pirate site blocking program. It's a shift that may surprise VPN users too.
This tool strips away anti-AI protections from digital art
#AI #Art #DRM
MIT Technology Review
This tool strips away anti-AI protections from digital art
The proof-of-concept technology removes a layer of digital “poison” meant to disrupt AI models that scrape online images for training.
Saving Cinema: AI’s Starring Role in Preserving Film Archives
#AI #Cinema #Film
Pulitzer Center
Saving Cinema: AI’s Starring Role in Preserving Film Archives
It is 2:00pm on a seemingly normal January day in Los Angeles, where MTI Film’s CEO Larry Chernoff and his team are focused on preserving the leg...
Large Language Models Are Improving Exponentially
#AI #LLM
IEEE Spectrum
Large Language Model Performance Doubles Every 7 Months
By 2030, AI will greatly outperform humans in some complex intellectual tasks. Discover how LLMs are doubling their capabilities every seven months.