October 2024

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has unveiled a definition framework to evaluate whether AI systems can be classified as open-source. The announcement of the first Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) was made at All Things Open and marks the culmination of a comprehensive global effort spanning multiple years of research, international workshops, and a year-long […]

MIT researchers have developed a robot training method that reduces time and cost while improving adaptability to new tasks and environments. The approach – called Heterogeneous Pretrained Transformers (HPT) – combines vast amounts of diverse data from multiple sources into a unified system, effectively creating a shared language that generative AI models can process. This

President Biden has issued the US’ first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI, addressing how the nation approaches the technology from a security perspective. The memorandum, which builds upon Biden’s earlier executive order on AI, is founded on the premise that cutting-edge AI developments will substantially impact national security and foreign policy in the immediate

Influencer partnerships can be great for brands looking to pump out content that promotes their products and services in an authentic way. These types of engagements can yield significant brand awareness and brand sentiment lift, but they can be risky too. Social media stars are unpredictable at the best of times, with many deliberately chasing

ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, recently experienced a security breach involving an intern who allegedly sabotaged AI model training. The incident, reported on WeChat, raised concerns about the company’s security protocols in its AI department. In response, ByteDance clarified that while the intern disrupted AI commercialisation efforts, no online operations or commercial projects were affected.

A comprehensive AI sector study – conducted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in collaboration with Perspective Economics, Ipsos, and glass.ai – provides a detailed overview of the industry’s current state and its future prospects. In this article, we delve deeper into the key findings and implications—drawing on additional sources to enhance

Penguin Random House (PRH) has taken a significant step in response to rising concerns about the use of intellectual property to train AI systems. The publisher has introduced a new statement to the copyright pages of both new and reprinted books, stating, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner

Anthropic has announced upgrades to its AI portfolio, including an enhanced Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and the introduction of Claude 3.5 Haiku, alongside a “computer control” feature in public beta. The upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet demonstrates substantial improvements across all metrics, with particularly notable advances in coding capabilities. The model achieved an impressive 49.0% on

Stability AI has announced the release of Stable Diffusion 3.5, marking a leap forward in open-source AI image generation models. The latest models from Stability AI include multiple variants designed to cater to different user needs, from hobbyists to enterprise-level applications. The announcement follows June’s Stable Diffusion 3 Medium release, which the company acknowledges didn’t

The EU AI Act is set to fully take effect in August 2026, but some provisions are coming into force even earlier. The legislation establishes a first-of-its-kind regulatory framework for AI systems, employing a risk-based approach that categorises AI applications based on their potential impact on safety, human rights, and societal wellbeing. “Some systems are