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ChatGPT use could end the career of a US lawyer

06/01/202305/31/2023 QR Code Press

The New York lawyer is facing a court hearing after his firm used the AI tool for legal research. A New York lawyer’s career is on the line after his firm used ChatGPT to conduct legal research. A judge for the case has said that they are now facing “unprecedented circumstances” after the lawyer’s filing was determined to have referenced legal case examples that did not exist. The lawyer told the court he was “unaware that its content could be false” when using the AI tool. According to the lawyer,…

Scientists use artificial intelligence to find antibiotic-resistant superbug treatment

05/31/202305/30/2023 Julie Campbell

Artificial intelligence - Antibiotic Drugs Research

Researchers at Canada’s McMaster University used AI to discover a promising new drug. Scientists from McMaster University in Canada have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic-resistant “superbug” treatment. This is a promising breakthrough in the treatment of one of the most difficult to treat and most dangerous antibiotic resistant diseases. The promising new treatment was discovered within a few hours of the use of the AI technology. The research team published a paper about their use of artificial intelligence to discover a superbug treatment in the Nature Chemical…

Microsoft announces AI tool for text and image moderation

05/29/202305/26/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The goal of the artificial intelligence feature is to promote safer online communities and environments. Microsoft has announced the launch of Azure AI Content Safety, a new AI tool developed to support safer digital communities and ecosystems. This new artificial intelligence offering is available through the Azure AI product platform. The AI tool provides a spectrum of artificial intelligence models trained in the detection of “inappropriate” text and image content. Upon the initial launch of this product, models are able to understand text in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian,…

OpenAI CEO faces Senate Judiciary Committee over artificial intelligence’s future

05/23/202305/20/2023 Sam Lambert

Sam Altman gave his testimony as part of a broad-view conversation over the future of AI. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and creator of ChatGPT recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the big picture of artificial intelligence’s future. The technology has advanced at rocket speeds, leading Congress to seek to understand what it entails. Only months after OpenAI and ChatGPT began making serious headlines, Congress has made a rare move to try to ensure that Washington can keep up with the speed of the innovations coming out of…

Apple previews several new accessibility features

05/22/202305/20/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Among the previews included Personal Voice and Live Speech, though others were also unveiled. Apple has announced that it has been working on a range of different accessibility features for its products, having also unveiled what they are and how they are expected to help people who have disabilities. The new additions are meant to improve hearing, vision, and cognitive access to its products. The first of the accessibility features that was unveiled is Live Speech, which was developed to make it people to type to take part in phone…