AI News - February 11, 2024

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We're excited to bring you this week's roundup of the most fascinating AI news, updates, and breakthroughs! Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and explore the incredible world of AI with us.

🔥 Top AI Stories of the Week

  1. United Postal Service announces layoffs of 12,000 management and contract workers, planning to use AI for replacement. [Link]

  2. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declares AI Robocalls illegal. [Link]

  3. Roman scrolls buried in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption deciphered thanks to AI. [Link]

  4. In a war games scenario, LLMs such as GPT-3.5 and LLama2 go nuclear. [Link]

  5. AI model for interpretation of Chest X Rays released. [Link]

  6. Microsoft teams up with Semafor for Generative AI in news content. [Link]

  7. AI is being used to decode chicken language. [Link]

  8. OpenAI releases new GPT-4 update to cure “Laziness” in completing tasks. [Link]

  9. The EU law regulating Artificial Intelligence becomes law. [Link]

  10. OpenAI announces updates to their models for increased speed and lower costs. [Link]

  11. Hugging Face introduces Chat Assistant for easy AI chatbot creation. [Link]

  12. Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants first brain chip in a human test subject. [Link]

  13. Google releases Gemini Ultra and renames Bard to Gemini. [Link]

  14. CVL Economics study predicts AI’s impact on over 200 thousand jobs in the entertainment industry. [Link]

  15. Researchers at Cambridge University develop robotic sensor that reads Braille twice as fast as humans. [Link]

  16. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, in talks to raise seven trillion USD to revolutionize the semiconductor industry. [Link]