A thread dedicated to Ollama.
Who is using it? How are you using it? What models do you use?
For now I’m using codebooga and qwen2 for code gen and auto completion - integrated with VS code.
This will be huge if true, Google AI with Apple A series chips will be truly something…
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-talks-let-googles-gemini-power-iphone-ai-features-bloomberg-news-says-2024-03-18/
AWS releasing Q AI chatbot to corporate customers
Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a workplace chatbot called Amazon Q, designed to help corporate customers search for information, write code and review business metrics.
Amazon Web Services, the retailer’s cloud-computing division, is infusing...
Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok AI chatbot and language model
Elon Musk's xAI has launched its own artificial intelligence (AI) engine and chatbot to take on OpenAI, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
Called "Grok", the AI is modelled after the Douglas Adams novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the...
Elon Musk founds potential new AI startup
Elon Musk has incorporated an entity called X.AI in the state of Nevada, potentially laying the groundwork for a startup that could pursue his artificial intelligence ambitions.
Musk and Jared Birchall, who operates Musk’s family office, incorporated...
Microsoft looking to pour $10 billion into OpenAI
Microsoft Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $10 billion (R169.37 billion) in OpenAI, the creator of viral artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT, according to people familiar with its plans.
The proposal under consideration calls for...
Piracy and AI-generated art — how photo and video editing apps will change the art world
The Lensa photo and video editing app has shot into social media prominence in recent weeks, after adding a feature that lets you generate stunning digital portraits of yourself in contemporary art styles...
University of Johannesburg making AI courses compulsory for all qualifications
The University of Johannesburg is making artificial intelligence (AI) courses compulsory in all qualifications offered at the learning institution.
The news came from the Department of Communications and Digital...
ai institute of south africa (aiisa)
artificialintelligence
dept of communications and digital technologies
khumbudzo ntshavheni
tshilidzi marwala
tshwane university of technology (tut)
university of johannesburg (uj)
Yippee-ki-yay — Bruce Willis denies signing away rights for deepfakes
Veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has denied that he signed away rights to the use of his likeness for deepfakes, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.
Several media outlets — including the Telegraph —...
South Africa to launch Artificial Intelligence Institute for public schools
South Africa intends to enhance the teaching of robotics and coding in public schools through the establishment of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute.
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies...
Meta's new chatbot called Mark Zuckerberg "too creepy and insensitive"
Only days after being launched to the public, Meta Platforms Inc.’s new AI chatbot has been claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election, and repeating anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Chatbots —...
Further reading:
https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-predicts-the-shape-of-nearly-every-protein-known-to-science?fbclid=IwAR3SguLMQrXPTMJclmyazlYICu6wypy5XPqIDvHMRuhbj-7_kExtGuYHbBY
Scientists create algorithm that can predict future crime with high accuracy
Researchers from the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm they say can predict individual incidents of crime within 1,000 feet (roughly 333 metres) one week before they take place.
The team behind the...
The robots and AI technologies advancing South African health care
South African researchers and surgeons are using artificial intelligence and robotics to enhance healthcare in the country, BBC News reports.
The improvements include a video-call robot that patients can use to speak to their...
Google says its artificial intelligence is not sentient
But throughout the weekend and on Monday, researchers pushed back on the notion that the AI was truly sentient, saying the evidence only indicated a highly capable system of human mimicry, not sentience itself.
“It is mimicking...
artificialintelligence
chris pappas
google
jana eggers
lamda
language models for dialogue applications
max kreminski
nara logics
university of california
Google engineer suspended after public claims that company created "sentient" AI
Blake Lemoine, a software engineer on Google’s artificial intelligence development team, has gone public with claims of encountering “sentient” AI on the company’s servers after he was suspended for sharing...
My degree is almost over so I'm not sure what to do after. Should I stay in South Africa and look for work or try look abroad? How would I go about doing this?
america
artificialintelligence
career advice
computer science
elon musk
information technology
machine learning
microsoft
university of cape town (uct)
Watch the world's first AI news anchor deliver a report
China's state-run press agency, Xinhua, has launched its new AI news anchors.
These anchors are digital composites which read the news in a synthetic voice and are recreated from footage of real human anchors.
IBM's new AI can argue with humans
Artificial intelligence has proven itself adept at some of humanity’s favorite games, from chess to the much more complex board game Go. Now, a machine developed by IBM is challenging humans to debates about the future of medicine and the value of physical...