Weekly AI News Roundup: Top News In AI For The Week Ending May 6

The world of AI (Artificial Intelligence) witnessed quite a few developments this week. While some were conducive and welcoming, others highlighted the risks of using AI-based tools and platforms.

As AI-based chatbots and services improve, businesses and services have started to adopt them to run their operations. Tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, and others, are no longer intended for end-users. Let's look at the AI news that made the headlines this week.

After 10 years at Google, Hinton quit his job, citing concern over the spread of misinformation. He's also afraid that AI may adversely affect the job market and pose a risk to humanity if AI starts writing and implementing its own code.

Samsung took the decision fearing AI-based tools may lead to data leakage. However, Samsung reportedly discovered its staff uploaded sensitive code to one of the generative AI platforms. Hence, the company issued a blanket ban on using ChatGPT, Bard, and other similar tools for work.

In recent times, on opening Google Photos, some users had encountered a blue prompt that said "Try a more powerful search". Google subsequently explained to users how to go about using this feature.

Moving forward, users may try searching for "colorful sunset", "peaceful garden" and "Cinderella". For generic queries, Google can come up with the curation, without users previously having tagged the photos with identification or descriptive markers.

Indian mobile users are an increasingly preferred target, revealed a survey. An overwhelming number of mobile phone users surveyed from India reported they lost money to scams involving calls with faked voices of relatives, friends, or acquaintances.

The mod utilizes ChatGPT and xVASynth for text-to-speech, allowing NPCs in Skyrim to respond to players with AI-generated dialogue in their own voice. The mod also uses Whisper for speech-to-text, allowing players to use their voice via a microphone to ask questions.