Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology backbone of the e-commerce giant, announced the release of more than 100 of its newly launched Qwen 2.5 LLMs to the global open-source community at the opening of the three-day Apsara Conference, its annual flagship event that runs until Saturday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. “Alibaba Cloud is … Read more
An AI safety researcher has warned of a very high probability, close to 100 percent, that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. Despite this, tech mogul Elon Musk estimates the risk around 20 percent and argues for continued research despite the potential dangers. Generative AI can be a double-edged sword. It is no … Read more
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the medical landscape, igniting hopes of finally defeating devastating diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s. “I think we are very close. I would say we are a couple of years away from having the first truly AI-designed drugs for a major disease, cardiovascular, cancer,” Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind CEO, told … Read more
Zhou Hongyi, the founder of Chinese internet security firm 360 Security Technology, which has joined China’s race to launch its own ChatGPT-style large language model, said the introduction of Sora was like a “barrel of cold water poured down China’s head”, Chinese media Yicai reported on Friday. “It cools down the heads of many people, … Read more
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has shared a carefully compiled and well-curated list of requests from ChatGPT users on social media. Aside from including twelve pivotal requests, the comprehensive list sheds light on ChatGPT users’ aspirations for technological development in 2024. As per the list, ChatGPT users are waiting for the arrival of GPT-5 with bated … Read more
