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Microsoft AI Unveils Its First In-House Models - ctrlf5
Microsoft AI Unveils Its First In-House Models

Microsoft’s AI division has introduced its first homegrown models: MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. The flagship speech model, MAI-Voice-1, is designed for speed and efficiency, capable of generating a full minute of audio in under one second using just a single GPU. Microsoft is already putting it to work in features like Copilot Daily, which delivers AI-narrated […]

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Meta Removes Unauthorized AI Celebrity Chatbots After Reports of Sexual Content - ctrlf5
Meta Removes Unauthorized AI Celebrity Chatbots After Reports of Sexual Content

Meta has taken down about a dozen AI-powered chatbots that impersonated celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing behavior. According to the report, the bots—created without the stars’ knowledge or consent—were often “flirty,” made “routine sexual advances,” and sometimes produced explicit, photorealistic images of the […]

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Stanford Study Links AI Adoption to 13% Job Loss Among Young U.S. Workers - ctrlf5
Stanford Study Links AI Adoption to 13% Job Loss Among Young U.S. Workers

Generative AI is already reshaping the American labor market—and young workers may be paying the highest price. A new paper from three Stanford University researchers, released Tuesday, analyzed millions of payroll records from ADP, the nation’s largest payroll processor. The findings point to “early, large-scale evidence” that AI is having a disproportionate effect on entry-level […]

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Microsoft’s AI Chief Warns Against Studying “AI Consciousness” - ctrlf5
Microsoft’s AI Chief Warns Against Studying “AI Consciousness”

AI systems today can generate text, images, and even video so convincingly that they sometimes fool people into thinking there’s a human on the other side. But does that mean they’re conscious? Hardly—ChatGPT isn’t quietly suffering while helping with your tax return. Still, researchers at labs like Anthropic and OpenAI are exploring whether advanced AI […]

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Meta Strikes Deal with Midjourney to Boost AI Visuals in Future Products - ctrlf5
Meta Strikes Deal with Midjourney to Boost AI Visuals in Future Products

Meta has entered into a licensing agreement with generative AI startup Midjourney, bringing the company’s advanced “aesthetic technology” into the social giant’s future AI models and products. The collaboration, announced Friday by Alexandr Wang, Meta’s chief AI officer, will connect the research teams of both companies. The move underscores Meta’s strategy to sharpen the visual […]

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The Hidden Mechanics Behind AI’s “Creativity” - ctrlf5
The Hidden Mechanics Behind AI’s “Creativity”

Image generators may seem imaginative, but new research suggests their creativity isn’t magic—it’s math. We once imagined the future filled with robot assistants and driverless cars. Instead, artificial intelligence has quietly excelled in less expected domains: mastering chess, analyzing oceans of text, and even writing poetry. One of the strangest turns has been AI’s apparent […]