Taking the open source path gives Meta a big point of differentiation with its rivals and the ability to leverage the wisdom of the open source community.

The tendency of people to forget they are engaging with AI social technologies, and feeling as if they are “real”, raises concerns around unsustainable or unhealthy attachments.

The Asia Pacific region is ahead of Europe and the US in its uptake of generative AI, but it’s a different story in our part of the world where we lag our peers.

Whether Safe Superintelligence Inc. lives up to the name depends on its definition of safe AGI, and whether these co-founders will be able to resist the urge to go for broke in the way Altman has, prioritising speed to market over safety.

The annual Gartner Hype Cycle research has bad news for generative AI which the analyst firm has headed into the dreaded “trough of disillusionment” as the gap between hype and reality starts to dawn on businesses.

Political parties in India spent an estimated US$50 million on authorized AI-generated content for targeted communication with their constituencies this election cycle. And it was largely successful.