
Mini-Update #13: OpenChatKit and CNNs + TuberculosisAn open ChatGPT and convolutional neural networks predict drug resistance


February 2023

Update #44: Challenges for Personal Robotics and Cheaply Poisoning Web-Scale DatasetsEveryday Robots' shutdown is indicative of broader troubles personal robotics companies face; researchers find inexpensive ways to poison datasets used…

Mini-Update #11: Bing off the Rails and Discovering Optimization AlgorithmsIn which we discuss what happens when you talk to Bing for too long and a new optimization algorithm discovered using genetic search.

Update #43: Propaganda Deepfakes and Transformers get LoopyThe first known use of deepfakes for spreading state-aligned propaganda and transformers embedded in loops can emulate Turing complete computers.

January 2023

Update #42: AI + News Editors Make Mistakes and New Masked Image Self-Supervised MethodsCNET finds that AI-assisted writing isn't as easy as it bargained, and masking-based self-supervised learning makes strides (+ Author Q&A)


Update #41: ChatGPT Bans and Robot Manipulation with Multimodal PromptsForums, AI conferences, and schools contend with the realities of ChatGPT and robots perform tasks specified using both images and text.

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