The piece also covers the misuse of AI in creating deepfake images, with Taylor Swift being a recent victim. It mentions the rise of AI-generated explicit images and the need for legal and regulatory action to combat this issue. Other topics include Google's Lumiere, a text-to-video model, the FTC's investigation into Big Tech investments in AI companies, and Etsy's new AI-powered feature for personalized gift recommendations. The article concludes with a discussion on 'AI drift', referring to the degradation of machine learning model performance over time.
Key takeaways:
- The conversation about how AI technology will affect the future of work is expected to continue in the coming years, with companies planning for potential productivity and profit boosts from the adoption of generative AI and automated tech.
- The International Monetary Fund said that nearly 40 percent of jobs around the world are exposed to change due to AI. The World Economic Forum predicts 23% of global jobs will change in the next five years due to factors including AI.
- AI being used to create deepfakes — audio and video showing real people doing things they haven't done or said — is on the rise because new tools make it faster and easier to do so.
- Lina Khan, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, said that she's going to open an inquiry into the relationships between top AI companies, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and the tech companies investing billions of dollars in them.