Large language models (LLMs) based on transformer architectures have taken the world by storm, with ChatGPT quickly becoming a household name. While the concept of generative AI is not new and can be traced back to Jürgen Schmidhuber’s (now at KAUST) work in the 1990s and even further into history, Ian Goodfellow’s generative adversarial networks […]

Toshiba’s board of directors recently accepted a buyout offer from a private Japanese consortium (Japan Industrial Partners) for about $15B. The agreement still needs approval by the shareholders. The consortium is a buyout fund made up of major banks and companies. Toshiba has been trying to restructure itself for several years after it was plunged […]

Twitter executives suspect the code was stolen by a disgruntled employee who left the company around the time that billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk acquired the company for $44 billion After it was announced that portions of Twitter’s source code were leaked online, security researchers have suggested it should serve as a warning that better […]

A visitor takes a picture with his mobile phone of an image designed with artificial intelligence by Berlin-based digital creator Julian van Dieken (C) inspired by Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on March 9, 2023. – Julian van Dieken’s work made using artificial intelligence (AI) […]