Meta’s new long-term AI study sounds a lot like OpenAI’s current dead-end

Apr29
by on April 29, 2022 at 8:22 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence


Meta recently announced a long-term research partnership to study the human brain. According to the company, it intends to use the results of this study to “guide the development of AI that processes speech and text as efficiently as people.” This is the latest in Meta’s ongoing quest to perform the machine learning equivalent of alchemy: producing thought from language. The big idea: Meta wants to understand exactly what’s going on in people’s brains when they process language. Then, somehow, it’s going to use this data to develop an AI capable of understanding language. According to Meta AI, the company…

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Edge’s prospective free VPN would be a tempting reason to ditch Chrome

Apr28
by on April 28, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Insider, Plugged


I’m one of countless people who are foolishly faithful to Chrome. Despite the browser’s horrible rep for privacy, memory-hogging, battery-draining, and role in Google’s monopoly, I can’t call it quits. We had too many good times together — and the old bastard is still pretty. Our relationship, however, may soon face a new threat. According to a page on the Microsoft website that was spotted by Neowin, the software giant has developed a built-in VPN for the Edge browser. The service remains a preview feature for now, but it could be available in an upcoming version of Edge. Named the “Microsoft…

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