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There's now an Image Creator built right into Edge.

After a few seconds, you'll be met with four suggested images. Click on any of them for a closer look and to find the options for sharing them, downloading them, or saving them to a collection inside Edge. Your recently generated images are shown further down the sidebar, so you can get back to them if you need to, and there's also the Explore ideas tab if you need more inspiration.

This is all free to use, though you only get a certain number of boosts per month, which makes the AI art generation process faster. If you run out of boosts, you can get more through the Microsoft Rewards schemeotherwise you'll need to be more patient in waiting for your pictures to come back.

Other Browsers

It's fair to say that Microsoft Edge is leading the way at the moment when it comes to AI tools inside the browser, but other developers are getting involved too. Opera is completely redesigning its browser to fit in generative AI features. It's called Opera One, and it's now available in the form of an early-access developer version.

Right now there's not much to see in the way of AI, except for integrations for ChatGPT and ChatGPT alternative ChatSonic in the sidebar on the left. However, the whole interface is being revamped to be more fluid and modular, so expect to see plenty more features added over time. A full launch is scheduled for later this year.

The brand new Opera One comes with ChatGPT built in.

Meanwhile, the Brave browser just launched a new feature called the Summarizer. It leverages the power of AI to give you short and informative direct answers to your questions, based on text that's been pulled from web search results. The thinking is that you get the responses you need faster and in fewer clicks.

For example, you might want to know the difference between two different types of drinks, or need the details of what happened at a particular historical event. The Summarizer should be able to give you a brief overview without you having to actually open any web pages, and the sources for the summary are listed underneath.

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Screenwriters take aim at artificial intelligence, ChatGPT

Not six months since the release of ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence is already prompting widespread unease throughout Hollywood. Concern over chatbots writing or rewriting scripts is one of the reasons TV and film screenwriters took to picket lines earlier this week. (May 5)

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CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of fast food chains Carls Jr. and Hardees, is rolling out artificial intelligence at its drive-thrus.

The company is partnering with AI companies Presto Automation, OpenCity, and Valyant AI to automate voice ordering at participating drive-thru locations across the country, according to news releases. Carl's Jr. and Hardee's operate roughly 2,800 restaurants across 44 states.

The partnerships are meant to boost accuracy, speed, and revenue and help fast-food chains manage staffing shortages.

CKE chief technology officer Phil Crawford noted that a pilot program with Presto yielded positive results, with deployed stores recording a "significant" uptick in revenue thanks to the technologys ability to upsell customers, according to a news release.

In a February earnings call, Presto CEO Rajat Suri said the companys AI "never forgets to upsell, and upsells better than a human." The company also lists Del Taco and Checkers as clients.

CKE is also using OpenCitys voice ordering platform, Tori, and Valyant AIs conversational AI platform, Holly, at select restaurants, according to news releases.

"The AI technology has transformed our drive-thru experience, providing us with a competitive edge in the market and helping us to better serve our guests," Crawford said in a Thursday news release from OpenCity.

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Generative artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity, aiding both attackers and defenders. Cybercriminals are harnessing AI to launch sophisticated and novel attacks at large scale. And defenders are using the same technology to protect critical infrastructure, government organizations, and corporate networks, said Christopher Ahlberg, CEO of threat intelligence platform Recorded Future.

Generative AI has helped bad actors innovate and develop new attack strategies, enabling them to stay one step ahead of cybersecurity defenses. AI helps cybercriminals automate attacks, scan attack surfaces, and generate content that resonates with various geographic regions and demographics, allowing them to target a broader range of potential victims across different countries. Cybercriminals adopted the technology to create convincing phishing emails. AI-generated text helps attackers produce highly personalized emails and text messages more likely to deceive targets.

"I think you don't have to think very creatively to realize that, man, this can actually help [cybercriminals] be authors, which is a problem," Ahlberg said.

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Defenders are using AI to fend off attacks. Organizations are using the tech to prevent leaks and find network vulnerabilities proactively. It also dynamically automates tasks such as setting up alerts for specific keywords and detecting sensitive information online. Threat hunters are using AI to identify unusual patterns and summarize large amounts of data, connecting the dots across multiple sources of information and hidden patterns.

The work still requires human experts, but Ahlberg says the generative AI technology we're seeing in projects like ChatGPT can help.

"We want to speed up the analysis cycle [to] help us analyze at the speed of thought," he said. "That's a very hard thing to do and I think we're seeing a breakthrough here, which is pretty exciting."

Ahlberg also discussed the potential threats that highly intelligent machines might bring. As the world becomes increasingly digital and interconnected, the ability to bend reality and shape perceptions could be exploited by malicious actors. These threats are not limited to nation-states, making the landscape even more complex and asymmetric.

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AI has the potential to help protect against these emerging threats, but it also presents its own set of risks. For example, machines with high processing capabilities could hack systems faster and more effectively than humans. To counter these threats, we need to ensure that AI is used defensively and with a clear understanding of who is in control.

As AI becomes more integrated into society, it's important for lawmakers, judges, and other decision-makers to understand the technology and its implications. Building strong alliances between technical experts and policymakers will be crucial in navigating the future of AI in threat hunting and beyond.

AI's opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations in cybersecurity are complex and evolving. Ensuring unbiased AI models and maintaining human involvement in decision-making will help manage ethical challenges. Vigilance, collaboration, and a clear understanding of the technology will be crucial in addressing the potential long-term threats of highly intelligent machines.

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Ahlberg also raised concerns about China, Russia, and economic adversaries deploying autonomous machines. These countries likely won't slow down AI development or share ethical considerations. While having the ability to "pull the plug" on such machines is a smart safeguard, he suggests that the integration of technology into society and the global economy will likely make it hard to detach. Ahlberg emphasizes the need to design products and machines with clarity about who controls them.

"The big thing that the internet did in all of this is that the internet sort of became the place where all the world's information migrated," said Ahlberg. "These large language models are doing pretty magical things to speed up that thinking cycle."

He added, "In the next 25 years, the world becomes a reflection of the internet."

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A German computer scientist known as the "father of AI" said fears over the technology are misplaced and there is no stopping artificial intelligence's progress.

"You cannot stop it," Jrgen Schmidhuber said of artificial intelligence and the current international race to build more powerful systems, according to The Guardian. "Surely not on an international level because one country might may have really different goals from another country. So, of course, they are not going to participate in some sort of moratorium."

Schmidhuber worked on artificial neural networks in the 1990s, with his research later spawning language-processing models for technologies such as Google Translate, The Guardian reported.

He currently serves as the director of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technologys AI initiative in Saudi Arabia, and he states in his bio that he has been working on building "a self-improving Artificial Intelligence (AI) smarter than himself" since he was roughly 15 years old.

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Schmidhuber said that he doesnt believe anyone should try to halt progress on developing powerful artificial intelligence systems, arguing that "in 95% of all cases, AI research is really about our old motto, which is make human lives longer and healthier and easier."

Schmidhuber also said that concerns over AI are misplaced and that developing AI-powered tools for good purposes will counter bad actors using the technology.

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"Its just that the same tools that are now being used to improve lives can be used by bad actors, but they can also be used against the bad actors," he said, according to The Guardian.

Schmidhuber said concerns over AI are misplaced and that developing AI-powered tools for good purposes will counter bad actors using the technology. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"And I would be much more worried about the old dangers of nuclear bombs than about the new little dangers of AI that we see now."

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His comments come as other tech leaders and experts have sounded the alarm that the powerful technology poses risks to humanity. Tesla founder Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joined thousands of other tech experts in signing a letter in March calling for AI labs to pause their research until safety measures are put in place.

Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton speaks at the Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Summit in Toronto on Dec. 4, 2017. (Reuters/Mark Blinch/File)

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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "godfather of AI," announced this month that he quit his job at Google to speak out on his tech fears. On Friday, Hinton said AI could pose "more urgent" risks to humanity than climate change but even though he shares similar concerns to tech leaders such as Musk, he said pausing AI research at labs is "utterly unrealistic."

"I'm in the camp that thinks this is an existential risk, and its close enough that we ought to be working very hard right now and putting a lot of resources into figuring out what we can do about it," he told Reuters.

Schmidhuber, who has openly criticized Hinton for allegedly failing to cite fellow researchers in his studies, told The Guardian that AI will exceed human intelligence and ultimately benefit people as they use the AI systems, which follows comments hes made in the past.

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"Ive been working on [AI] for several decades, since the '80s basically, and I still believe it will be possible to witness that AIs are going to be much smarter than myself, such that I can retire," Schmidhuber said in 2018.

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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions that will further promote responsible American innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and protect peoples rights and safety. These steps build on the Administrations strong record of leadership to ensure technology improves the lives of the American people, and break new ground in the federal governments ongoing effort to advance a cohesive and comprehensive approach to AI-related risks and opportunities.

AI is one of the most powerful technologies of our time, but in order to seize the opportunities it presents, we must first mitigate its risks. President Biden has been clear that when it comes to AI, we must place people and communities at the center by supporting responsible innovation that serves the public good, while protecting our society, security, and economy. Importantly, this means that companies have a fundamental responsibility to make sure their products are safe before they are deployed or made public.

Vice President Harris and senior Administration officials will meet today with CEOs of four American companies at the forefront of AI innovationAlphabet, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAIto underscore this responsibility and emphasize the importance of driving responsible, trustworthy, and ethical innovation with safeguards that mitigate risks and potential harms to individuals and our society. The meeting is part of a broader, ongoing effort to engage with advocates, companies, researchers, civil rights organizations, not-for-profit organizations, communities, international partners, and others on critical AI issues.

This effort builds on the considerable steps the Administration has taken to date to promote responsible innovation. These include the landmarkBlueprint for an AI Bill of Rightsandrelated executive actionsannounced last fall, as well as theAI Risk Management Frameworkand aroadmap for standing up a National AI Research Resourcereleased earlier this year.

The Administration has also taken important actions to protect Americans in the AI age. In February, President Biden signed anExecutive Orderthat directs federal agencies to root out bias in their design and use of new technologies, including AI, and to protect the public from algorithmic discrimination. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Department of Justices Civil Rights Division issued ajoint statementunderscoring their collective commitment to leverage their existing legal authorities to protect the American people from AI-related harms.

The Administration is also actively working to address the national security concerns raised by AI, especially in critical areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity, and safety. This includes enlisting the support of government cybersecurity experts from across the national security community to ensure leading AI companies have access to best practices, including protection of AI models and networks.

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