The Perils of Using Quotations to Authenticate NLG Content
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Old News and Fake Facts
Natural Language Generation (NLG) models are capable of producing convincing and plausible output because they have learned semantic architecture, rather than more abstractly assimilating the actual history, science, economics, or any other topic on which they might be required to opine, which are effectively entangled as ‘passengers’ in the source data.
The factual accuracy of the information that NLG models generate assumes that the input on which they are trained is in itself reliable and up-to-date, which presents an extraordinary burden in terms of pre-processing and further human-based verification – a costly stumbling block that the NLP research sector is currently addressing on many fronts. ...
The real danger of obtaining quotes from default GPT-3 (for instance) is that it sometimes produces correct quotes, leading to a false confidence in this facet of its capabilities...
GopherCite
Hoping to address this general shortcoming in NLG models, Google’s DeepMind recently proposed GopherCite, a 280-billion parameter model that’s capable of citing specific and accurate evidence in support of its generated responses to prompts. ...
Quoting Falsehoods
However, when tested against Oxford University’s TruthfulQA benchmark, GopherCite’s responses were rarely scored as truthful, in comparison to the human-curated ‘correct’ answers.
The authors suggest that this is because the concept of ‘supported answers’ does not in any objective way help to define truth in itself, since the usefulness of source quotes may be compromised by other factors, such as the possibility that the author of the quote is themselves ‘hallucinating’ (i.e. writing about fictional worlds, producing advertising content, or otherwise fantasticating inauthentic material. ...
See the full story here: https://www.unite.ai/the-perils-of-using-quotations-to-authenticate-nlg-content/
Dubai Police officer named among 30 leading Arab artificial intelligence experts
UAE - Engineer Dr Major Issa Ibrahim Basaeed, head of artificial intelligence applications and emerging technologies at the General Department of Artificial Intelligence in Dubai Police, has been recognised among the region’s top 30 leading Arab experts in AI by MIT Technology Review Arabia. ...
The list’s final evaluation produced 30 experts — 12 women and 18 men — from across the region, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, Lebanon, Bahrain and Tunisia. ...
See the full story here: https://www.zawya.com/en/legal/dubai-police-officer-named-among-30-leading-arab-artificial-intelligence-experts-e4uq8fyt
After pandemic struggles, Technicolor is bulking up VFX business in Culver City
Technicolor Creative Studios is establishing a new Culver City campus, boosted by the return of production and demand from streamers for its visual effects services.
The office, which is expected to open in July, includes a four-story, 60,000-square-foot main building and a 4,750-square-foot virtual production space located on Washington Boulevard, the company said.
See the full story here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-04-01/technicolor-culver-city?_amp=true&fbclid=IwAR1HlXr3p6nF6jsfWSEj33YxKMTnl1RsP8k1oriPR_azZ83VCwmmTKoW8rk
Solis Introduces The World’s First Film NFT Marketplace
... Overall, Solis Marketplace offers highly sought-after NFTs to access unique and rare Hollywood content, experiences, and items. Moreover, this Marketplace will provide ‘royalty-backed’ and fractionalized NFTs, offering audiences and producers alike access to Solis’ income.
Audiences and producers alike will gain access to Solis’ revenue distribution. Not only will they be able to aid in the greenlighting of projects via direct investments, but they will have the opportunity to participate in the revenues and even have executive and directorial control over the tales being presented ...
Solis’ token serves as the foundation for a digital suite that will enable artists and their communities to connect, produce, interact, and participate in the material that matters most to them. Moving forward, owners will have access to a plethora of opportunities, including the Perpetual secondary NFT sales revenue, collect royalties, access DeFi applications, store their NFTs, earn Solis tokens and participate in NFT airdrops. ...
See the full story here: https://disruptmagazine.com/solis-introduces-the-worlds-first-film-nft-marketplace/
Solis's website - http://www.solis.io
5 WAYS BRANDS CAN MASTER METAVERSE PR
Learn who is covering the space
If you want to earn press in this space, you’re going to need to get to know the reporters and publications that are covering the metaverse on a daily basis. Start exploring national publications, such as WIRED, TechCrunch, Mashable, Fast Company and more focused titles, like MetaverseMagazine, Cointelegraph and CoinDesk, today if you haven’t already.
Talk the metaverse talk
See the full story here: https://adage.com/article/opinion/5-ways-brands-can-master-metaverse-pr/2408876
Very useful Glossary - https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/the-web3-metaverse-glossary-a-keyword-guide-to-the-tech-future-42afedd9c3c0#87ba
Two University of Waterloo researchers receive grants to help build metaverse
Waking up in the morning to find your sleep cycle organized into a graph on your bed’s headboard and then having buttons appear on your coffee cup to connect you to your social media accounts could all be possible in a virtual world known as the metaverse.
Achieved using augmented reality glasses, a University of Waterloo lab is a small step closer to realizing these virtual concepts, thanks to a $30,000 grant from Meta’s Reality Labs Research in Toronto.
See the full story here: https://www.therecord.com/business/technology/2022/03/30/two-university-of-waterloo-researchers-receive-grants-to-help-build-metaverse.html
7 augmented reality toys to help your children start living in the future
1. MERGE Cube
It gives students the equivalent of $10,000 in teaching materials, allowing them to learn at any time and in any location. Your children can use the Merge Cube to upload, view, and share user-created 3D models, which allows students to find problems sooner and iterate faster in order to produce better designs.
2. Imagimake Mapology World AR
See the full story here: https://interestingengineering.com/7-augmented-reality-toys
