China scrutinizes companies and funds after AI-fueled stock moves

Most enterprise AI projects fail quietly. Nirmal Ganesh explains why, and what it takes to build workflows that actually deliver ROI.

Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, there was something off about one of the selections for the prestigious award: It appears to have been written by AI. Jamir Nazir's "The Serpent in the Grove" has many of the hallmarks of LLM-generated prose - mixed metaphors, anaphora, lists of threes. (I'm aware this, too, is a list of threes, and I promise I wrote this post myself, unassisted, as I write all things.) I'll admit I was initially unconvinced by the allegation that Nazir's story had been generated by AI. I know people are using … Read the full story at The Verge.

Prompt something better than Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” I dare you. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new tool from Spotify will make them even easier to generate and share. Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) signed a licensing deal that will allow users to generate remixes and covers from UMG's catalog. How exactly it will work, beyond being "powered by generative AI technology," or how much it will cost, is unclear. They're positioning this as a premium subscription add-on … Read the full story at The Verge.

Steven Rosenbaum explains how inaccurate quotes got into his book The Future of Truth.

China's NDRC clarification highlights the delicate balance between welcoming foreign investment and safeguarding national security, impacting investor confidence. The post China’s NDRC says it does not require tech firms to reject foreign investment appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

London mayor accused of ‘putting politics above public safety’ for rejecting deal to use AI in intelligence analysis Palantir has accused Sadiq Khan of “putting politics above public safety” after the London mayor blocked its £50m contract with the Metropolitan police in a move that has also led to tensions inside Labour over its involvement with the US tech company. Louis Mosley, who heads Palantir in the UK and Europe, accused Khan of politicising procurement after he rejected a two-year deal for Scotland Yard to use AI to process intelligence in criminal investigations, as first revealed by the Guardian. Mosley said: “What Londoners value is not being mugged, not being raped by a serving police officer.” Continue reading...

Predictive analytics in EduTech with ADLC and LMS AI systems The post Predictive Analytics in EduTech Through an AI-Driven Software Development Lifecycle appeared first on Spritle software.

NEAR Protocol has rallied more than 44% from its weekly low as AI-driven momentum, protocol upgrade optimism, and aggressive short liquidations pushed the token toward a major technical breakout. According to data from crypto.news, NEAR Protocol (NEAR) climbed from a…