TechCrunch

Making AI models ‘forget’ undesirable data hurts their performance

So-called “unlearning” techniques are used to make a generative AI model forget specific and undesirable info it picked up from training data, like sensitive private data or copyrighted material. But ...
TechCrunch

The promise and perils of synthetic data

Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But it’s one that’s been around for quite some time — and as new, real data is ...
Engadget

Slack has been using data from your chats to train its machine learning models

Slack trains machine-learning models on user messages, files and other content without explicit permission. The training is opt-out, meaning your private data will be leeched by default. Making ...
The Economist

Training AI models might not need enormous data centres

Once, the world’s richest men competed over yachts, jets and private islands. Now, the size-measuring contest of choice is clusters. Just 18 months ago, OpenAI trained GPT-4, its then state-of-the-art ...
USA Today

LinkedIn is using your data to train generative AI models. Here's how to opt out.

This story was updated to add new information. LinkedIn user data is being used to train artificial intelligence models, leading some social media users to call out the company for opting members in ...
Forbes

Why AI Threat Models In Finance Must Follow The Data, Not The Code

AI has become the control plane of financial services, shaping fraud decisions, AML alerts, credit limits, pricing strategies and collections. Yet many banks and fintechs still view these systems as ...