5 things about AI you might have missed today: Sharpen your AI skills, free online AI courses, fake AI reviews, etc.
It’s been a hugely exciting day for AI globally! Hollywood actors have joined screenwriters in a historic pay strike; young professionals are prioritizing improving their AI skills to match the job market; Elon Musk plans to train his xAI using public tweets and more.
1. Launching Free Online AI Training in Indian Language
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched AI for India 2.0, a free online Artificial Intelligence training program in Indian languages, on World Youth Skills Day. This program is a partnership between Skill India and GUVI, which aims to provide youth with advanced skills. GUVI, the startup incubated at IIT Madras, offers technology learning in native languages. The course is available in nine Indian languages and aims to break the language barrier in tech educationespecially for rural youth. Pradhan highlighted India’s tech savvy and praised GUVI for empowering people with innovative technologies.
2. Young professionals prioritize improving AI skills to match the job market
A survey by apna.co shows that a large percentage of young professionals are realizing the importance of upskilling in artificial intelligence (AI) for job market relevance. About 80% of respondents believe that acquiring AI skills will provide a competitive advantage and open up attractive job opportunities. These findings demonstrate the growing recognition among young Indians of the importance of upskilling to remain competitive and secure rewarding career opportunities. The report found that many respondents took proactive steps to sign up for such initiatives, showing their commitment to personal and professional growth.
3. Fake AI Review
As AI boomed, fake reviews flooded the Web, and casual readers were at best uninformed and completely misinformed and, at worst, deceived, according to a report from Guardian Today. While these fake reviews could be easily identified in the past, AI-generated reviews are now much more sophisticated and polished and can easily convince anyone of their authenticity. of them. And that can spell disaster for those who believe these reviews and actually act on them.
4. Elon Musk plans to train his xAI using public tweets
Elon Musk’s New People artificial intelligence The company, xAI, is supposed to use public tweets from Twitter to train its AI models. Musk, who owns Twitter and is at the top Tesla, in a Twitter chat Spaces said that a partnership between his companies could benefit them both and enhance Tesla’s self-driving capabilities. He criticized other AI companies for disregarding human risks in the development of their technology. He added that xAI aims to advance our understanding of the universe and offer an alternative to Microsoft, Google and OpenAI in achieving general artificial intelligence. Musk also alleges that all AI companies illegally train their models using Twitter data.
5. Hollywood actors and writers go on historic strike over wages, AI threat
Hollywood actors joined the screenwriters’ rally, marking the first industry-wide rally in 63 years. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) has issued a strike order after negotiations failed with studios over pay cuts and the threat that artificial intelligence poses to their livelihoods. The strike will halt film and TV production, causing possible delays in popular TV series and major movie releases.
