Basically, if the models continue eating each other’s data, perhaps without even knowing it, they’ll progressively get weirder and dumber until they collapse. The researchers provide numerous examples and mitigation methods, but they go so far as to call model collapse “inevitable,” at least in theory.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/model-collapse-scientists-warn-against-letting-ai-eat-its-own-tail/
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The most notable updates are coming to Illustrator courtesy of Adobe’s latest Firefly Vector AI model, which is available in public beta starting today. “Our goal is to empower all creative professionals to realize their creative visions,” Deepa Subramaniam, Adobe Creative Cloud’s vice president of product marketing, said to The Verge. “We believe that every massive technology shift offers opportunities to deliver new products and innovations to our customers, and we are focused on harnessing the power of generative AI to amplify human creativity and expression, not replace it.”
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/23/24204231/adobe-photoshop-illustrator-generative-ai-firefly-vector-features
After 4 years of promising to phase out third-party cookies, Google wants to give users a choice instead. "Instead of deprecating third-party cookies, we would introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an informed choice that applies across their web browsing," writes Google VP Anthony Chavez in a blog post Monday. "They’d be able to adjust that choice at any time."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-wont-ditch-third-party-cookies-in-chrome-after-all
Businesses across the world are reporting IT outages, including Windows “blue screen of death” errors on their computers, in what has already become one of the most widespread IT disruptions in recent years. The outage — linked to a software update from popular cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike — has affected computers running Microsoft Windows at organizations across various sectors, including airlines, banks, retailers, brokerage houses, media companies and railway networks.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/19/faulty-crowdstrike-update-causes-major-global-it-outage-taking-out-banks-airlines-and-businesses-globally/
Waymo is ramping up efforts to gain access to a lucrative robotaxi use case: pickups and drop-offs at the San Francisco International Airport, according to emails viewed by TechCrunch and obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/waymo-wants-to-bring-robotaxis-to-sfo-emails-show/
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Figma recently pulled its “Make Designs” generative AI tool after a user discovered that asking it to design a weather app would spit out something suspiciously similar to Apple’s weather app — a result that could, among other things, land a user in legal trouble. “But in the week leading up to Config, new components and example screens were added that we simply didn’t vet carefully enough,” writes Noah Levin, Figma VP of product design.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/18/24201308/figma-make-designs-vet-apple
App developers will have a new path for getting their apps recognized and promoted, Apple told developers at WWDC 2024 this week. In an update planned to arrive in September alongside the release of iOS 18, developers will be able to alert Apple’s Editorial team about their app’s new content or features ahead of its release to be considered for featuring on the App Store.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/13/apple-gives-developers-a-way-to-nominate-their-apps-for-editorial-consideration-on-the-app-store/