The race to understand the exhilarating but alarming world of language AI

Concept by Muhabit ul haq.

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Language technologies powered by AI are becoming enmeshed in day-to-day life. But there is an ethical debate surrounding them. Studies have shown that ideas embedded in them can often be racist, sexist, and abusive. Their fluency confuses people into thinking a human wrote their outputs, which experts warn could enable mass misinformation. Moreover, their size causes a huge carbon footprint.

By Karen HaoOn May 18, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced an impressive new tool: an AI system called LaMDA that can chat to users about any subject.To start, Google plans to integrate LaMDA into its main search portal, its voice assistant, and Workplace, its collection of cloud-based work software that includes Gmail, Docs, and Drive. But the eventual goal, said Pichai, is to create a conversational interface that allows people to retrieve any

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