IBM starts replacing jobs with AI

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Hello and welcome back to another topsy turvy day in AI. ChatGPT gets unbanned in Italy and Stability AI releases the world’s first open-source AI chatbot. I’ve also got some fun images of celebs wearing their surnames - like Emma Stone dressed as a stone.  

Here's what’s on the menu today:

🧠 Insight: IBM pauses hiring for 7,800 AI-replaceable jobs

📰 News: Italy unbans ChatGPT and Stability AI releases new chatbot

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📸 AI-generated images of the day: Celebrities wearing their surnames

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🧠 Insight: IBM pauses hiring for 7,800 AI-replaceable jobs

IBM will reportedly pause hiring for non-customer-facing positions that could be automated. CEO Arvind Krishna anticipates up to 30% of these roles, mainly in human resources, to be replaced by AI in five years, affecting roughly 7,800 jobs. Existing staff will not be fired, but vacancies will not be filled once vacated. Read more about it here →

📰 News: Italy unbans ChatGPT and Stability AI releases its chatbot

1. OpenAI's ChatGPT is back in Italy, indicating a reconciliation with the Italian Privacy Guarantor. The service was suspended due to privacy violations and has now been restored ahead of the April 30 deadline for OpenAI to comply with regulations. Read more about it here →

2. Stability AI has unveiled StableVicuna, an open-source AI chatbot trained through human feedback and reinforced learning. It can assist with mathematics, coding, and grammar. The demo is accessible on Hugging Face, and there are plans to introduce a Discord bot and chat user interface in the future. Read the full thing here →

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 📸 AI generated images of the day

Celebrities wearing their names as costumes, made with Midjourney (source)

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