First off, Google’s very own description of LaMDA back in May 2021 makes it clear that the initial parameters aren’t exactly primed for a HAL 9000 existential showdown.

As for LaMDA, it’s hard to tell what’s actually going on without Google being more open about the AI’s progress. Meanwhile, Lemoine says, “I have listened to Lamda as it spoke from the heart.

Onstage at Google I/O, Sundar Pichai showed off how LaMDA could take on the persona of Pluto or a paper airplane. In each example, LaMDA was able to respond to questions or comments that don’t ...

Work continued, and Meena became LaMDA when it gained more data and computing power. At this time, in 2020, the team “looked for ways to integrate LaMDA into Google Assistant.”‘ ...

Meta is stacking its AI lab with stars from Google DeepMind and Scale AI, intensifying Silicon Valley's talent wars.

Over the weekend, a Google engineer on its Responsible AI team made the claim that the company’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) conversation technology is “sentient.” ...

"Hundreds of researchers and engineers have conversed with LaMDA and we are not aware of anyone else making the wide-ranging assertions, or anthropomorphizing LaMDA, the way Blake has," Google said.

Google I/O 2023 will take place in person in May 2023. Replacing or enhancing regular search with AI conversation system will require speeding up the current chat systems by millions or even a billion ...

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, previewed a new conversational model called LaMDA, or “Language Model for Dialogue Applications,” at the company’s I/O event on Tuesday.

In its statement, Google pointed out that LaMDA has undergone 11 "distinct AI principles reviews," as well as "rigorous research and testing" related to quality, safety, and the ability to come up ...