Axios

Companies plan to hire more as a result of generative AI, recent research from freelance platform Upwork reveals.

Why it matters: Many workers are worried about automation and AI taking their jobs. But what they might actually want, is for AI to help them do their jobs more efficiently.

This earnings season reminded us that AI deployment will require a lot of powerful chips — but it will also need workers with specialized skills.

Zoom in: In order for companies to realize the benefits of AI in the real world, they'll need people with data science and natural-language processing skills, demand for which is currently outpacing supply, a McKinsey study of the first half of 2023 has found.

The first shot of this year's remake of Electronic Arts' classic 2008 sci-fi horror game Dead Space is a subtle hint the game will slightly differ from the original. While the original starts with the camera zooming out from a character's right eye, the remake's intro zooms out from her left.

Why it matters: As remakes become more abundant in the video game industry, developers are having to decide how much to adhere to the original work and when to tweak it.

U.S. regulators continue to hammer crypto firms with enforcement actions, the latest of which drags NFTs into the mix.

Driving the news: The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued Los Angeles-based podcasting firm Impact Theory for allegedly offering securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), raising more than $30 million through sales in late 2021.

The internet is beginning to fill up with more and more content generated by artificial intelligence rather than human beings, posing weird new dangers both to human society and to the AI programs themselves.

What's happening: Experts estimate that AI-generated content could account for as much as 90% of information on the internet in a few years' time, as ChatGPT, Dall-E and similar programs spill torrents of verbiage and images into online spaces.

As airlines upgrade their in-flight WiFi systems, they often tout the passenger experience benefits, like faster internet browsing or better entertainment options.

• But some see another advantage: Easier communication with medical experts on the ground when a passenger is sick or injured — and potentially one day, true airborne telemedicine service.

Museums that focus on racial violence and antisemitism have begun using holograms, artificial intelligence and virtual reality to allow visitors to have simulated "conversations" with Holocaust survivors and hear the words of enslaved people.

Why it matters: The use of technology such as generative AI to create immersive displays is aimed at fighting bigotry — and comes amid rising concern that AI also can fuel racism by amplifying bias from human-generated content on the internet.