Generative AI

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hints at an ‘agentic’ Alexa

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Thursday hinted at an improved, “agentic” version of the company’s Alexa assistant — one that…

3 weeks ago

Apple launches the iPhone into the AI era with free software update

Apple is releasing a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16…

3 weeks ago

Documents show OpenAI’s long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized…

1 month ago

Changing OpenAI’s nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future

NEW YORK -- The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even…

1 month ago

Amazon defends 5-day work from office policy: “We’re trying to get…”

Amazon announced a full return-to-office mandate last month, asking employees to work from office 5-days-a-week like pre-Covid 19 era. This…

1 month ago

Google Lens can now answer questions about videos

Google is upgrading its visual search app, Lens, with the ability to answer near-real-time questions about your surroundings. English-speaking Android…

2 months ago

Microsoft AI chatbot to Google CEO Sundar Pichai: How is it fair for Google to …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees immense potential in AI, viewing it as a transformative technology with the power to revolutionise…

2 months ago

Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worries

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Google on Tuesday said it would halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in…

2 months ago

Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election

Government scientists and artificial intelligence experts from at least nine countries and the European Union will meet in San Francisco…

2 months ago

Amazon’s cloud unit may have this ‘Microsoft’ fear, company responds

Amazon is reportedly the latest tech company to be pushing hard to sell its AI models to industry players. A…

2 months ago

Arzeda is using AI to design proteins for natural sweeteners and more

AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein design’s…

2 months ago

Tech companies commit to fighting harmful AI sexual imagery by curbing nudity from datasets

Several leading artificial intelligence companies pledged Thursday to remove nude images from the data sources they use to train their…

2 months ago

UK competition watchdog clears Microsoft’s hiring of AI startup’s core staff

LONDON -- British regulators on Wednesday cleared Microsoft's hiring of key staff from startup Inflection AI, saying the deal wouldn't…

3 months ago

California lawmakers approve legislation to ban deepfakes, protect workers and regulate AI

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California lawmakers approved a host of proposals this week aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat…

3 months ago

California advances landmark legislation to regulate large AI models

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Efforts in California to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence…

3 months ago

‘I really f***ing hate it’: Procreate CEO slams use of generative AI, says ‘AI not our future’

Popular digital illustration app Procreate has vowed to never incorporate generative AI into its products, drawing praise from many artists…

3 months ago

Microsoft Copilot: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s AI

Copilot is Microsoft’s take on productivity-boosting generative AI, and it continues to grow and expand with Microsoft’s AI ambitions. Today,…

3 months ago

OpenAI is a bigger threat to Google than US regulators

Google is facing a bigger threat from Sam Altman's OpenAI even as it awaits a decision on how antitrust regulators…

3 months ago

Meta, Universal Music Group address AI music in new licensing agreement

Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced on Monday the expansion of their multi-year music licensing agreement, which enables users…

3 months ago

California partners with Nvidia to bring artificial intelligence resources to colleges

The state of California is partnering with tech giant Nvidia to help train California students, college faculty, developers and data…

3 months ago