Elon Musk has released the computer code behind his AI chatbot, Grok, in a move that contrasts with OpenAI's decision to keep the details of its algorithm secret, highlighting the ongoing debate over whether firms should reveal how their AI products work.
China's internet regulator is launching a campaign to regulate generative artificial intelligence (AI) amid concerns that AI-generated content could threaten the country's controlled internet environment and produce opinions that contradict the Chinese Communist Party, with a particular focus on addressing scams and crime; meanwhile, a killing in Handan sparks outrage and raises concerns about the welfare of left-behind children, and a Chinese-born professor who teaches in Japan has disappeared on a trip back to mainland China, sparking fears of espionage charges.
LSU basketball star Angel Reese expressed her disapproval of AI-generated images of herself on social media, calling them "crazy and weird," and emphasized her young age of 21. Reese and her team are set to compete against Rice University in the first round of March Madness.
Nvidia is collaborating with Teradyne to bring AI capabilities to the industrial-equipment maker's commercial robots, which will speed up their operation in factory and warehouse settings.
AI Arena is a fighting game that features AI-controlled characters trained by individual human players, with a focus on putting AI front and center in the gaming experience, as well as incorporating cryptocurrency elements such as NFTs and a crypto token called NRN. The game recently concluded its Gateway to the Arena competition, which involved influencers and content creators leading teams of players and offering token rewards based on performance. The game aims to attract skilled players and create a competitive esports scene.
Apple is reportedly making significant investments into generative artificial intelligence (AI), as evidenced by the development of a new model called MM1 capable of working with text and images, which could potentially be integrated into Apple's products in the future and compete with rivals' AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini.
Scammers are using AI to create fake obituaries filled with keywords for Google searches, spreading misinformation and alarm about people's deaths.
Watermarking, touted as a solution to combat AI misinformation, has proven to be easily bypassed and ineffective in identifying AI-generated media, raising concerns about its effectiveness in combating the escalating problem.
Astera Labs, a company that makes connectivity hardware for AI-driven data centers, is set to go public with an IPO that is expected to raise $517.6 million, signaling a test of investors' appetite for tech IPOs beyond well-known companies like Reddit, and could pave the way for more technology offerings this year.
Angel Reese, a college basketball player, expressed her disgust at AI-generated NSFW images of her, calling them "crazy and weird AF," as celebrities and public figures increasingly fall victim to the circulation of fabricated explicit images made using AI technology.
Saudi Arabia plans to establish a $40 billion fund to invest in artificial intelligence, making it the world's largest investor in AI and showcasing the country's ambitions for global business and economic diversification.
The Department of Homeland Security is launching AI pilot programs in collaboration with OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic, aiming to improve immigration officer training, enhance summaries for investigators, tackle child exploitation and fentanyl smuggling, and develop hazard mitigation plans.
Apple is reportedly in discussions with Google to license its Gemini technology for AI features on the next iPhone, according to reports from Bloomberg and The New York Times.
The article discusses the potential benefits and challenges of implementing generative AI in businesses and provides four strategies for developing an actionable AI strategy, including focusing on human capabilities, establishing an AI control center, leveraging AI to transform business processes, and addressing talent and technology gaps.
Nvidia has partnered with Hippocratic AI to offer cheap AI nurses that provide medical advice to patients in real-time through video calls, undercutting the cost of human nurses.
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google's DeepMind, is leaving his start-up to lead Microsoft's consumer A.I. business, including Bing search engine and Edge internet browser.
Medical startup Hippocratic AI and Nvidia are using voice-based AI chatbots to provide healthcare advice to patients, with the goal of reducing costs and addressing the nursing shortage, but concerns remain about the accuracy and biases of the technology.
A San Francisco company has developed an AI-powered robot to improve the recycling process, allowing recycling infrastructures to recover more items and reduce waste.
Startup Extropic has developed a superconducting processor for AI that aims to be significantly faster and more energy-efficient than digital processors, with their prototype chips running probabilistic algorithms used in AI as a rapid and energy-efficient physics-based process.
A 40-year-old AI company employee has been charged with multiple felonies after engaging in inappropriate chats with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl, claiming he believed she was a malfunctioning bot.
Shares of Super Micro Computer, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Arm Holdings all experienced a decline after Nvidia unveiled its Blackwell architecture and other AI-related announcements, causing a ripple effect in the AI stock market.
Nvidia's annual GPU Technology Conference caused a sell-off in AI stocks, with Super Micro Computer, Advanced Micro Devices, and Arm Holdings all declining in response to Nvidia's Blackwell architecture announcement; however, analysts believe that these stocks still hold potential as the adoption of AI continues to grow.
The Google Play Store is expanding its AI features by introducing AI-generated app summaries, potentially leading to increased reliance on AI technology.
Citizen scientists and artificial intelligence have discovered 30,000 rare ring galaxies among a haul of 430,000 galaxies using data from the Subaru Telescope, demonstrating the power of AI to analyze vast amounts of astronomical data.
Investors are questioning whether the booming AI stock market is in a bubble similar to the dot-com bubble, but one journalist argues that the investing world has fundamentally changed, making it unlikely for history to repeat itself.
Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Inflection AI, to lead its consumer AI efforts, marking a major shift for the valued $4 billion AI startup that is now focusing on a business-to-business strategy.
Fitbit is partnering with Google to bring personalized AI experiences in health and wellness by creating a personal health language model that can provide tailored recommendations, while Google is expanding its AI capabilities in healthcare, such as medical image analysis and generating comprehensive patient summaries. The focus is on improving personalized health experiences and addressing biases in AI models. Additionally, Google is working on enhancing access to health information through visual search and language translation tools.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is funding the development of a supercomputer powered by Nvidia's AI technology that aims to accelerate scientific discoveries in areas such as drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and treatment. The supercomputer, named Gefion, will be one of the world's most powerful and will be housed in Denmark's national center for AI innovation.
The post discusses the security controls and considerations for protecting generative AI applications based on different scopes, ranging from consumer applications to self-trained models.
Celestica, a low-margin IT solutions provider in the electronic manufacturing services industry, is aiming to sustain its growth momentum by expanding capacity and targeting the AI market, despite projections of decelerating revenue growth and operating leverage gains.
Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google's DeepMind and CEO of Inflection, to lead a new consumer AI unit that will integrate AI technologies into Microsoft's products, including Copilot, Bing, Edge, and GenAI.
Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft, among other companies, have announced their strategies for handling the upcoming US presidential election, with measures including avoiding election-related queries and referring users to reliable sources, in an effort to prevent the spread of misinformation and misuse of AI chatbots.
The leaks about the PlayStation 5 Pro's technical specifications have been confirmed, revealing that the console will have improvements in rendering resolutions, ray tracing capabilities, and an enhanced audio block, among other features. However, the necessity and target audience for the mid-gen upgrade are still questioned.
Generative AI models, which are widely used in the entertainment industries, often rely on large datasets of images scraped from the internet, raising concerns over stolen labor and infringement of copyright and personal information. The long-term impact of this exploitation could devalue creative work and destabilize the jobs of artists, potentially leading to a culture devoid of human-authored content in the future.
The European Union's approval of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act has created new opportunities for AI professionals in Europe, including roles such as Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Prompt Engineer, Cybersecurity Analyst with AI, AI Technology Specialist or Consultant, and AI Ethics Officer.
The Bipartisan Policy Center is launching an AI curriculum and resources, with financial support from Google, to educate Congressional staff about the latest AI developments as considerations about AI regulation increase.
Researchers at the University of Geneva have developed an artificial neural network capable of learning new tasks from verbal or written instructions and then verbally describing them to another AI, representing a significant advancement in AI's ability to communicate and learn from each other in human-like ways, with promising applications in robotics.
Former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt believes that Utah is facing similar challenges today as it did during his time in office, including population growth, hosting major events, and adapting to new technologies like artificial intelligence. State lawmakers are now working to embrace AI while addressing potential risks and setting up regulations to protect against issues seen with social media.
The proper implementation of artificial intelligence in healthcare should prioritize integrity, transparency, and adherence to ethical principles in order to maximize its positive impact on patient care and experience.
Artificial intelligence (AI) models, developed by Zhe Wang at Google DeepMind, are being used to predict and improve corner kicks in football with similar accuracy to human experts, potentially revolutionizing the sport and offering a test bed for assistive AI technologies.
An AI model called TacticAI, developed by Google DeepMind and Liverpool Football Club, can predict the outcome of corner kicks in football matches and assist coaches in designing tactics for attacking or defending.
Google is developing a Personal Health Large Language model based on its Gemini models to analyze Fitbit data and provide wellness advice and recommendations, as part of its health coaching ambitions for the Fitbit app.
Google Research and Fitbit are partnering to use artificial intelligence (AI) to build a Personal Health Large Language model (LLM) that gives Fitbit users personalized coaching and actionable insights based on their data, helping them to achieve their fitness and health goals.
AI and machine learning are transforming the manufacturing industry by streamlining operations and increasing productivity, but the challenge lies in handling vast volumes of unstructured data. By using generative AI models like Claude and tools like PandasAI, enterprises can automate code generation for data analysis tasks, enabling workers to gain valuable insights and make data-driven decisions. This solution also includes the use of Amazon Bedrock for applications like anomaly detection and root cause analysis, further enhancing the capabilities of generative AI in industrial operations.
Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors plans to launch a new affordable EV brand that will offer AI-driven smart cars for young consumers, targeting the A-class segment of EVs priced between RMB 100,000-150,000 ($14,000-$21,000).
A recent study used resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and machine learning to successfully predict sexual orientation with high accuracy based on a five-minute brain scan, identifying specific brain regions that play a role in this complex trait.
Nvidia has showcased its AI "digital human" tools that can voice, animate, and generate dialogue for video game characters, with a playable tech demo showing how AI-powered NPCs can respond to player interactions and generate unique game outcomes. However, the NPCs' line delivery and lip-syncing animations feel robotic, and it remains to be seen how effective these AI-powered characters are for real gameplay.
Nvidia has unveiled a new "superchip" in the field of artificial intelligence, along with a quantum computing service, and tools for developing general-purpose humanoid robotics, potentially leading to more efficient AI models and advancements in robotics.
Google is using AI to make health information more accessible and understandable, including features like visual search for skin abnormalities and adding images and diagrams to explain symptoms, as well as partnering with YouTube and Fitbit to expand access to quality health information and personalized health insights.
Space data and analytics company Spire Global surges after partnering with Nvidia to enhance its AI-driven weather prediction capabilities.