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NOVEMBER 14, 2024
OpenAI reportedly plans to launch an AI agent early next year
OpenAI is preparing to release an autonomous AI agent that can control computers and perform tasks independently, code-named “Operator.”
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
China’s Alibaba releases AI search tool for small businesses in Europe and the Americas
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Tuesday unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered search engine for small businesses in Europe and the Americas…
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
Can AI stop ships from killing thousands of whales each year?
With an estimated 20,000 whales dying from ship strikes each year, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Mass. is working to use artificial intelligence and thermal-imaging cameras to diminish these unnecessary deaths.
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Walt Disney forms business unit to coordinate use of AI, augmented reality
Walt Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab is forming a new group to coordinate the company’s use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality…
OCTOBER 31, 2024
OpenAI adds search to ChatGPT, challenging Google
Artificial-intelligence powerhouse OpenAI announced a major overhaul of ChatGPT that enables the chatbot to search the web…
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Meta Platforms to use Reuters news content in AI chatbot
Meta Platforms said on Friday its artificial intelligence chatbot will use Reuters content to answer user questions in real time about news and current events…
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Mother says AI chatbot led her son to kill himself in lawsuit against its maker
The mother of a teenager who killed himself after becoming obsessed with an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot now accuses its maker of complicity in his death…
OCTOBER 22, 2024
TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project
TikTok owner, ByteDance, says it has sacked an intern for “maliciously interfering” with the training of one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models…
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Japan tech firms tap AI to help workers handle abusive customers
Japanese tech companies NTT Communications Corp. and SoftBank Corp. are developing systems utilizing artificial intelligence to help call-center workers deal with abusive customers…
OCTOBER 10, 2024
AI could save teachers 'hours' of marking time
Schools in Liverpool are being offered the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help teachers tailor lessons to individual children and mark their homework...
OCTOBER 2, 2024
AI's next feat will be its descent from the cloud
It’s been two years since ChatGPT made its public debut, kicking off a rush to invest in generative artificial intelligence. The frenzy has lifted valuations for startups like OpenAI, inventor of the chatbot…
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Social workers in England begin using AI system to assist their work
Hundreds of social workers in England have begun using an artificial intelligence system that records conversations, drafts letters to doctors and proposes actions…
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Walmart and Amazon drive retail transformation with AI
Walmart and Amazon are harnessing AI to drive retail transformation with new consumer experiences and enhanced operational efficiency…
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Introducing OpenAI o1-preview
OpenAI’s o1-preview models focus on enhanced reasoning, improving performance in tasks like coding and math. These models are also designed to be safer and more reliable in decision-making…
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Sixty countries endorse 'blueprint' for AI use in military; China opts out
About 60 countries including the United States endorsed a “blueprint for action” to govern responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military on Tuesday, but China was among those which did not support…
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
UK signs first international treaty to implement AI safeguards
Also signed by the EU, US and Israel, the declaration aims to mitigate the threats that AI may pose to human rights, democracy and the rule of law…
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Labor considers an artificial intelligence act to impose ‘mandatory guardrails’ on use of AI
‘We need more people to use AI and to do that we need to build trust,’ says industry and science minister Ed Husic…
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
'A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them'
The notion that artificial intelligence could one day take our jobs is a message many of us will have heard in recent years.
But, for Paul Skye Lehrman, that warning has been particularly personal, chilling and unexpected: he heard his own voice deliver it.…
AUGUST 30, 2024
Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
Amazon’s revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the U.S. holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models, rather than its own AI…
AUGUST 25, 2024
What is 'model collapse'? An expert explains the rumours about an impending AI doom
Artificial intelligence (AI) prophets and newsmongers are forecasting the end of the generative AI hype, with talk of an impending catastrophic “model collapse”…
AUGUST 23, 2024
Perplexity AI’s ad integration plan draws shock, mockery: ‘This company is toast’
The company reportedly intends to charge a much higher-than-average premium for ad space in its AI-powered search engine…
AUGUST 22, 2024
California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research
California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech companies to help pay for journalism and AI research under a new deal announced Wednesday…
AUGUST 20, 2024
Authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say it misused their books…
AUGUST 18, 2024
The good, bad and ugly of AI for news
The adoption of AI in news production is far from a straight-forward matter. It has been simultaneously openly embraced, reservedly experimented with, and outright banned…
AUGUST 14, 2024
Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up
Google on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones, providing the maker of Android software a head start on the next iPhone…
AUGUST 10, 2024
JPMorgan Chase is giving its employees an AI assistant powered by ChatGPT maker OpenAI
JPMorgan Chase has rolled out a generative artificial intelligence assistant to tens of thousands of its employees in recent weeks…
AUGUST 5, 2024
Public worried about AI as experts mitigate misconceptions
Recent findings from Ipsos reveal that anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) are prevalent among the general public…
JULY 31, 2024
Perplexity AI will share revenue with publishers after plagiarism accusations
Perplexity AI on Tuesday debuted a revenue-sharing model for publishers after more than a month of plagiarism accusations.
JULY 30, 2024
Apple releases first preview of its long-awaited iPhone AI
Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, its suite of artificial intelligence features that will improve Siri, automatically generate emails and images and sort notifications.
JULY 20, 2024
OpenAI goes small with GPT-4o min
The AI vendor launched a small language model that is priced at 15 cents per million input tokens. It also introduced new compliance tools for ChatGPT Enterprise users.
JULY 14, 2024
AI Predicts Alzheimer’s Progression
A new AI tool predicts Alzheimer’s progression with 82% accuracy using cognitive tests and MRI scans, outperforming current methods.
JULY 7, 2024
This new AI voice assistant beat OpenAI to one of ChatGPT's most anticipated features
OpenAI’s delaying of ChatGPT’s impressive Voice Mode upset many fans of the AI chatbot, but they may have now been scooped…
JUNE 30, 2024
An AI Walks Into a Bar: The Quest for Artificial Humor
In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) can beat chess grandmasters and drive cars, researchers may face their toughest challenge: teaching machines to tell a good joke…
JUNE 28, 2024
Bill Gates says AI will make it easier to combat climate change but must be 'used by people with good intent'
The founder of Microsoft said that artificial intelligence would make innovation “far easier to do”. But he also warned of the dangers of the technology being used in cyber attacks and political interference.…
JUNE 20, 2024
'Ice cream packed with bacon': McDonald's scraps AI ordering from drive-throughs due to glitches
McDonald’s is pulling the plug on artificial intelligence ordering technology it was testing at more than 100 restaurant drive-through systems in the United States…
JUNE 15, 2024
Microsoft to delay launch of AI Recall tool due to security concerns
Microsoft will no longer ship Recall, an artificial intelligence tool that tracks user activity, when the company releases the Copilot+ PC next week…
JUNE 12, 2024
Apple introduces iOS 18, including Apple Intelligence
Apple today previewed iOS 18, a major release that features more customisation options, the biggest redesign ever of the Photos app…
MAY 23, 2024
Scarlett Johansson's AI row has echoes of Silicon Valley's bad old days
“Move fast and break things” is a motto that continues to haunt the tech sector…
MAY 21, 2024
A.I.’s Black Boxes Just Got a Little Less Mysterious
Researchers claim to have found clues about the inner workings of large language models…
APRIL 26, 2024
Ukraine is riddled with land mines. Drones and AI can help.
This startup is reinventing the process of demining…