| 26.04.2024 21:08
Tech Titans Join Federal AI Safety Panel
The Department of Homeland Security has announced the formation of a new artificial intelligence safety board, comprised of CEOs from leading U.S. technology companies, to advise the federal government on protecting critical infrastructure from AI-related disruptions. The board includes key corpora...
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| 26.04.2024 01:09
Microsoft's profits soar 20% with AI products drive
Microsoft reported a 20% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, positioning itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to enhance workplace productivity. The Redmond-based software giant posted a quarterly net income of $21.93 billion, or $2.94 per share, surpassin...
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| 24.04.2024 17:16
UK competition watchdog investigates Microsoft and Amazon's AI deals
British competition regulators have announced that they will be closely examining recent artificial intelligence deals involving tech giants Microsoft and Amazon. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is specifically looking into Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI from France and their h...
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| 18.04.2024 20:57
Meta's AI model outperforms peers, but confuses Facebook users
Generative AI technology is rapidly evolving, with companies like Google, Meta Platforms, and OpenAI constantly pushing the boundaries to create smarter and more efficient chatbots. Meta recently unveiled new AI models that are already being integrated into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, but so...
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| 04.04.2024 22:25
Tech companies seek clarity on achieving artificial general intelligence
The race for artificial general intelligence (AGI) is heating up among tech giants like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, as well as organizations like OpenAI. AGI, the concept of machines being as smart as humans across a wide range of tasks, has become a top priority for these companies. Howev...
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| 27.03.2024 23:18
Amazon invests $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic
Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will be investing an additional $2.75 billion into Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup based in San Francisco. This brings Amazon's total investment in Anthropic to $4 billion, with the Seattle-based tech giant maintaining a minority stake in the comp...
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| 21.03.2024 09:53
Tech Tip: Identifying AI-generated deepfake images
AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swif...
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| 13.03.2024 18:40
Revolutionary AI tools streamline medical communication
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way doctors communicate with their patients, with new AI tools being used to answer messages and take notes during exams. OpenAI released ChatGPT 15 months ago, and already thousands of doctors are utilizing similar products based on large language mod...
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| 13.03.2024 10:10
Europe's groundbreaking AI rules near final approval, sparking anticipation for next steps
European Union lawmakers are set to give final approval to the 27-nation bloc's artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year. The AI Act, which has been in the works for five years, is expected to act as a global signpost for other g...
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| 09.03.2024 03:07
After Wild Shake-Up, Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI Board
In a surprising turn of events, OpenAI announced that its co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, would be rejoining its board of directors after being briefly pushed out of the company more than three months ago. The decision came after a highly anticipated report by the law firm WilmerHale, hired by Open...
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| 06.03.2024 23:29
OpenAI faces legal hurdles alongside Elon Musk
After a year of global fame, OpenAI is now facing a multitude of challenges that could threaten its position as a leader in artificial intelligence research. The San Francisco company, known for its ChatGPT model, has been embroiled in legal battles with billionaire Elon Musk, who alleges that Open...
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| 06.03.2024 20:44
Microsoft engineer warns company's AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights
A Microsoft software engineer, Shane Jones, has raised concerns about the company's AI image generator, Copilot Designer, in a letter sent to the US Federal Trade Commission. Jones claims that the tool frequently produces offensive or inappropriate images, including sexualized images of women, desp...
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| 06.03.2024 16:30
Elon Musk agrees to make OpenAI a for-profit company
In a dramatic turn of events, OpenAI has fired back at Elon Musk, who recently filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly prioritizing profit over its original nonprofit mission. The company published several emails from Musk dating back to the early days of OpenAI, revealing his support for...
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| 04.03.2024 18:38
Madonna embraces AI video-generators in new wave of technology adoption
Madonna, the iconic pop legend, has embraced a new technology - text-to-video AI tools - to enhance her concert visuals. Instead of using conventional computer graphics, Madonna's team experimented with AI to create moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds for her performance of "La Isla Bon...
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| 01.03.2024 17:04
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO for breach of contract
Billionaire Elon Musk is taking legal action against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company has strayed from its original mission of benefiting humanity by partnering with Microsoft for profit. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, claims that when he initially funded the creation...
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| 29.02.2024 18:54
Figure partners with OpenAI and secures Jeff Bezos backing
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with robotics startup Figure to integrate its artificial intelligence systems into humanoid robots. Figure, based in Sunnyvale, California, secured $675 million in venture capital funding from tech industry heavyweights includ...
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| 29.02.2024 01:07
Digital outlets sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
Three prominent digital news outlets, The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet, have taken legal action against OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, for copyright infringement. The organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, alleging that OpenAI used thousa...
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| 28.02.2024 21:24
Study: Chatbots' inaccurate election info may deter voters
A new study conducted by AI Democracy Projects and Proof News has revealed that AI-powered chatbots, including popular ones like GPT-4 and Google's Gemini, are producing inaccurate and harmful election information more than half the time. As the U.S. presidential primaries are underway, experts are...
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| 26.02.2024 22:15
Microsoft inks deal with France's Mistral AI, an OpenAI rival that has its own chatbot
Microsoft announced a new partnership with the French startup Mistral AI on Monday, signaling a potential shift away from its reliance on OpenAI for generative AI products. Mistral AI, founded less than a year ago, has quickly gained recognition for its innovative and cost-effective AI systems. Whi...
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| 26.02.2024 15:54
Veteran reporter's 'Burn Book' exposes love and loathing in Silicon Valley
In her incendiary memoir "Burn Book," longtime Silicon Valley reporter Kara Swisher takes a scathing look at the tech industry and the once-idealistic entrepreneurs who have become disconnected from reality. Swisher paints Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a harsh light, c...
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| 22.02.2024 23:31
Google making changes after Gemini AI portrayed people of color inaccurately
Google announced on Thursday that it will be temporarily halting its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people after facing criticism for producing historically inaccurate depictions. This decision comes after users posted screenshots on social media showing racially d...
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| 22.02.2024 13:20
CEOs Warn of AI's Growing Hunger for Processing Power
Two tech CEOs met for a brainstorming session in San Jose, California, as the AI chip market continues to boom. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed their plans to catch up to Nvidia, the current leader in the market. Nvidia reported a nearly quadrupled revenue for the Novemb...
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| 22.02.2024 12:35
AI chatbots in health care adapt by learning from Indian women's questions
In Mumbai, 32-year-old Komal Vilas Thatkare faces a common dilemma - she has no one to turn to for her most private health questions. Living in a household with only men, she lacks the opportunity to seek advice from other women. However, Thatkare has found a solution in the form of an AI-powered c...
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| 17.02.2024 19:38
Unlocking the Power of Generative AI Search Sites
Google searches have long been the go-to for information, but many people are starting to feel that the quality of results is declining due to an influx of sponsored and spammy links. German researchers have conducted a study that suggests this decline in quality is evident across Google, Bing, and...
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| 16.02.2024 23:45
Introducing Sora: OpenAI's Revolutionary Text-to-Video Generator
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has announced its venture into AI-generated video with the introduction of Sora, a text-to-video generator. This tool utilizes generative artificial intelligence to instantly create short videos based on written commands. While there have been previous demonstrations o...
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| 16.02.2024 22:22
Tech companies unite to combat AI-generated election trickery
Major Technology Companies Sign Accord to Combat AI-Generated Deepfakes in Elections Tech giants including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and TikTok have come together to voluntarily adopt measures to prevent the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to disrupt democratic...
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| 13.02.2024 11:20
OpenAI CEO cautions on the dangers of societal misalignments in artificial intelligence
In a video call at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, expressed his concerns about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). Altman highlighted the "very subtle societal misalignments" that could lead to havoc caused by AI systems. He emphasized the ne...
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| 08.02.2024 16:20
Nadella entices Indian developers to embrace Microsoft's AI tools
In a speech delivered to over a thousand Indian computer code developers in Bengaluru, India's "Silicon Valley," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized the importance of utilizing the company's artificial intelligence (AI) tools across its products. Nadella highlighted the significant presence of I...
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| 06.02.2024 22:07
Philly Sheriff's Campaign Battles AI-Generated Fake News
Philadelphia's embattled sheriff, Rochelle Bilal, is facing criticism after it was revealed that her campaign team had posted a series of positive "news" stories on their website that were generated by ChatGPT, a generative AI chatbot. The campaign team has since removed over 30 of these stories, f...
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| 06.02.2024 17:25
Meta to add "AI generated" label to images created with OpenAI, Midjourney and other tools
Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has announced plans to label all images on its platforms that have been created using artificial intelligence (AI). This move comes as Meta acknowledges the increasing importance of AI-generated images in the digital space, particularly...
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| 05.02.2024 21:21
Study reveals 4chan as the origin of explicit AI-generated Taylor Swift images
A recent study conducted by Graphika, a firm that analyzes social networks, has revealed that the fake images of Taylor Swift that went viral on social media in late January were likely a result of a chatroom challenge to bypass filters designed to prevent the creation of AI-generated pornography....
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| 02.02.2024 01:02
Amazon's holiday sales exceed expectations with strong revenue and profits
Amazon Reports Record-Breaking Fourth Quarter Revenue and Profits Seattle-based e-commerce giant, Amazon, announced on Thursday that it had surpassed expectations with its revenue and profits for the fourth quarter of 2023. The company reported $170 billion in revenue and $10.6 billion in profits,...
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| 31.01.2024 07:16
Italy Accuses OpenAI's ChatGPT of Breaching European Privacy Laws
Italian Regulators Notify OpenAI of GDPR Violations by ChatGPT AI Chatbot Italian regulators have informed OpenAI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) company, that its ChatGPT chatbot has violated the European Union's (EU) stringent data privacy rules. The country's data protection...
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| 26.01.2024 06:22
FTC Investigates AI Deals Including Microsoft's OpenAI Partnership
U.S. antitrust enforcers have launched an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence (AI) startups and tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. The inquiry is focused on the influence these companies have over the generative AI boom, particularly in relation to c...
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| 23.01.2024 19:40
Microsoft and Innovators Unleash A.I. Tools to Empower Small Businesses
In a world where technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, small businesses are finding innovative ways to leverage artificial intelligence (A.I.) software to enhance their operations. With the influx of generative A.I. tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, entrepreneurs are now a...
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| 20.01.2024 19:08
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg commits to advancing human-level artificial intelligence
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company is intensifying its efforts in artificial intelligence (AI) and investing in massive data centers to outpace its competitors in developing human-level computer systems. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg revealed that Meta is bringing together two...
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| 18.01.2024 15:16
Davos glitterati captivated by AI's buzz and potential risks
Artificial intelligence (AI) took center stage at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, capturing the attention of world leaders and corporate executives. OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT, made a big splash at the event, with CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nade...
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| 17.01.2024 03:40
OpenAI's strategy to combat election misinformation in 2024
OpenAI, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup behind ChatGPT and DALL-E, has unveiled a comprehensive plan to prevent the misuse of its generative AI tools in spreading election misinformation. As voters in over 50 countries gear up for national elections this year, OpenAI aims to...
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| 12.01.2024 01:11
Microsoft briefly surpasses Apple as world's most valuable company
In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft briefly surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable company, thanks to its successful foray into generative AI. On Thursday, Microsoft's stock experienced a significant jump of up to 2%, pushing its market valuation to an impressive $2.903 trillion. Meanwh...
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| 10.01.2024 17:45
Davos report warns: AI-driven misinformation poses major short-term threat
In its latest Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified false and misleading information fueled by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) as the top immediate risk to the global economy. The report, released ahead of the annual gathering of CEOs and world leaders in Davos, S...
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| 10.01.2024 04:03
ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use' of copyrighted works
A series of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court has ignited a legal battle that will determine the future of artificial intelligence (AI) products such as ChatGPT. These AI chatbots, developed by OpenAI and Microsoft, have come under scrutiny for potentially violating copyright and fa...
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| 09.01.2024 19:25
EU Considers Merger Review Amid Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership
The European Union is launching an investigation into Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, raising concerns about potential anti-competitive practices in the artificial intelligence industry. The EU's move follows a similar announcement by UK antitrust officials last month and a preliminary probe b...
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| 09.01.2024 18:27
OpenAI dismisses New York Times lawsuit as baseless
OpenAI, a prominent artificial intelligence company, has responded to a lawsuit filed by The New York Times, stating that the lawsuit is "without merit" and that it supports and creates opportunities for news organizations. The Times filed the lawsuit on December 27, accusing OpenAI and Microsoft o...
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| 05.01.2024 03:51
Microsoft Introduces 'Copilot' Key, Revolutionizing Windows Keyboard after 30 Years
In a groundbreaking move, Microsoft has announced the addition of an artificial intelligence button, known as the Copilot key, to its Windows keyboards. This marks the first significant change to the company's keyboards in nearly three decades. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's executive vice president, rev...
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| 04.01.2024 12:40
Microsoft Introduces AI Button on Keyboards for Instant Chatbot Access
Microsoft is set to reshape the next generation of keyboards with the introduction of a special "Copilot key" that summons its AI chatbot. This move comes as the tech giant aims to capitalize on its partnership with OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, and position itself as a gateway for generative AI...
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| 28.12.2023 00:31
The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I."s Use of Copyrighted Work
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copyright infringement and unlawful use of the newspaper's articles to train their artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Manhattan, claims that the companies used The Ti...
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| 20.12.2023 20:05
Supreme Court: AI cannot be named as patent inventor
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has declared that artificial intelligence (AI) systems cannot be registered as inventors of patents, denying machines the same legal status as humans. The decision was reached following a lengthy legal battle led by American technologist...
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| 20.12.2023 18:33
Disturbing revelation: AI image-generators trained on explicit photos of children
A new report has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) image-generators contain hidden images of child sexual abuse. The report, released by the Stanford Internet Observatory, emphasizes the need for companies to address this harmful flaw in the technology they have built. It has been discover...
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| 19.12.2023 00:33
Klarna CEO reveals buy now, pay later attracts credit-averse shoppers
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna, recently discussed the growing popularity of buy now, pay later services and how Klarna is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in their hiring processes. Klarna, a Sweden-based company, is one of the largest providers of these services g...
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| 15.12.2023 00:57
2023: Our Uncertain Dance with Artificial Intelligence
In 2023, artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream, marking a significant moment in the advancement of technology. One of the most notable developments was ChatGPT, a chatbot that showcased recent breakthroughs in computer science. However, despite its popularity, many people struggled to comp...
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