Artificial Intelligence

Huawei Claims AI Chip Equals Nvidia

Huawei executive claims its AI chip meets or surpasses one of Nvidia's most popular GPUs as company becomes serious rival…

7 months ago

Alphabet Names Anat Ashkenazi As CFO

Anat Ashkenazi swaps CFO role in pharmaceutical industry to join Alphabet, replacing outgoing CFO Ruth Porat

7 months ago

Amazon’s Zoox Begins Testing In Austin, Miami

Zoox robotaxi unit of Amazon begins testing in Austin, Miami, amid regulatory investigations into self-driving sector

7 months ago

US Regulators To Open Antitrust Probes Into Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia

Both the Federal Trade Commission and US Justice Department are reportedly set to open antitrust investigations into leading AI players

7 months ago

Nvidia Overtakes Apple As Second Most Valuable Tech Firm

Value of Nvidia continues to surge as it reaches $3 trillion market cap, making it the second most valuable tech…

7 months ago

Salesforce Opens First AI Centre In London

American CRM giant selects UK capital for its first AI centre where industry, customers and experts can advance AI innovation

7 months ago

OpenAI, DeepMind Workers Warn Of AI Risks In Open Letter

Current and former staff members of OpenAI and Google DeepMind warn of lack of safety oversight in AI industry

7 months ago

Computex: Qualcomm Promotes Windows AI Chips With ‘I’m A Mac’ Actor

Qualcomm promotes new AI chips for Windows PCs using former actor from Apple's 'I'm a Mac' TV adverts as Microsoft…

7 months ago

Nvidia, AMD Hawk AI Chips As Computex Opens

Nvidia's Huang, AMD's Su kick off Computex in battling speeches with plans for AI data centres, AI-tuned desktop chips

7 months ago

Google To Scale Back AI Searches In Latest Controversy

Google to reduce scope of generative AI-created search result summaries after they included false or bizarre information

7 months ago

Saudi Fund Invests In China’s Biggest AI Start-Up

Saudi Arabian investment fund Prosperity7 reportedly contributes to funding round for China's Zhipu AI as US tries to keep allies…

7 months ago

US Regulator Asks For More Data In Zoox Self-Driving Probe

US road safety regulator asks for more information in probe of Amazon's Zoox self-driving unit over unexpected braking incidents

7 months ago

South Korea Chip Stockpiles Drop Amidst Surge In AI Chip Demand

Semiconductor inventories in South Korea drop by biggest amount since 2014 as Samsung, SK Hynix see surging demand for AI…

7 months ago

HP Sales Beat Expectations As PCs Return To Growth

HP revenues beat analysts' expectations as commercial PC sales return to growth after two-year post-pandemic slump

7 months ago

Meta Finds Facebook Propaganda Network Using Generative AI

Meta Platforms finds influence network focused on Gaza war that for first time uses generative AI to produce fake comments

7 months ago

OpenAI Board ‘Not Aware Of ChatGPT Launch’

Former OpenAI board member gives fullest description to date of events that led to surprise sacking of chief executive Sam…

7 months ago

OpenAI Creates AI Safety Committee After Criticism

OpenAI creates committee to oversee safety of 'superintelligent' AIs after disbanding 'superalignment' team amidst criticism over priorities

8 months ago

Tencent Uses AI To Help Decipher Ancient Chinese Script

China's most valuable internet company develops AI database to help researchers decipher ancient oracle bone script

8 months ago

Study Finds Public Interest In AI Lags Industry Hype

Reuters Institute and Oxford University find public not routinely using generative AI in spite of billions invested in sector

8 months ago

AWS In Talks To Invest Billions In Italy Amidst AI Cloud Surge

Amazon Web Services in talks with Italian government to invest billions of euros in country, following 15.7bn euro spending plan…

8 months ago

Musk’s xAI ‘To Build Nvidia Supercomputer’

Elon Musk reportedly tells investors in start-up xAI company wants to build massive Nvidia-powered supercomputer by late next year

8 months ago

Elon Musk’s xAI In $6bn Funding Round Valuing It At $24bn

Elon Musk artificial intelligence start-up xAI concludes $6bn funding round valuing it at $24bn in coming weeks amidst heavy competition

8 months ago

Frustration Mounts Over False Results In Google’s ‘AI Overviews’

User frustration mounts over incorrect results in Google's new AI Overviews feature, as web publishers fear reduced traffic

8 months ago

US Probe Of Waymo Uncovers More Incidents – Report

NHTSA says its investigation of Waymo self-driving vehicles has uncovered more incidents that raise concerns

8 months ago

OpenAI Agrees Content Deal With News Corp

Another content deal signed. Agreement reached between OpenAI and News Corp for permission to its media content

8 months ago

Microsoft Recall Triggers Enquiry From UK Data Regulator

Privacy concerns. ICO seeks feedback after Microsoft introduces AI Recall feature that screenshots users' laptops every two seconds

8 months ago

Upcoming Honor Smartphones To Feature Google AI Tech

Honor will include Google AI features in upcoming devices, despite geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing

8 months ago

Amazon To Refresh Alexa With AI, Charge Monthly Subscription – Report

Alexa voice assistant to be upgraded with AI capabilities, and users charged a monthly fee not included in Prime, report…

8 months ago

EU Countries Endorse AI Act, Due Next Month

European countries have officially endorsed the flagship EU AI Act, which is due to come into force next month

8 months ago

AI Safety Summit 2024: Tech Firms Agree AI Safety Pledges

Second AI Safety Summit sees major players in the AI space pledge to develop the technology safely, amid rapid advances

8 months ago