artificial intelligence

China ‘Closing Gap’ With West In AI

China rapidly closing gap with US and West on artificial intelligence and other areas, while lagging in chipmaking, finds US…

2 months ago

X Updates Grok AI Chatbot Over Election Misinformation

X makes changes to xAI's Grok AI chatbot after five US secretaries of state take it to task for spreading…

2 months ago

iPhone 16 Gets Generative AI, Siri Upgrade

Apple launches iPhone 16 range with generative AI features, plus camera-based 'visual intelligence', new AirPods, Watch

2 months ago

Man Arrested After ‘Earning Millions’ From AI Music Tracks

US man allegedly earned more than $10m in royalties streaming hundreds of thousands of fake AI-generated music tracks to bots

2 months ago

CMA Halts Probe Into Microsoft’s Inflection AI Staff Hiring

British competition regulator closes investigation into Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI staff, which it deems a “merger”

3 months ago

US Probes Four-Vehicle Crash Involving AI Driver Assistance

US authorities probe fatal four-vehicle crash caused by Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle using BlueCruise driver-assistance feature

3 months ago

Nvidia Invests In Japan Start-Up Sakana AI

AI chip giant Nvidia invests in start-up Sakana AI in funding round that takes company to over $1bn valuation

3 months ago

Nvidia Served With Subpoena In US Antitrust Probe

AI chipmaker Nvidia receives subpoena from US Department of Justice as agency moves closer to filing formal antitrust charges

3 months ago

Nvidia Market Value Hit By Historic Single-Day Drop

Nvidia market value sees biggest single-day decline on record for a US company, as investors pull back from AI speculation

3 months ago

AI Data Centre Boom ‘Driving Huge Rise In Emissions’

AI, cloud data centre expansion to produce 2.5 billion metric tonnes of emissions through end of decade, finds Morgan Stanley…

3 months ago

Goldman Sachs Research Finds AI Could Reduce Oil Prices

Artificial intelligence (AI) could reduce oil prices as it boosts supply due to greater efficiencies, Goldman Sachs predicts

3 months ago

Google Restarts Gemini AI’s Image Generation Of People

After earlier inaccuracies, Google updates Gemini's AI image-creation model and soon allow users to create images of people

3 months ago

South Korean AI Chip Makers Sapeon, Rebellions To Merge

South Korean AI chip start-ups Sapeon, Rebellions to merge in effort to challenge market leader Nvidia in ultra-competitive market

3 months ago

AMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI Battle

AMD plans to retain 1,000 engineers from acquisition of ZT Systems to help it more rapidly roll out AI GPU-based…

3 months ago

OpenAI Deactivates Accounts Used By Iran Election Influence Group

Microsoft-backed OpenAI takes down ChatGPT accounts used by Iranian group to attempt to influence US election and other topics of…

3 months ago

Privacy Group Files GDPR Complaints Over X AI Data Plans

Vienna privacy group Noyb files GDPR complaints in nine countries over X plans to use user data to train AI…

3 months ago

UK To Investigate Amazon’s $4 Billion Investment In Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, confirms it will investigate Amazon's huge investment into AI firm Anthropic

4 months ago

Musk Files New Lawsuit Against Altman, OpenAI

Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI, chief executive Sam Altman over claims company defrauded him by becoming commercial entity

4 months ago

Mercedes-Benz To Test Fully Autonomous Vehicles In Beijing

Mercedes-Benz Group first international company to be given permit to test Level 4 fully autonomous vehicles on Beijing roads, as…

4 months ago

Google Hires Character.AI Staff, Licenses Tech

Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas to return to Google along with other researchers in latest AI 'acqui-hire'

4 months ago

Google Project Astra: The AI Assistant We Have Been Waiting for?

Google's latest AI innovation, Project Astra, promises to redefine our interaction with technology. Could Astra be the breakthrough AI assistant…

4 months ago

AI Plans Hampered By Lack Of Skills, Governance Challenges

AI aspirations for over a third of global CIOs are threatened by a lack of skills and expertise, Expereo's IDC…

4 months ago

UK Investigates Alphabet Partnership With AI Firm Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, to investigate Google parent Alphabet’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic

4 months ago

Microsoft Expected To Report 31 Percent Azure Growth Amidst AI Pressure

Microsoft expected to report 31 percent growth in Azure cloud unit as it faces pressure from investors to justify billions…

4 months ago

JPMorgan Rolls Out AI Chatbot To Staff

US bank JPMorgan Chase reportedly gives asset managers access to internal AI chatbot, compares it to working with human research…

4 months ago

SK Hynix To Invest $6.8bn In Yongin Memory Chip Plant

SK Hynix to invest $6.8bn in first plant in emerging chip hub of Yongin amidst soaring demand for memory used…

4 months ago

Apple Signs White House AI Safeguards

Apple joins White House Voluntary AI Safeguards programme, joining 15 other major companies in agreeing to safety and transparency measures

4 months ago

Hollywood Video Game Performers Strike Over AI Fears

Performers for major game producers including Activision and EA go on strike after 18 months of negotiations over generative AI…

4 months ago