Enlarge (credit: John Keeble/Getty Images) Thousands of people using the London Underground had their movements, behavior, and body language watched by AI surveillance software designed to see if they were committing crimes or were in unsafe situations, new documents obtained by WIRED reveal. The machine-learning software was combined with live CCTV footage to try to...
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Report: Sam Altman seeking trillions for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others
Enlarge / OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman walks on the House side of the US Capitol on January 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors to raise as much as $5...
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(BPRW) Business Wire and Black PR Wire present: AI in the Black Community
(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly popular, and is changing the way we work, play, and live. While AI has revolutionized industries, enhancing efficiency, productivity, and convenience in unprecedented …
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After Figma’s $20 Billion Windfall Evaporated, It’s Picking Up the Pieces
Regulatory scrutiny felled the sale of Figma, a design platform, to Adobe. Now it’s grappling with employee expectations and a changing market.
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Google Retires A.I. Chatbot Bard and Releases Gemini, a Powerful New App
As it races to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google has retired its Bard chatbot and released a more powerful app.
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Google Joins Effort to Help Spot Content Made With A.I.
The tech company’s plan is similar to one announced two days earlier by Meta, another Silicon Valley giant.
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Apple Vision Pro Review: First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose
Billed as the future of computing, the $3,500 goggles can’t replace a laptop for work. At times, wearing them also made our columnist feel nauseated.
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F.C.C. Bans A.I.-Generated Robocalls
The move by the agency follows a phony call last month that was made to sound like President Biden telling New Hampshire voters to stay home.
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A password manager LastPass calls “fraudulent” booted from App Store
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) As Apple has stepped up its promotion of its App Store as a safer and more trustworthy source of apps, its operators scrambled Thursday to correct a major threat to that narrative: a listing that password manager maker LastPass said was a “fraudulent app impersonating” its brand. At the time this...
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Google debuts more powerful “Ultra 1.0” AI model in rebranded “Gemini” chatbot
Enlarge (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google announced that its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, previously called Bard, is now called “Gemini,” renamed to reflect the underlying AI language model Google launched in December. Additionally, Google has launched its most capable AI model, Ultra 1.0, for the first time as part of “Gemini Advanced,” a $20/month subscription feature....