Like a student in a coastal area who finally experiences stable internet connection and can now tinker with AI applications beyond social media browsing, or a food stall owner who knows how to monitor his supplies through simple applications of machine learning. No, these aren’t scenarios painted during a technology convention. These are some of…
Google has made a big deal (which is to say, not nearly as big a deal as it wants to) about the latest version of Gemini. Specifically, Gemini 3.1 Pro. The Gemini 3.1 Pro AI model is, according to Google’s blog post, “Better at reasoning, coding, and research.” While it also doesn’t take a lot…
The global AI community is converging in India for one of the most significant AI summits of the year, with representatives from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and other top tech companies in attendance. If you’re not following along, you’re likely to miss out on some of the most important AI developments of the year. Catch…
From Silicon Valley to the U.N., the question of how to assign blame when AI goes wrong is no longer an esoteric regulatory issue, but a matter of geopolitical significance. This week, the United Nations Secretary-General posed that question, highlighting an issue that is central to discussions about AI ethics and regulation. He questioned who…
For a time, it seemed to be the type of transaction that writes the headlines. Nvidia, whose chips have powered a lot of the AI boom, reportedly lining up an eye-popping $100 billion investment into OpenAI, ChatGPT’s parent company. Big money, big ambition, big future. And then – seemingly out of nowhere – the deal was just ……
Mozilla is about to do something that seems counterintuitive, even anti-business, in the tech industry of 2020: it’s going to just give users a straightforward way to say “no” to generative algorithms on their computer. With Firefox 148, launching on February 24th, the browser will adopt a new “AI controls” section in settings. The headline feature is…
SoftBank is said to be in discussions to invest an additional $30 billion in OpenAI, a deal that would rewrite the competitive balance for artificial intelligence around the world. The talks were earlier reported by Reuters, citing a report from The Wall Street Journal, and they would follow OpenAI’s exploration of raising about $100 billion; that funding…
South Korea on Tuesday became the first country to implement a fully fledged 5G network, a milestone that highlights the intense competitive race by Western powers and their Asian rivals led by China to dominate the next generation of mobile communication technology. The new rules, which would point toward requirements for other countries to develop their…
The EU has now singled X out – and this time it’s not political, misinformation based or some nebulous free speech argument. It has to do with porn: Specifically, there’s this question of the sexually explicit images that can be created using Grok, the AI associated with Elon Musk’s platform, and whether some of those were…
It was not a philosopher nor a sci-fi novelist who sounded the alarm. It was a decree from one of the world’s most powerful banks. The Boss of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, has poured a bucket of cold water on the AI hype cycle, concluding that society may need to slow down the roll out of artificial intelligence…