An "unmanned hellscape" of drones: US plan for defending Taiwan
"I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month"
California law for AI safety has been sugar-coated to please corporations
The law will still have "real teeth" against AI abuse, draft authors assure
Geekbench launches new AI benchmark to measure CPU, GPU, and NPU performance
Geekbench AI uses real-world machine learning tasks to evaluate AI workload performance on your CPU, GPU, or NPU usage. It provides three scores: full-precision, half-precision, and quantized data.
Elon Musk's Grok AI unleashes the wild west of image generation
Editor's take: It didn't take long for users to generate controversial images using Grok, sparking a debate about how these AI-generated pictures might influence public perception of politicians or celebrities. With the potential of misinformation impacting elections, it is fair to wonder about the responsibilities of developers and platforms in ensuring the integrity of information shared on their networks. Moreover, this initial wave of images could wind up being a cautionary tale if they are used to shape future regulations or guidelines for AI content creation tools.
16 AI "undressing" websites sued for creating deepfaked nude images
The sites were visited 200 million times during the first six months of 2024
Real-time deepfake tech goes viral, fueling fears of identity fraud
Demos use recognizable celebrities, but the app can just as easily allow someone to impersonate you
Cloud giants keep spending on AI, while traditional IT markets lag behind
Big Tech AI investments are growing, but things could change soon
Google's Pixel 9 series stands out by bringing practical AI to your pocket
Made by Google event highlights AI software advances
New Microsoft Edge feature uses GenAI to scan PDF documents
Now you can better understand what that legal document is all about
Former Google CEO blames work-from-home policy for company lagging behind OpenAI
Eric Schmidt also praised Elon Musk and TSMC's work culture
A hot potato: As artificial intelligence companies race ahead in their development of generative AI technology, Google is being left behind by the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic. According to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the reason for this is simple: his former company prioritizes working from home and flexible hours for its employees.
Recruiters overwhelmed as 57% of young applicants are using ChatGPT for job resumes
Paid ChatGPT users have an edge over free users
AI PCs accounted for 14% of computer shipments in the second quarter
Macs made up 60% of AI PC shipments in Q2
VFusion3D is a new generative AI designed to create 3D models from a single image
Developed to overcome the scarcity of 3D data for training a traditional AI algorithm
Will AI pave the way for a more proactive workplace?
Reclaiming time for more meaningful work
What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion?
Was it IBM's Watson, Deep Blue, Cray Jaguar or Blue Gene?
Cisco is cutting over 4,000 jobs for the second time this year
Total tech industry layoffs in 2024 so far have reached 130,482
Watch Google's DeepMind robot play table tennis against human players
Even skilled players enjoyed the robotic challenge
Microsoft's free Windows video editor Clipchamp gains a couple of powerful AI tricks
Harnessing AI for noise removal and background swaps
More people are returning the Humane Ai Pin than buying it
Who would have thought people don't want a $700 device that's been universally criticized?
Intel made a billion dollar blunder when it declined to invest in OpenAI
The decision was made several years ago
Old-school mainframes could see renewed life with AI integration
Mainframes performing AI queries in the cloud is too slow, so AI is coming to mainframes
Nvidia says scraping 80 years' worth of videos daily to train its AI models is in "the spirit of copyright law"
YouTube seems to disagree
A hot potato: Once again, it's been revealed that a company has been scraping data from the internet to train its AI models using a questionable interpretation of copyright law. On this occasion, Nvidia has been downloading videos from YouTube, Netflix, and other platforms to gather data for its commercial AI products.
DARPA's ambitious plan to turn "legacy" C software into memory-safe Rust code with AI
In Rust we Trust: Modern programming languages designed to enforce memory safety are gaining popularity. Rust, a language initiated by software developer Graydon Hoare while working at Mozilla, is now the official choice for a complex conversion project announced by the Pentagon's research agency.
Study finds that including "AI" in product descriptions makes them less appealing to consumers
When indifference turns into active dislike