Artificial Intelligence (AI) Category

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BUSINESS

Aug 2, 2024

Google expands “About this image” tool to 40 languages and more platforms

Google has expanded its “About this image” tool to more places and languages, available now to quickly provide context on any image on Circle to Search and Google Lens in 40 languages worldwide. The company

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BUSINESS

Aug 2, 2024

Meta’s bold AI bet yields $39.07 billion Q2 revenue surge

Meta’s heavy artificial intelligence (AI) investment pays off as second-quarter revenue reported strong earnings driven by a surge in advertising yields and user engagement, persuading investors of its commitment. The company discussed how

BUSINESS

Aug 1, 2024

Canva and Leonardo.AI unite to advance AI in visual media

Canva acquires a leading generative artificial intelligence (AI) content and research company, Leonardo.AI, in a move to bolster its position in the landscape of visual communication tools. For an undisclosed sum, the acquisition marks

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ENTERTAINMENT

Aug 1, 2024

Meet Friend—the AI pendant designed for companionship

An up-and-coming artificial intelligence (AI) startup has taken a different approach to building AI-powered wearables, focusing on providing companionship to consumers rather than productivity. This innovation comes from 21-year-old tech

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 31, 2024

AI takes center stage at Paris 2024 Olympics with innovative tech integration

The 2024 Paris Olympics is seeing action not just from world-class athletes but also from artificial intelligence (AI) as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has integrated automated technology in some aspects of the Games.

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 31, 2024

Musk shares Kamala Harris deepfake, sparks misinformation and content moderation worries

Elon Musk shared a deepfake political ad of Vice President Kamala Harris on X, sparking outrage and concerns regarding the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for misinformation and its influence on the upcoming election. The

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BUSINESS

Jul 30, 2024

Reddit blocks AI web scrapers, Google remains an exception

Reddit cracks down on artificial intelligence (AI) web scrapers accessing content from its website, sparking tension with search engines in light of their recent AI licensing deal with Google. The popular forum-based social media

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ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 30, 2024

Google DeepMind’s AI systems show high Math aptitude, solve complex problems

Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems, AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2, showcased their advanced logical reasoning capability after solving four out of six complex math problems from this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). This

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BUSINESS

Jul 30, 2024

Hong Kong researchers unveil LAMBDA: a code-free AI tool for data science

A group of researchers from Hong Kong introduced LAMBDA, a data science intermediary that makes artificial intelligence (AI) technology accessible to experts across various domains. LAMBDA is a code-free, open-source system developed by

BUSINESS

Jul 29, 2024

OpenAI unveils SearchGPT—a new era in AI search technology

OpenAI has announced the test launch of SearchGPT for waitlisted users, marking a significant step forward in the artificial intelligence (AI) search engine arena. This innovation promises to reshape web browsing by delivering faster, more

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NEWS

Jul 26, 2024

Adobe rolls out AI innovations to revolutionize Illustrator and Photoshop tools

Adobe rolls out its latest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Illustrator and Photoshop tools and other innovations aiming to empower designers and accelerate productivity. It promises to pave new ways for designers to ideate, iterate, and

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 26, 2024

EA Sports football series returns with better, AI-scanned virtual athletes

Following an 11-year wait, EA Sports College Football 25 was finally released on July 19, featuring 11,000 digital avatars that were created by 3D scanning headshots of real college football athletes using artificial

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 24, 2024

Musk mocks world leaders in AI fashion show extravaganza

Elon Musk posted an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual fashion show on social media platform X, mocking global figures and showcasing the potential of AI in digital creativity and entertainment. The two-minute AI-generated

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BUSINESS

Jul 24, 2024

AI threatens job security, sparking fear among game developers

As artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to replace jobs in game development, video game industry experts express their concerns. Following a surge in player base amid the pandemic, a rush of ventures and investments was made

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ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 23, 2024

Silicon Intelligence, Super Brain, offer digital resurrection of loved ones with AI

The line between grief, technology, and ethics has given rise to a novel market: the creation of digital avatars of the deceased. Taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI), corporations are now offering families a new

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BUSINESS

Jul 23, 2024

OpenAI launches cheaper, faster GPT-4o mini

ChatGPT creator OpenAI debuted a cheaper and faster artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-4o mini, a smaller version of its flagship product on July 18. In a press release, the company emphasized that its new

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BUSINESS

Jul 18, 2024

OpenAI co-founder kicks off Eureka Labs to build AI assistants for education

Eureka Labs is currently working to bring AI teaching assistants to students as an education platform, founder Andrej Karpathy revealed on July 17. With years of experience on his back, Karpathy announced in a post

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ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 18, 2024

YouTubers outraged as AI titans exploit their content without consent

YouTubers cried foul after their videos were used by large artificial intelligence (AI) companies to train models without consent. According to an investigation conducted by Proof News, subtitles from 173,536 YouTube videos in over