Top Stories Category

Burning Stove | Photo by Pixabay from Pexels

BUSINESS

Jul 23, 2024

Energy chief warns: U.S. AI race at risk without natural gas boost

Alan Armstrong, CEO of Williams Companies, one of the largest energy corporations, has issued a stark warning about the U.S.'s future in the artificial intelligence (AI) race. He claims that the country will

Person signing document | Photo by Pixabay

BUSINESS

Jul 23, 2024

California pushes for law changes, new bill to avoid bias when using AI at work

As the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to pose threats while still unchecked, California legislators and civil rights groups are moving to regulate AI use in making employment decisions to counteract possible discrimination. Currently,

Woman using laptop | Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

NEWS

Jul 19, 2024

Microsoft rolls out Designer app for iOS, Android, desktop

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered creative and editing tools have just become more accessible to Microsoft users after the company launched its Designer app that works for iOS and Android devices, as well as Windows desktop. “

Cars parked in front of Tesla building | Photo by Craig Adderley from Pexels

NEWS

Jul 19, 2024

Elon Musk: X, SpaceX headquarters to join Tesla in Texas

Elon Musk revealed his plans on July 16 to relocate X and SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas—looking to establish the state as Musk Country. This announcement is not the first time for Musk

Students using technology while presenting | Photo by Alena Darmel from Pexels

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

Person holding a camera | Photo by Terje Sollie

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

Google on phone screen | Photo by Brett Jordan from Pexels

BUSINESS

Jul 17, 2024

Google’s Gemini AI under fire for allegedly reading private docs on Google Drive without permission

Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant Gemini is under fire for allegedly reading private documents hosted on Google Drive without users’ permission. The report comes from user and AI Governance Senior Advisor Kevin Bankston’s

An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI) | Photo by Google DeepMind from Pexels

BUSINESS

Jul 17, 2024

Microsoft’s AI achieves human voice parity, public release on hold

Microsoft claims its new AI text-to-speech (TTS) generator has reached “human parity" as it can now precisely mimic a human voice. Replacing the first-generation model released earlier in January 2023, VALL-E

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 17, 2024

OpenAI’s Project Strawberry set to bring reasoning to AI

A new era approaches the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as OpenAI is reportedly working on a project to equip its models with unprecedented reasoning capabilities. Filed under the code name “Strawberry,” the project seeks

Photo from: Fanvue World AI Creator Awards

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 16, 2024

Moroccan influencer outshines 1,500 bets in first-ever Miss AI pageant

Winning contestant Kenza Layli | Fanvue World AI Creator Awards Among 1,500 artificial intelligence (AI) entries, Moroccan candidate Kenza Layli rose to the top and was crowned the world’s first-ever Miss AI. “I

People around a table | Photo by fauxels

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 16, 2024

AI boosts creativity but limits variety, study finds

An experiment revealed the ups and downs of artificial intelligence (AI) in creative writing after participants with less inherent skills showed increased creativity at the expense of low variety among similar and predictable short stories.

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 15, 2024

AI decodes Sperm whales’ complex ‘phonetic alphabet’

Researchers discovered previously unknown structures in sperm whale communication similar to human language by analyzing whale sound recordings with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Cetacean Translation

Brown wooden gavel | Photo by KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 15, 2024

US Lawmakers introduce ‘COPIED Act’ to combat AI, empower artists

Aiming to combat the rise of harmful deepfakes and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content, lawmakers from the United States (U.S.) introduced a bill last July 11 requiring online platforms to allow labels for synthetic

Cells under microscope | Photo by Fayette Reynolds M.S. from Pexels

BUSINESS

Jul 12, 2024

OpenAI, Los Alamos lab team up to test AI in bioscience

Forging private and public sector collaboration, OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announced a partnership to evaluate the applications and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in bioscience. “As a private company dedicated to serving

Filmmaker against the light | Photo by Kyle Loftus

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 12, 2024

South Korean firm leverages AI to cut VFX costs for indie filmmakers

South Korean startup Beeble AI is set to transform the film industry after developing an AI-powered virtual production platform that offers affordable visual effects (VFX) tools for independent filmmakers. The company seeks to address

Data Codes through Eyeglasses | Photo by Kevin Ku from Pexels

BUSINESS

Jul 11, 2024

MIT’s GenSQL bridges AI and SQL for easy database queries

Statistical analyses have been made simpler with the introduction of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) for databases, thanks to a new tool that MIT researchers have developed. GenSQL is built upon the existing structured query

Robot holding a spoon | Photo by Tara Winstead from Pexels

STARTUPS

Jul 11, 2024

AI brain for all robot types now underway, startup developers land $300 million in funds

Purpose-built robots, designed to perform only specific tasks, are facing extinction as a general-purpose brain for androids is on the way courtesy of Skild AI, which has secured $300 million in funding. The

Filmmaking | Photo by Kyle Loftus from Pexels

ENTERTAINMENT

Jul 11, 2024

AI veterans release ‘Hollywood-Grade’ AI text-to-video tool Odyssey

Two self-driving car company veterans launched Odyssey, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup, aiming to create ‘Hollywood-grade video tools for professional filmmakers and animators.’ “We’re building Hollywood-grade visual AI, where beautiful scenery,