artificial intelligence (ai)

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    AI users could cough up for copyright violations

    AI users could cough up for copyright violations Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed for its potential to transform creativity, and especially by lowering the barriers to content creation. While the creative potential of generative AI tools has often been highlighted, the...
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    OpenAI's voice-mimicking AI tool previewed

    OpenAI's voice-mimicking AI tool previewed OpenAI is sharing early results from a test for a feature that can read words aloud in a convincing human voice — highlighting a new frontier for artificial intelligence and raising the spectre of deepfake risks. The company is sharing early demos and...
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    Microsoft making tools to counter AI chatbot trickery

    Microsoft making tools to counter AI chatbot trickery Microsoft Corp. is trying to make it harder for people to trick artificial intelligence chatbots into doing weird things. New safety features are being built into Azure AI Studio which lets developers build customized AI assistants using...
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    Amazon splurging another R52 billion on AI startup Anthropic

    Amazon splurging another R52 billion on AI startup Anthropic Amazon.com Inc. says it’s investing an additional $2.75 billion (R52.01 billion) in Anthropic, completing a deal it made last year to back the artificial intelligence startup and expand a partnership between the companies. The...
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    Apple in talks to let Google's Gemini power iPhone AI features

    This will be huge if true, Google AI with Apple A series chips will be truly something… https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-talks-let-googles-gemini-power-iphone-ai-features-bloomberg-news-says-2024-03-18/
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    Sam Altman rejoining OpenAI board following investigation into firing

    Sam Altman rejoining OpenAI board following investigation into firing OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman was cleared of any wrongdoing that would have mandated being fired from the company late last year, according to a report based on a monthslong investigation into the events leading...
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    Former Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets

    Former Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets A Chinese software engineer working for Alphabet Inc.’s Google was charged by the US Justice Department with stealing trade secrets for developing artificial intelligence (AI) from the company’s supercomputing data centres. Linwei...
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    Nvidia stock boom reminiscent of Tesla hype

    Nvidia stock boom reminiscent of Tesla hype Nvidia Corp.’s rise is captivating the stock market and driving the S&P 500 Index to new highs. But it also raises cautionary reminders of another investor darling that soared on dreams of a technological transformation, only to tumble back to earth...
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    AMD closes at new record market cap

    AMD closes at new record market cap Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares jumped Thursday, with the chipmaker extending a surge to hit its latest in a series of fresh records this year. The stock rose 9.1%, a climb that resulted in the company’s market capitalisation closing above $300 billion...
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    Microsoft probing Copilot's disturbing responses

    Microsoft probing Copilot's disturbing responses Microsoft Corp. said it’s investigating reports that its Copilot chatbot is generating responses that users have called bizarre, disturbing and, in some cases, harmful. Introduced last year as a way to weave artificial intelligence into a range...
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    Apple kills plan to make car

    Apple kills plan to make car In abandoning plans for a self-driving car, Apple Inc. is giving up on billions in potential revenue and the dream of selling what one executive called “the ultimate mobile device.” The hope is that other big bets — including generative AI and mixed-reality...
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    Putting the "intelligence" back in artificial intelligence

    Putting the "intelligence" back in artificial intelligence Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is reportedly trying to find up to US$7 trillion of investment to manufacture the enormous volumes of computer chips he believes the world needs to run artificial intelligence (AI)...
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    Reddit will let company use content for training AI under $60-million-a-year deal

    Reddit will let company use content for training AI under $60-million-a-year deal Reddit Inc. has signed a contract allowing a company to train its artificial intelligence models on the social media platform’s content, according to people familiar with the matter, as it nears the potential...
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    OpenAI rolling out AI-powered text-to-video generator

    OpenAI rolling out AI-powered text-to-video generator OpenAI teased a new artificial intelligence system that can create realistic-looking videos based on text prompts from users, making it the latest AI company to embrace generative video technology. The AI system, called Sora, can quickly...
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    OpenAI developing own search engine — The Information

    OpenAI developing own search engine — The Information Alphabet Inc. sank after a report that ChatGPT owner OpenAI is developing a web search product that would compete with Google. OpenAI’s service would be partly powered by Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, the Information reported...
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    Nvidia market cap briefly passed Amazon's

    Nvidia market cap briefly passed Amazon's Nvidia Corp. briefly overtook Amazon.com Inc. in market value on Monday, the latest milestone in a stunning rally over the past year fueled by soaring demand for its chips used in artificial intelligence computing. Nvidia rose almost 0.2%, closing with...
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    Amazon.com adds Rufus AI assistant for online shopping

    Amazon.com adds Rufus AI assistant for online shopping Amazon.com Inc. is adding an artificial intelligence shopping companion to its retail store in an effort to help shoppers comparison shop and seek answers to queries more complicated than a keyword search. Called Rufus, the shopping...
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    OpenAI's early tests show GPT-4 has only "slight" chance of helping create bioweapons

    OpenAI's early tests show GPT-4 has only "slight" chance of helping create bioweapons OpenAI’s most powerful artificial intelligence software, GPT-4, poses “at most” a slight risk of helping people create biological threats, according to early tests the company carried out to better understand...
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    Taylor Swift queries re-enabled on X after surge in explicit deepfakes

    Taylor Swift queries re-enabled on X after surge in explicit deepfakes Elon Musk’s X has reactivated the ability to search its social network for musician Taylor Swift, after disabling queries for her name in response to a flood of explicit deepfake images. “Search has been re-enabled and we...
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    BYD executive warns Musk over Tesla's AI focus

    BYD executive warns Musk over Tesla's AI focus A senior executive at BYD Co. stoked the Chinese automaker’s rivalry with Tesla Inc., warning Elon Musk that he’ll face challenges in intelligent driving systems. BYD is “very strong now,” Zhao Changjiang, the head of sales for the firm’s Denza...
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