There’s a new variable in the Sam Altman/Elon Musk rivalry: President-elect Donald Trump. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Dec. 15), executives at Altman’s OpenAI have been preparing to deal with the next administration, though that process has been made more complicated by Musk’s...
Microsoft handed its artificial intelligence (AI)- powered assistant a pair of digital eyes, letting it peek over users’ shoulders as they browse the web and weigh in on everything from paint colors to wedding shoes. The tech giant’s rollout on Dec. 5 of Copilot Vision could...
A top artificial intelligence assistant recently defied attempts to shut it down during safety testing, raising questions about whether businesses can genuinely control the technology they’re rushing to adopt. Growing numbers of companies are turning to AI chatbots to handle everything from customer service calls...
Adobe is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy with new premium video generation capabilities as the company builds on the success of its Firefly AI platform, which the company said has generated more than 16 billion pieces of content since launch. During its fourth-quarter earnings...
Nearly 700 AI bills surfaced in state legislatures in 2024, addressing issues from safety standards to deepfake controls. Colorado passed comprehensive legislation, while California vetoed a key bill, reflecting varied strategies as states fill the regulatory gap left by stalled federal action. States Move to...
Google Cloud and Swift are working together to develop a secure, privacy-preserving solution for financial institutions that use federated learning techniques. Federated learning enables collaborative artificial intelligence (AI) model training without compromising privacy and confidentiality, Google Cloud said in a Tuesday (Dec. 10) blog post. Swift plans...
Online business directory Yelp has debuted several new features, including AI-powered insights to its reviews. “This year has been marked by an accelerated pace of product innovation at Yelp,” Craig Saldanha, chief product officer at Yelp, said in a news release Tuesday (Dec. 10). “By...
An efficient business-to-business (B2B) procurement process can separate the wheat from the chaff. Procurement has the potential to become a strategic lever for value creation and protection, going beyond traditional cost, quality and delivery metrics. With the news that Feenix.ai has integrated with Buy with...
AMP is giving recycling a robotic makeover. The Colorado-based company just raised $91 million to expand its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered recycling operations, where robots with advanced vision systems sort trash faster and more accurately than humans. As the recycling industry grapples with rising costs and...
