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AI Explained: Computer Vision
May 28, 2024

Picture this: a world where cars drive themselves, shopping is as simple as grabbing and going, and medical diagnoses are made with superhuman precision. This is the world that computer vision is building, one algorithm at a time. The technology, which enables machines to interpret...

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AI Firms Agree to ‘Kill Switch’ Policy, Raising Concerns and Questions
May 28, 2024

At last week’s AI summit in Seoul, artificial intelligence companies from around the world reached a landmark agreement to implement a “kill switch” policy, potentially halting the development of their most advanced AI models if certain risk thresholds are exceeded. The decision has sparked a...

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Chatbot Maker Character.ai Discussing Potential Partnerships With Meta, xAI
May 27, 2024

Chatbot maker Character.ai has reportedly held exploratory talks with both Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI, discussing potential partnerships. The firm has talked with both companies about working together to pre-train and develop AI models, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (May 24). The discussions have...

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How AI Could Supercharge Smartphones
May 27, 2024

The smartphone industry is poised for a seismic shift, propelled by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).  AI is expected to bring many advanced features to smartphones, fundamentally changing how users interact with their devices. And with advanced features comes growth. According to a recent SkyQuest Technology Group report,...

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Can Apple Rely on Its Vast User Base to Give It an AI Edge?
May 26, 2024

At Apple’s upcoming developers conference, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be the star of the show. However, Bloomberg News wrote Sunday (May 26), the company has a tough act to follow: selling investors and consumers on the idea that it’s doing exciting things with...

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Workers Take AI Bootcamps as Companies Embrace Artificial Intelligence
May 26, 2024

Tech workers are scrambling to add artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to their resumes. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (May 26), it’s a shift happening as tech companies are also trying to reposition themselves as AI firms, and trying to get their staff...

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Musk’s xAI Aims to Launch Supercomputer by 2025
May 26, 2024

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI is hoping to build its own supercomputer. The tech billionaire aims to launch the project — which would run the next iteration of xAI’s chatbot Grok — as early as next year, The Information reported Saturday (May 26), citing an investor presentation....

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Will Microsoft Spark a Wave of AI-Powered PCs?
May 26, 2024

Last week, Microsoft debuted a line of artificial intelligence (AI)-ready personal computers. New findings by Morgan Stanley — the subject of a report Sunday (May 26) by Seeking Alpha — argue that the tech giant’s rollout could usher in a new wave of PC sales....

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Google Scrambles to Fix AI After ‘Glue on Pizza’ Glitch
May 26, 2024

In the mind of Google’s AI Overviews, glue is a pizza ingredient. Rocks are edible. And smoking while pregnant is considered healthy. If you’ve spent any time at all on social media in the last few days, you might have seen these wildly inaccurate results that apparently came...