Britain is moving to let artificial intelligence (AI) companies freely scrape online content unless publishers block them — a policy shift the BBC and other major media companies are fighting. The showdown could influence AI policy beyond Britain’s borders as global content publishers and tech...
OpenAI launched ChatGPT’s live web search to compete with Google this week, while the White House announced plans to treat artificial intelligence systems like controlled technology. Meanwhile, researchers discovered concerning accuracy problems with AI transcription tools, highlighting the gap between AI’s promise and its current...
OpenAI unveiled a significant upgrade to its ChatGPT chatbot on Thursday (Oct. 31), integrating web search capabilities that could challenge traditional search engines by offering users direct answers with source citations — a move that brings artificial intelligence deeper into everyday internet use. The new...
Tech giants are pouring unprecedented resources into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as Meta plans up to $40 billion in 2024 spending and AMD rides the wave to record $6.8 billion in revenue. The sector-wide investment surge comes as companies battle to meet soaring demand, with...
A startup has built artificial intelligence systems that can reportedly match current capabilities while using fewer neurons, potentially slashing the massive computing costs that have kept many businesses from deploying AI. The “liquid neural networks” developed by MIT spinoff Liquid AI require only dozens of...
Digital travel platform Booking.com is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features. The expansion, announced by the Dutch company Wednesday (Oct. 30), is part of a larger embrace of AI tools within the travel sector. Among the new features is Smart Filter, which lets travelers describe their ideal property in...
In a troubling discovery for businesses racing to automate customer service, OpenAI’s popular Whisper transcription software has been caught adding fabricated text to conversations, including potentially harmful content that speakers never uttered. The findings underscore a growing challenge for companies betting billions on AI to...
Mastercard has launched a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistant that is designed to simplify the customer onboarding process. This is the first application developed by Mastercard’s new in-house capability for building and deploying knowledge agent tools, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 29)...
Elon Musk’s xAI reportedly aims to raise “several billion dollars” in a funding round that would value it around $40 billion. The funding discussions are in the early stages and the details could change, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Oct. 29), citing unnamed...
