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EU, UK and US Unite in GenAI Concerns
artificial intelligence // July 24, 2024

Competition authorities from the United States, European Union and United Kingdom have joined forces to address potential antitrust issues in artificial intelligence (AI), while tech companies like Meta express concerns over stringent regulations in Europe. In a rare joint statement, top officials from the three...

OpenAI Debuts Cheaper AI Model GPT-4o Mini
artificial intelligence // July 18, 2024

OpenAI has introduced a smaller, more affordable iteration of its artificial intelligence (AI) model ChatGPT. GPT-4o mini, announced Thursday (July 18), is available now for free users and paying ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers, with enterprise customers getting access next week. It replaces the previous...

Salesforce Debuts Autonomous AI Service Agent Einstein
artificial intelligence // July 17, 2024

Customer relationship management company Salesforce has debuted its first fully autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Einstein Service Agent, announced Wednesday (July 17), is designed to replace conventional chatbots by understanding and taking action on a broad range of service issues without preprogrammed scenarios and make...

From Eye Scans to Drug Design, AI Takes on Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence // July 16, 2024

Artificial intelligence is making waves across the medical field, with new studies showing promise in predicting eye treatment complications, analyzing heart MRIs, and even designing RNA-based drugs. While specialized healthcare AI models demonstrate potential, research also cautions against relying on general-purpose AI chatbots for clinical...

Interviews & Exclusives
ChatGPT Finds Its Soul Mate: Meet CriticGPT

June 28, 2024
In Silicon Valley, a new kind of proofreader is hard at work. It doesn’t wield a red pen or squint at comma splices. Instead, this digital detective, born from the same artificial intelligence it’s tasked to police, scans lines of code with inhuman speed, hunting for bugs that even the sharpest human eyes might miss. […]

Amazon and Walmart Use GenAI to Cut Vendor Costs

June 07, 2024
As Amazon and Walmart compete for retail dominance, the two industry giants are implementing generative artificial intelligence across the supply chain to cut costs and boost profits. Amazon shared in...

AMD’s AI Ambitions Take Aim at Intel and Nvidia

June 03, 2024
The artificial intelligence chip race is heating up. In a bid to outpace rivals Nvidia and Intel, AMD unveiled a suite of cutting-edge AI chips at the Computex tech conference...

Anthropic Wants Every Business to Have a Custom AI Assistant

May 31, 2024
Anthropic, the startup behind the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude, is launching a new “tool use” feature that could change how businesses interact with their customers. The new capability enables...

Quick Reads
XAI Begins Training Chatbot on Content From X

July 26, 2024
Elon Musk’s xAI has reportedly begun training its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok, on users’ posts on X, the social media site also owned by Musk. X added a setting this week, available only to those accessing the social media site on the web, that says: “Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs […]

OpenAI Debuts Cheaper AI Model GPT-4o Mini

July 18, 2024
OpenAI has introduced a smaller, more affordable iteration of its artificial intelligence (AI) model ChatGPT. GPT-4o mini, announced Thursday (July 18), is available now for free users and paying ChatGPT...

Salesforce Debuts Autonomous AI Service Agent Einstein

July 17, 2024
Customer relationship management company Salesforce has debuted its first fully autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Einstein Service Agent, announced Wednesday (July 17), is designed to replace conventional chatbots by understanding...

Huma Gets $80 Million to Build ‘Shopify for Digital Health’

July 16, 2024
Healthcare AI startup Huma has raised $80 million to develop its new digital health cloud platform. The platform, announced Tuesday (July 16), is designed to bolster the company’s digital health...