AI Google Lumiere, Google's latest generative AI model, can create brief yet fairly realistic video clips An entirely new way to create memes and short animations full of weirdness and inanity By Alfonso Maruccia, January 25, 2024, 10:13 AM
Apple AI Apple is working on AI models that can run on-device rather than on the cloud Apple's hiring and research indicates a big AI unveiling this year By Daniel Sims, January 24, 2024, 6:16 PM 10 comments
AI The Web Think tank warns that North Korea could use Western cloud services for AI-powered military applications The hermit nation is a big fan of artificial intelligence By Rob Thubron, January 24, 2024, 8:32 AM
Software Download of the Week Google Chrome 121 adds three new AI features: a tab organizer, custom themes, and a writing assistant The latest Chrome update includes experimental GenAI features to organize your tabs, create custom themes, and get help with writing on the web. You'll be able to try these out from the "Experimental AI" page in Chrome Settings. By Ivan Franco, January 23, 2024, 7:14 PM
AI Tech Culture They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician's cloned voice to interfere with an election It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2024, 3:13 PM 13 comments
AI Software Nightshade, a free tool to poison AI data scraping, is now available to try Turning private artwork into effective poison pills for large, greedy AI models By Alfonso Maruccia, January 22, 2024, 3:01 PM
AI Tech Culture Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits China for celebration with employees amid AI chip restrictions Jensen knows how to party By Rob Thubron, January 22, 2024, 8:08 AM
Tech Culture Industry Opinion: The big AI party is not cancelled, just postponed No one is ready for any of that AI enablement... yet By Jonathan Goldberg, January 22, 2024, 6:03 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture AI Customer service chatbot gets foul-mouthed and calls its own company "useless" "Their customer service is terrible" -- says customer service bot By James Miller, January 21, 2024, 11:46 AM 8 comments
Hardware AI Zuckerberg and Meta set to purchase 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs by the end of 2024 The billionaire investment would support Meta's plans to build its new open-source artificial general intelligence By Jimmy Pezzone, January 20, 2024, 10:40 AM 17 comments
Hardware AI Microsoft prepping hardware guidelines for "AI PCs": TOPS and RAM requirements expected 16 GB of RAM could be the new baseline for Windows PCs By Shawn Knight, January 18, 2024, 2:37 PM 12 comments
Industry Google Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirms more job cuts for 2024 as company invests in "big priorities" Employees obviously aren't a big priority By Rob Thubron, January 18, 2024, 7:41 AM 11 comments
Hardware AI AMD stock reaches almost unprecedented value thanks to AI chip demand AMD's business is going strong, and shareholders could be even happier in 2024 By Alfonso Maruccia, January 17, 2024, 3:23 PM
Mobile Software Samsung Galaxy S24 upgrades focus on software first Clearly, it's time for a new approach By Bob O'Donnell, January 17, 2024, 1:00 PM 13 comments
Industry AI Non-tech industries can offer job security to tech talent right now Want to secure a job in AI? Focus your search on non-tech companies By Elaine Burke, January 17, 2024, 10:54 AM
Security AI A new vulnerability affecting Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs could expose AI data Some affected devices have already been patched, but many more are still vulnerable By Kishalaya Kundu, January 17, 2024, 8:17 AM
Microsoft AI Microsoft launches Copilot Pro subscription with GPT-4 Turbo for $20 per month The paid tier will offer access to the latest GenAI model, GPT-4 Turbo By Kishalaya Kundu, January 16, 2024, 9:27 AM
AI Tech Culture Fingerprints are not as unique as we think, study claims A new AI-fueled revolution in forensics or just a harmless tempest in a teacup? By Alfonso Maruccia, January 16, 2024, 6:15 AM
AI Gaming GTA 5 Michael actor Ned Luke slams AI chatbot that uses his voice without permission He also reveals that clones of his voice were used in racist rants By Rob Thubron, January 16, 2024, 5:20 AM
AI Industry Michael Dell, the 15th richest person in the world, says you don't have to worry about AI Dell believes we will eventually find a solution to any AI-based nastiness threatening society By Alfonso Maruccia, January 15, 2024, 9:41 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture AI IMF predicts AI will impact 40% of jobs worldwide, exacerbating inequality and social tensions The effects will be felt more in advanced economies By Rob Thubron, January 15, 2024, 5:19 AM
The Web AI Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it The company is preparing a fair use-based defense after using copyrighted material By Alfonso Maruccia, January 13, 2024, 11:20 AM 15 comments
Industry Google Google is laying off hundreds of employees across its hardware, assistant, and engineering teams Is the focus on AI costing more jobs? By Rob Thubron, January 12, 2024, 8:15 AM 9 comments
Tech Culture AI The software engineer profession is under threat from AI and intense competition "There's just so much f**king competition" By Rob Thubron, January 12, 2024, 5:20 AM 21 comments
Science Tech Culture Microsoft's AI found a new material to replace li-ion batteries Will machine learning algorithms revolutionize scientific research on battery materials? By Alfonso Maruccia, January 11, 2024, 1:42 PM 25 comments