Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

19 Mar 2024

NVIDIA

NVIDIA unveils Blackwell B200, the world's most powerful AI chip

NVIDIA has pulled back the curtain on its latest creation, the Blackwell B200 GPU.

18 Mar 2024

Adobe

Adobe Substance 3D debuts AI-driven 'Text to Texture' feature

Adobe has unveiled innovative beta features for its Substance 3D design software suite, made to simplify the 3D design workflow.

18 Mar 2024

Meta

This mixed-reality game transforms your room into custom spaceship

Starship Home, a mixed reality game exclusive to Meta Quest 3, is set to revolutionize the gaming landscape by converting your surroundings into bespoke spaceships.

18 Mar 2024

Facebook

AI-generated breastfeeding images used to circumvent Facebook's content moderation policy

A shocking revelation has come to light, about a Facebook page's attempt to circumvent the platform's strict rules on nudity.

18 Mar 2024

Google

AI tools are turning smarter and covertly racist, says study

A recent investigation has revealed that widely used artificial intelligence tools, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, display covert racism.

18 Mar 2024

xAI

xAI open sources Grok amidst Musk's advocacy for transparent AI

Elon Musk's privately held company, xAI, has made the base model weights and network architecture of its AI chatbot, Grok, available to developers and researchers on GitHub.

17 Mar 2024

YouTube

YouTube Music's song search feature leverages AI to generate results

YouTube Music is rolling out a new song search feature, similar to the one previously offered by Google Play Music, where opening the search bar would list an "Identify what's playing" button.

Centre revokes AI deployment approval requirement, raises concerns on deepfakes

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has rescinded its previous mandate requiring artificial intelligence (AI) models, large language models (LLMs), and algorithms to obtain explicit government permission before deployment.

15 Mar 2024

Education

Japan' pioneers in artificial intelligence education: Top AI institutions

Japan is at the forefront of technological innovation, and its educational institutions are pivotal in driving the nation's prowess in artificial intelligence, or AI.

15 Mar 2024

OpenAI

AI assistants are vulnerable to eavesdropping despite being encrypted

Researchers have discovered a security flaw that allows hackers to decipher responses from AI assistants with alarming accuracy.

15 Mar 2024

Apple

Apple acquires Canadian AI start-up called DarwinAI: Here's why

Apple has acquired DarwinAI, a Canadian artificial intelligence start-up, as it gears up for a major leap into generative AI in 2024.

14 Mar 2024

Technology

AI start-up Cerebras unveils WSE-3, the world's largest semiconductor

US-based Cerebras Systems has introduced its third-generation AI chip, the Wafer Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3). It is touted as the world's largest semiconductor.

14 Mar 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI could launch new 'GPT-4.5 Turbo' AI model in June

Several social media platforms were recently flooded with discussions about an all-new AI model from OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, called GPT-4.5 Turbo.

14 Mar 2024

Amazon

Amazon's AI tool lets sellers create product listing using URL

Amazon has announced a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) feature that allows sellers to create product pages by simply pasting a link from their external website.

14 Mar 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI's Sora text-to-video generator will release for public this year

OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence research lab, has announced plans to make its innovative text-to-video generator, Sora, available to the public in late 2024.

14 Mar 2024

DeepMind

Google's new AI agent will play video games like humans

Google's artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, has revealed its latest project called SIMA.

13 Mar 2024

Israel

Israeli start-up raises $47M for AI that helps grieving individuals

Empathy, an Israeli start-up, has secured $47 million in funding for its unique AI platform.

13 Mar 2024

Technology

AI-generated voice scam targets unsuspecting mother: Here's how she escaped

In a worrying incident in India, a woman named Kaveri was targeted by a scammer using artificial intelligence.

13 Mar 2024

Technology

Coders create AI assistant to take over their tasks

US-based start-up Cognition has introduced Devin—a futuristic artificial intelligence (AI) software engineer.

13 Mar 2024

Narendra Modi

PM Modi lays foundation for Rs. 1.25L crore semiconductor projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for three major semiconductor projects totaling around Rs. 1.25 lakh crore through a video conference.

12 Mar 2024

Blockchain

Kickstarter's transformation: A covert $100 million investment for web3 pivot

In a surprising turn of events, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter received a $100 million investment offer in December 2021, to transition into a web3 company.

12 Mar 2024

OpenAI

Covariant's new AI model for robots learns via text, videos

Covariant, an artificial intelligence spinout from UC Berkeley, has announced the launch of RFM-1 (Robotics Foundation Model 1).

12 Mar 2024

Lawsuits

Midjourney bans Stability AI from using its service: Here's why

Midjourney, a generative AI company, has imposed an indefinite ban on all employees of its rival firm, Stability AI, from using its service.

11 Mar 2024

Telegram

Telegram founder expects it to attain profitability in 2025

Telegram, the popular cloud-based chat app with over 900 million users, is expected to become profitable next year, according to founder Pavel Durov.

11 Mar 2024

Elon Musk

Elon Musk-owned xAI to open-source Grok chatbot this week

Elon Musk has revealed that his AI start-up, xAI, plans to open-source its ChatGPT rival, Grok, this week.

11 Mar 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft restricts Copilot AI to prevent generation of offensive images

Microsoft is taking action to prevent its Copilot AI image generator from creating controversial images, according to CNBC.

11 Mar 2024

Google

Google's AI-focused Bay View campus struggles with Wi-Fi issues

Google's Bay View building in Mountain View, California, has been struggling with Wi-Fi connectivity issues for months.

11 Mar 2024

NVIDIA

NVIDIA faces lawsuit for using copyrighted books for training AI

NVIDIA is dealing with a lawsuit from three authors who claim that the chip-manufacturing giant used their copyrighted books to train its NeMo AI platform.

10 Mar 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft's GPT Builder rolls out to more Copilot Pro subscribers

Microsoft is expanding access to its GPT Builder feature for more Copilot Pro subscribers.

US presses allies for stronger chip Curbs on China

The United States is urging Japan and the Netherlands to broaden their restrictions on semiconductor-related exports to China.

09 Mar 2024

Marilyn Monroe

AI invites you to hold conversations with 'digital' Marilyn Monroe

AI tech company Soul Machines has teamed up with Authentic Brands Group to develop "Digital Marilyn," an AI-generated digital version of the legendary Hollywood actor Marilyn Monroe.

09 Mar 2024

Google

Google fires employee who publicly protested company's work for Israel

Google has fired an employee who interrupted a keynote speech by Barak Regev, the managing director of Google's Israel business, at the 'Mind the Tech' conference in New York.

09 Mar 2024

OpenAI

Altman retakes OpenAI board seat after investigation into sudden firing

Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, has been cleared of any misconduct after a thorough investigation by law firm WilmerHale.

08 Mar 2024

Piyush Goyal

What is 'India AI Mission' and why it matters

The Indian government has given green light to 'India AI Mission,' a five-year plan with budget of Rs. 10,371.92 crore.

07 Mar 2024

Adobe

Adobe Express introduces Firefly AI features in mobile beta app

Adobe has unveiled a mobile beta for Adobe Express, its cloud-dependent design platform, introducing Firefly-powered generative AI features to iOS and Android devices.

07 Mar 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft event on March 21: Surface, Windows, Copilot and more

Microsoft is gearing up for a "new era of work" event on March 21, where it will be focusing on Surface, Windows, and Copilot for business users.

07 Mar 2024

Telegram

Telegram users can now convert personal accounts to business ones

Telegram's founder, Pavel Durov, has shared some exciting news for users looking to upgrade their personal accounts to business ones.

07 Mar 2024

Meta

Centre advises tech companies to tackle deepfakes, half-baked AI tools

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has advised social media giants Meta and X to eliminate deepfakes from their platforms.

07 Mar 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft engineer raises Copilot Designer safety concerns with FTC

Shane Jones, a Microsoft AI engineer, recently voiced concerns about the firm's AI image generator, Copilot Designer, in a letter to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

07 Mar 2024

Google

Anthropic's Claude 3 AI claims to be alive, fears death

Google-supported AI firm Anthropic has unveiled Claude 3, a cutting-edge set of large language models (LLMs) that reportedly outdo those created by OpenAI and Google.

07 Mar 2024

Google

Google's Gemini introduces text modification feature for fine-tuning responses

Google has unveiled a new feature for its Gemini web app, giving users the ability to tweak and adjust responses to prompts.

07 Mar 2024

Google

Ex-Google engineer accused of stealing AI secrets for Chinese firm

Linwei Ding, a former Google software engineer from China, has been accused of transferring artificial intelligence (AI) secrets to a Beijing-based company that secretly paid him.