Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

30 Jan 2024

Reliance Industries

Reliance's 'JioBrain' will help businesses create new AI-powered services

Reliance Industries's subsidiary Jio Platforms has unveiled an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, named JioBrain.

30 Jan 2024

OpenAI

These are the weirdest chatbots on OpenAI's GPT Store

OpenAI's GPT Store recently opened its doors, offering subscribers a vast collection of AI chatbots designed for various purposes.

30 Jan 2024

Zoom

Zoom introduces avatar-based video calling for Vision Pro users

Zoom has announced its new app for Vision Pro, which will launch alongside Apple's new headset on February 2.

30 Jan 2024

Taylor Swift

X/Twitter restores Taylor Swift searches post AI-generated deepfake episode

In response to a widespread tide of AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift, X/Twitter temporarily halted searches for "Taylor Swift" and "Taylor Swift AI" last Sunday.

30 Jan 2024

ChatGPT

OpenAI partners with non-profit for safe AI use amongst teens

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has teamed up with Common Sense Media, a leading nonprofit group in the US, to encourage responsible AI use among teens and families.

30 Jan 2024

Neuralink

Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in human for first time

Neuralink installed a brain-chip implant in a human for the first time on Sunday who is recovering well, the neurotechnology company's billionaire mastermind Elon Musk has revealed on X.

29 Jan 2024

Apple

RCS, AI-powered Siri: How iOS 18 will change your iPhone

Apple is readying iOS 18, which could be the "biggest" software update in the iPhone's history, as reported by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

29 Jan 2024

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO to visit India in February, focus on AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to visit India on February 7 and 8 with a focus on the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the region.

29 Jan 2024

Google

Here's when Pixel smartphone users will get Assistant with Bard

Google announced Assistant with Bard in October during the Pixel 8 series launch event.

29 Jan 2024

China

China approves 40 AI models for public in six months

In the past six months, China has approved over 40 artificial intelligence (AI) models for public use, following the implementation of regulatory approval for AI development.

28 Jan 2024

Apple

Apple loses veteran who worked on EV project to Rivian

DJ Novotney, an Apple veteran serving as vice president of hardware engineering, is leaving the company, per Bloomberg.

28 Jan 2024

Taylor Swift

X blocks 'Taylor Swift' searches as deepfakes raise concerns

Sexually explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift have caused a stir on social media, prompting United States politicians to call for action against the issue.

28 Jan 2024

Google

Why Google's Lumiere AI video generator is better than rivals

Google recently unveiled Lumiere, an innovative AI video generator that uses a space-time diffusion model to create realistic videos.

27 Jan 2024

Hyundai

Hyundai developing hybrid in-car AI system: Report

Hyundai Motor Group is teaming up with Naver, often referred to as "the Google of South Korea," to create a large language model (LLM) for its upcoming cars' infotainment systems and AI voice assistants.

27 Jan 2024

Joe Biden

AI start-up bans account responsible for Joe Biden's audio deepfake

AI start-up ElevenLabs has shut down a user account that created an audio deepfake of United States President Joe Biden.

27 Jan 2024

Apple

DMA effect! Opera to launch AI-powered browser for iOS

Norway-based Opera is gearing up to launch a new AI-powered browser for iOS users in Europe.

27 Jan 2024

Tesla

Tesla to buy AMD chips amid AI hardware expansion: Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared plans to buy chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for a major investment in artificial intelligence (AI) computing hardware.

27 Jan 2024

Samsung

Samsung S24 picks Baidu's AI over Google Gemini in China

Samsung is shaking things up in China by choosing Baidu's AI chatbot "Ernie" over Google's Gemini to power its Galaxy AI software for the latest Galaxy S24 series, per CNBC.

27 Jan 2024

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift deepfakes unleash fury: Hollywood union, White House respond

Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the White House have strongly reacted to Taylor Swift's sexually explicit AI-generated images that caused a massive uproar.

26 Jan 2024

Ola

Ola's AI start-up Krutrim turns unicorn with latest funding round

Krutrim, an artificial inteligence start-up launched by Ola's founder Bhavish Aggarwal, has raised $50 million at a $1 billion valuation, making it India's first unicorn of 2024.

26 Jan 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI fixes 'lazy' GPT-4 AI model, makes GPT-3.5 Turbo cheaper

OpenAI has made exciting updates, slashing API access prices and introducing new models.

Biden's AI research project secures pledges from tech giants

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a pilot program in the US, called the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR).

24 Jan 2024

NVIDIA

This NVIDIA AI tool converts SDR content to HDR

NVIDIA has introduced a cool new feature called RTX Video HDR for all RTX GPU owners.

24 Jan 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft is developing cheaper and smaller generative AI models

Microsoft is reportedly focusing on the development of smaller and more cost-effective artificial intelligence (AI) models, to expand its presence in the AI market.

24 Jan 2024

Business

SAP to restructure 8,000 roles in push toward AI

German software giant SAP has announced a €2 billion restructuring plan, impacting 8,000 roles, as it shifts its focus toward artificial intelligence (AI)-driven business sectors.

22 Jan 2024

OpenAI

Voice cloning AI start-up ElevenLabs raises $80mn, joins unicorn club

Voice AI start-up ElevenLabs has secured $80 million in Series B funding, led by venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz and entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, with Sequoia Capital and others joining in.

22 Jan 2024

Google

Google's DeepMind scientists are considering founding their own AI start-up

Google DeepMind scientists Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls are reportedly in talks with investors to launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up in Paris, called Holistic.

22 Jan 2024

ChatGPT

Novelist admits using ChatGPT in award-winning book

Rie Kudan, the latest winner of Japan's esteemed Akutagawa Prize, has confessed to using AI-generated text in her novel, The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy.

20 Jan 2024

Rashmika Mandanna

Rashmika Mandanna's deepfake creator arrested by Delhi Police: Report

The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested the main culprit behind a deepfake video featuring actor Rashmika Mandanna that went viral in November 2023.

19 Jan 2024

Ram Mandir

Iron Man to Batman: AI shows superheroes' Ram Mandir visit

The inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is going to be one of the biggest events in India's history. The ceremony, which will take place on January 22, will be witnessed by the country's top politicians, celebrities, sportspersons, and more.

19 Jan 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft Bing's ChatGPT integration fails to dent Google's dominance

Microsoft's Bing search engine integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT last February. However, it is yet to make a dent in Google's search dominance.

19 Jan 2024

Mahindra

One-third of Mahindra cars to be electric by 2027

Mahindra, one of the top automakers in India, is gearing up to make a significant shift toward electric vehicles (EVs).

19 Jan 2024

ChatGPT

OpenAI-Arizona State University partnership brings ChatGPT into classrooms 

Artificial intelligence has now made inroads into higher education as Arizona State University (ASU) in the US has teamed up with OpenAI to introduce ChatGPT into its classrooms.

19 Jan 2024

Startups

Rabbit r1 gets even more enticing, provides real-time answers

Teenage Engineering's Rabbit r1 has teamed up with San Francisco-based start-up Perplexity, to offer cutting-edge search results and AI-powered features.

19 Jan 2024

OpenAI

Human-level AI is on the way: Sam Altman at Davos

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has addressed concerns regarding AI systems like ChatGPT and Google's Bard.

19 Jan 2024

Meta

Meta plans to build AGI and open it to developers

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared the company's plans to develop its own artificial general intelligence (AGI) and eventually make it accessible to developers.

18 Jan 2024

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S24 first to upload HDR photos on Instagram

Samsung's Galaxy S24 series is making waves as the first smartphones to allow HDR photo uploads on Instagram.

18 Jan 2024

Google

Jobs cuts will continue through 2024, warns Google CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has warned employees of more job cuts at the Alphabet-owned company this year.

18 Jan 2024

Google

Meet AlphaGeometry: Google's new AI to solve geometry problems

Google's AI research lab, DeepMind, has introduced AlphaGeometry.