Google is reportedly letting go of hundreds of employees as the company implements cost containment measures as well as focuses on AI development. A workers’ representative at parent company Alphabet revealed 1,000 have been let go so far. Part of
Riding on ChatGPT success, OpenAI has launched its GPT Store, which serves as a market place where users can share their custom chatbots, the company revealed. The new product offering is OpenAI’s answer to the Apple App Store or Google
Language learning software maker Duolingo has laid off 10% of its contractors as the company turns to AI translators. The company explained they will rely more on generative AI for content and therefore “no longer need as many people to
Watermarking content is still not enough to distinguish between real and AI-generated content, as cybercriminals can also bypass the security features. This comes as there has been growing adoption of AI technologies, especially generative AI, creating fertile ground for unscrupulous
Ready Player One author Ernest Cline and producer of its film adaptation Dan Farah have teamed up with Futureverse to create a digital universe for the story. Ready Player One is a story whose setting is in the future—in 2045—where
OpenAI is proposing to pay only $1 million to news publishers for using their content to train its large language models (LLMs). The company is also reportedly negotiating with about a dozen other publishers as they seek to avoid lawsuits
As AI competition continues to heat up with tech firms seeking to outdo each other, Google is working on a paid upgrade for its Bard AI. The upgrade, known as Bard Advanced, is reportedly going to be part of Google
A recently exposed database has revealed a list of up to 16,000 artists, including children, that Midjourney used to train its AI art-generating tools. The database, circulated over the New Year on social media, comes in the form of a
Camera industry players Canon, Sony, and Nikon have teamed up to create a global standard for digital signatures to distinguish real from fake AI photos. The initiative is to augment the authenticity of photographic material and protect the photography sector
Election AI deepfakes are expected to overwhelm EU regulators as over 10 countries in the region go to polls in 2024 on the backdrop of ill-prepared governments. In 2024, the continent is expected to see an influx of politically motivated
Although the implementation of the metaverse did not come as quickly as anticipated and was “doused” by generative AI, the concept is not yet dead and has a bright future. Growth opportunities are still plenty for the metaverse concept to
NVIDIA’s H100 AI GPUs are projected to hit a deployed capacity of 3.5 million units by next year, but this comes with a caveat: the electricity consumption associated with these high-performance GPUs. While the increased units may be a plus
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