Roblox CEO David Baszucki revealed plans to expand the popular gaming platform into a metaverse used by more than one billion people everyday, and he sees virtual dating and concerts as key to achieving his ambitious goal. In a recent
Google said Thursday that users of its AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) can now generate images directly from the search bar. Some observers pointed out that Google made the changes only because it has struggled to monetize the SGE search
Meta’s Quest 3 virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) is hitting stores worldwide, with early users in countries like the U.S. and Canada praising the hardware as an ingenious piece of technology. Yet others haven’t been as generous in
A U.S. government analysis has reportedly raised concerns about the European Union’s (EU) upcoming AI law, warning that it could hamper investment in the emerging technology and favor large AI companies over smaller rivals. In previously undisclosed documents, the U.S.
Microsoft is planning to launch what’s been called its “first” AI chip next month, according to a report by The Information. The move is seen as a way for the company to reduce its dependence on Nvidia-made GPUs, which are
A self-confessed “assassin” who was encouraged by an AI girlfriend he created on Replika to kill the late British Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow has been jailed for nine years. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, broke into Windsor Castle with
A team of academics, researchers, and engineers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) unveiled a new generative AI chatbot called ‘Jais’ to cater specifically to people who speak the Arabic language around the world, according to CNN. The team argues
Major media outlets have seen a dramatic decline in referrals from Meta-owned Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, over the past year after social media platforms made changes to how they deal with news companies, Axios Media Trends reports. According to
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has suggested that the company’s metaverse platform could eventually allow people to interact with virtual avatars of their beloved friends and relatives who have died. Zuckerberg made the comments during a recent blockbuster interview in the
Images of high-profile female celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Natalie Portman, and Emma Watson, have been manipulated using AI technology to create erotic or pornographic content, as deepfake X-rated material surges, according to the Daily Mail. A new report by New
Despite declarations of its demise, Meta’s new photorealistic avatars prove that the metaverse is not dead after all. In a ‘Metaverse interview’ on the Lex Fridman podcast, Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated Meta’s new lifelike Codec virtual reality avatars. Developed by Meta’s
A Washington University in St. Louis data science professor has claimed that AI girlfriends are leading to declining birth rates among young men in the United States. The controversial comments have attracted widespread criticism on social media. Liberty Vittert calls
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