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Yuck: Slack has been scanning your messages to train its AI models
Slack trains machine-learning models on user messages, files and other content without explicit permission. The training is opt-out, meaning your private data will be leeched by default.
The OpenAI team tasked with protecting humanity is no more
In the summer of 2023, OpenAI created a “Superalignment” team whose goal was to steer and control future AI systems that could be so powerful they could lead to human extinction. Less than a year later, that team is dead.
OpenAI strikes deal to put Reddit posts in ChatGPT
The partnership will “enable OpenAI’s tools to better understand and showcase Reddit content, especially on recent topics,” both companies said in a joint statement.
Google I/O 2024: Everything revealed including Gemini AI, Android 15 and more
Here's all the big news that Google announced at I/O 2024 in a single place.
Chuck Schumer is dropping the ball on regulating AI
A new legislative plan from a bipartisan group of senators outlines billions for AI research and development while passing the buck on regulation to various committees.
OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the company
Last year, Ilya Sutskever admitted that he regretted the role he played in the sudden dismissal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman.
Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while
At Google I/O 2024, Google gave us a glimpse at what next-gen AI could do, but after trying it out, it's clear it won't arrive anytime soon.
Gemini will be accessible in the side panel on Google apps like Gmail and Docs
Google is adding Gemini-powered AI automation to more tasks in Workspace. In its Google I/O keynote, the company said Gemini 1.5 Pro will soon be available in the Workspace side panel.
Google's Gemini Nano brings better image-description smarts to its TalkBack vision tool
Google's Gemini Nano is getting multimodal support, which should help accessibility feature TalkBack provide better descriptions.
Google Search will now show AI-generated answers to millions by default
With the new features, Google is positioning Search as more than a way to simply find websites. Instead, the company wants people to use its search engine to directly get answers and help them with planning events and brainstorming ideas.
Google just snuck a pair of AR glasses into a Project Astra demo at I/O
Google snuck a pair of camera-enabled glasses into a video of its new Project Astra experience, as if we wouldn't notice.
Google's Project Astra uses your phone's camera and AI to find noise makers, misplaced items and more.
Google's Project Astra uses your phone's camera to let AI find noise makers, misplaced items and more.
Google's new Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model is lighter than Gemini Pro and more accessible
Gemini 1.5 Flash isn't really meant for consumers. Instead, it’s a faster and less expensive way for developers building their own AI products and services using tech designed by Google.
Meta’s next hardware project might be AI-infused headphones with cameras
Meta is in the early stages of “exploring” designs for AI-enabled headphones, according to a new report in The Information.
OpenAI claims that its free GPT-4o model can talk, laugh, sing and see like a human
The new model accepts any combination of text, audio and images as input and can generate an output in all three formats.
Google teases new camera-powered AI feature one day ahead of I/O
Google is teasing an intriguing new AI feature one day ahead of its IO developer conference.
Apple’s big AI rollout at WWDC will reportedly focus on making Siri suck less
Apple will reportedly focus its first round of generative AI enhancements on beefing up Siri’s conversational chops. The company will reportedly roll out a new version of Siri powered by generative AI at its WWDC keynote on June 10.
IbisPaint launches an AI Disturbance tool to make it harder for machines to copy your work
A new tool for IbisPaint uses noise to stop AI from correctly interpretation an illustration.
TikTok will automatically label more AI-generated content in its app
TikTok is ramping up its efforts to automatically label AI-generated content in its app, even when it was created with third-party tools.
Google DeepMind’s latest medical breakthrough borrows a trick from AI image generators
Much of the recent AI hype train has centered around mesmerizing digital content and the potentially dangerous ways it could disrupt society. But on the brighter side, an update to Google’s AlphaFold software could lead to new disease research and treatment breakthroughs.