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Samsung’s new microSD card is faster than some SSDs
Samsung’s upcoming microSD card will offer a dramatic speed boost. The company’s 256GB SD Express microSD — the first of its kind — can read data at up to 800 MB/s, significantly faster than the microSDs you can buy today.
Google is reportedly paying publishers thousands of dollars to use its AI to write stories
Google has been quietly striking deals with some publishers to use new generative AI tools to publish stories, according to a report in Adweek.
Tumblr and WordPress posts will reportedly be used for OpenAI and Midjourney training
Tumblr and WordPress are reportedly set to strike deals to sell user data to artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Midjourney. The platforms’ parent company, Automattic, is nearing completion of an agreement to provide data to help train the AI companies’ models.
NVIDIA's RTX 500 and 1000 Ada GPUs bring more AI smarts to thin and light workstations
NVIDIA has revealed its latest mobile GPUs, which it says bring the latest AI advancements to thin-and-light laptops. The RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation GPUs will be available in laptops from major manufacturers this spring.
Google pauses Gemini’s ability to generate people after overcorrecting for diversity in historical images
Google said Thursday it’s pausing its Gemini chatbot’s ability to generate people. The move comes after viral social posts showed the AI tool overcorrecting for diversity, producing “historical” images of Nazis, America’s Founding Fathers and the Pope as people of color.
Reddit is licensing its content to Google to help train its AI models
Google has struck a deal with Reddit that will allow the search engine maker to train its AI models on Reddit’s vast catalog of user-generated content.
Your older S23 phone will get Samsung's Galaxy AI suite in late March
Samsung said Wednesday that the Galaxy S24’s AI features will arrive on last year’s phones (including foldables) and tablets in late March.
Acer’s latest Swift laptops have AMD 8040 chips with Ryzen AI support
Acer unveiled a pair of AMD Ryzen 8040 series laptops on Tuesday. Unsurprisingly, given their chips’ dedicated NPUs, the company is marketing the 2024 Acer Swift Edge 16 and Swift Go 14 as AI workhorses.
Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and others agree to combat election-related deepfakes
A coalition of 20 tech companies signed an agreement Friday to help prevent AI deepfakes in the critical 2024 elections. OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon, Adobe and X are among the businesses signing the agreement to prevent and combat AI-generated content that could influence voters.
Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro is a new, more efficient AI model
Google unveiled Gemini 1.5 Pro, which the company describes as delivering “dramatically enhanced performance.” The announcement follows the unveiling of Gemini 1.0 Ultra last week, alongside the rebranding of the Bard chatbot to Gemini.
Their children were shot, so they used AI to recreate their voices and call lawmakers
The parents of a teenager who was killed in Florida’s Parkland school shooting in 2018 have started a bold new project called The Shotline to lobby for stricter gun laws in the country. The Shotline uses AI to recreate the voices of children killed by gun violence and send recordings through automated calls to lawmakers.
Russian and North Korean hackers used OpenAI tools to hone cyberattacks
Microsoft and OpenAI say that state backed-hackers were using generative AI tools to improve their cyberattacks. The groups used OpenAI tools to draft phishing emails, debug code and research targets.
Slack’s new generative AI features include thread summaries and conversational search
Slack has finally unleashed its generative AI toolset, which auto-generates thread summaries and channel recaps. There’s also daily channel summaries and conversation-based search.
Google will use AI and satellite imagery to monitor methane leaks
Google and the Environmental Defense Fund have teamed up to track methane emissions using satellite images and AI. The EDF's MethaneSAT is expected to help provide the most comprehensive picture yet of global methane leaks.
ChatGPT is getting a digital memory to recall your past conversations
OpenAI has announced a memory feature for its ChatGPT service. The tool is in beta and only available to a small number of users.
NVIDIA’s new AI chatbot runs locally on your PC
NVIDIA just released a free new chatbot that runs locally on Windows PCs. You need a GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU or higher and at least 8GB of VRAM to use the bot.
Midjourney might ban Biden and Trump images this election season
Midjourney's CEO reportedly told users during a chat session on Discord that the company is close to banning images such as those of Biden and Trump over the next 12 months
Google, Apple, Meta and other huge tech companies join US consortium to advance responsible AI
Some of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Meta and Apple, have joined the US AI Safety Institute Consortium. This entity is tasked with carrying out actions outlined in Biden’s recent AI-focused executive order.
The FCC says robocalls that use AI-generated voices are illegal
The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved a measure to make AI robocalls illegal.
Google rebrands its Bard AI chatbot as Gemini, which now has its own Android app
Google has renamed the Bard chatbot and Duet AI as Gemini to maintain consistent branding across its generative AI products.