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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.
Microsoft redesigns Copilot for the web and mobile
Microsoft has redesigned Copilot for the web and mobile. It's rolling out more image generation features too.
Phony AI Biden robocalls reached up to 25,000 voters, says New Hampshire AG
An investigation has linked two Texas companies to robocalls that used AI to mimic President Joe Biden's voice. The campaign targeted up to 25,000 New Hampshire voters.
Roblox adds real-time AI chat translation using its own language model
Roblox built its own language model to provide real-time AI chat translation to its gamers around the world.
Scammers use deepfakes to steal $25.6 million from a multinational firm
A Hong Kong-based finance worker deposited the money after interacting with a deepfake of the CFO.
Google is reportedly rebranding Bard to Gemini and plans to launch a dedicated app
An unconfirmed changelog shared on X by Android app developer Dylan Roussel suggests Google is planning to introduce some changes to Bard on February 7 along with new Gemini products.