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Adobe previews AI video tools that arrive later this year
On Wednesday, Adobe premiered Firefly AI video generation tools that will arrive in beta later this year. Like many things related to AI, the examples are equal parts mesmerizing and terrifying as the company slowly integrates tools built to automate much of the creative work its prized user base is paid for today.
Will Shanklin09.11.2024
US senators urge regulators to probe potential AI antitrust violations
The US government is starting to notice the potentially negative effects of generative AI on areas like journalism and content creation.
Steve Dent09.11.2024
Google brings the AI feature that told Americans to eat rocks to six more countries
AI Overviews are now available in India, Japan, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
Pranav Dixit08.15.2024
Opera's AI-focused web browser One is now on iOS
Opera One, the browser with a focus on generative AI features that Opera launched for desktop last year, is now available for iOS devices.
Mariella Moon08.13.2024
Meta is reportedly offering millions to use Hollywood voices in AI projects
According to Bloomberg and The New York Times, the company is in talks with Awkwafina, Judi Dench and Keegan-Michael Key, among other celebrities.
Mariella Moon08.03.2024
Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol
iFixit and Freelancer have accused Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude large language models, of ignoring their "do not crawl" robots.txt protocol and policy to scrape their websites' data.
Mariella Moon07.27.2024
AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on ‘thousands’ of YouTube videos without permission
AI company Runway reportedly scraped “thousands” of YouTube videos and pirated versions of copyrighted movies without permission. Alleged spreadsheets of internal company data suggest Runway trained its Gen-3 model using YouTube content from Disney, Netflix, Pixar and popular media outlets.
Will Shanklin07.25.2024
Google gives free Gemini users access to its faster, lighter 1.5 Flash AI model
Google is making its Gemini AI faster and more efficient across the board.
Mariella Moon07.25.2024
Artists criticize Apple's lack of transparency around Apple Intelligence data
But some members of the creative community are unhappy about what they say is the company’s lack of transparency around the raw information powering the AI model that makes Apple Intelligence possible.
Pranav Dixit07.03.2024
Midjourney is creating Donald Trump pictures when asked for images of 'the president of the United States'
The tests show that Midjourney’s guardrails to prevent users from generating images of Trump and Biden ahead of the upcoming US presidential election aren’t enough — in fact, it’s really easy for people to get around them.
Pranav Dixit07.01.2024
Meta changes its labels for AI-generated images after complaints from photographers
Meta is updating its “Made with AI” labels after widespread complaints from photographers that the company was mistakenly flagging non-AI-generated content.
Karissa Bell07.01.2024
The nation's oldest nonprofit newsroom is suing OpenAI and Microsoft
The CIR's lawsuit is the latest in a long line of lawsuits filed by publishers and creators accusing generative AI companies of violating copyright.
Pranav Dixit06.27.2024
Reddit puts AI scrapers on notice
Reddit has a warning for AI companies and other scrapers: play by our rules or get blocked.
Karissa Bell06.25.2024
Amazon reportedly thinks people will pay up to $10 per month for next-gen Alexa
Amazon is working on a higher, more-advanced tier of Alexa for which it may charge as much as $10 per month.
Kris Holt06.21.2024
TikTok's gen AI avatars are based on real people and that only makes them more creepy
TikTok showed odd new AI-created “digital avatars” that it will begin offering to creators and brands on the app.
Karissa Bell06.17.2024
LinkedIn’s AI job coach can write your cover letters and edit your resumé
LinkedIn has added a bunch of new capabilities for its premium subscribers who are #OpentoWork, including personalized resumé, AI-assisted cover letters and more conversational job searches.
Karissa Bell06.13.2024
DuckDuckGo dips Into the AI chatbot pond
The new feature called AI Chat lets people access multiple large language models through a single chat interface.
Pranav Dixit06.06.2024
OpenAI's board allegedly learned about ChatGPT launch on Twitter
“[The] board was not informed in advance of that,” Toner said on Tuesday on a podcast called The Ted AI Show. “We learned about ChatGPT on Twitter.”
Pranav Dixit05.28.2024
OpenAI reportedly didn't intend to copy Scarlett Johansson's voice
OpenAI cast the actor of Sky's voice months before Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, and it had no intention of finding someone who sounded like her, according to The Washington Post.
Mariella Moon05.23.2024
OpenAI will reportedly pay $250 million to put News Corp's journalism in ChatGPT
OpenAI and News Corp, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, The Sun, and more than a dozen other publishing brands, have struck a multi-year deal to display news from these publications in ChatGPT
Pranav Dixit05.22.2024