Enlarge / UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan (front row center) is joined by international counterparts for a group photo at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on November 1, 2023. reader comments 101 with On Wednesday, the UK hosted an AI Safety Summit attended by 28 countries, including the US… Read More »
reader comments 40 with On Tuesday, The Guardian accused Microsoft of damaging its journalistic reputation by publishing an AI-generated poll beside one of its articles on the Microsoft Start website. The poll, created by an AI model on Microsoft’s news platform, speculated on the cause of a woman’s death, reportedly triggering reader anger and leading… Read More »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 81 with It was a proto-netbook, it was a palmtop, it was a PDA, it was Windows Phone 7 but not Windows Phone 8, and then it was an embedded ghost. It parents never seemed to know what to do with it after it grew up, beyond offer… Read More »
Enlarge / This is not what a hacker looks like. Except on hacker cosplay night. reader comments 4 with Microsoft has been tracking a threat group that stands out for its ability to cash in from data theft hacks that use broad social engineering attacks, painstaking research, and occasional physical threats. Unlike many ransomware attack… Read More »
Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s successful completion of its Activision acquisition, Ubisoft has released a Q&A covering how the company plans to use its streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games moving forward. Ubisoft gained the game streaming rights to the Activision Blizzard catalog as part of agreements made by Microsoft to gain the European… Read More »
reader comments 19 with On Thursday, Google announced that it plans to defend users of its generative AI systems on Google Cloud and Workspace platforms against intellectual property violation claims, reports Reuters. The move follows similar commitments by Microsoft and Adobe, but Google claims its approach is more comprehensive, covering both the use of copyrighted… Read More »
reader comments 63 with Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Google are grappling with the challenge of turning AI products like ChatGPT into a profitable enterprise, reports The Wall Street Journal. While companies are heavily investing in AI tech that can generate business memos or code, the cost of running advanced AI models is proving… Read More »
OpenAI / Benj Edwards reader comments 44 with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E 3 generative AI products, is exploring the possibility of manufacturing its own AI accelerator chips, according to Reuters. Citing anonymous sources, the Reuters report indicates that OpenAI is considering the option due to a shortage of specialized AI GPU chips… Read More »
reader comments 42 with On Monday, OpenAI announced a significant update to ChatGPT that enables its GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 AI models to analyze images and react to them as part of a text conversation. Also, the ChatGPT mobile app will add speech synthesis options that, when paired with its existing speech recognition features, will enable… Read More »
reader comments 35 with On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will provide legal protection for customers who are sued for copyright infringement over content generated by the company’s AI systems. This new policy, called the Copilot Copyright Commitment, is an expansion of Microsoft’s existing intellectual property indemnification coverage, Reuters reports. Microsoft’s announcement comes as generative… Read More »