Microsoft AI’s first in-house image generator MAI-Image-1 is now available
Microsoft AI's first in-house image generator MAI-Image-1 is now available Microsoft’s first in-house AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, is now available in two products, Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. The company announced the model in October. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman wrote in a post on X that the text-to-image model will be “coming […]
OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android
OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android. The app, which lets you create, share, and remix AI-generated videos, is now available on the Google Play Store in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to an announcement on Tuesday. OpenAI launched Sora […]
Google Maps can tell Polestar 4 drivers when to merge lanes
Google Maps can tell Polestar 4 drivers when to merge lanes Google Maps is rolling out live lane guidance to drivers of the Google-powered electric Polestar 4. The company announced Tuesday that the new feature relies on the EV’s front-facing camera to “see” lane markings and road signs. That information feeds into Google Map’s AI […]
Tech companies don’t care that students use their AI agents to cheat
Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat AI companies know that children are the future – of their business model. The industry doesn’t hide their attempts to hook the youth on their products through well-timed promotional offers, discounts, and referral programs. “Here to help you through finals,” OpenAI said during […]
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy organization representing Japanese IP holders like Studio Ghibli and Bandai Namco, released a letter last week asking OpenAI to stop using its members’ content to train Sora 2, as reported by Automaton. […]
The AI industry is running on FOMO
The AI industry is running on FOMO For Big Tech, a penny invested in AI is a penny earned… Maybe. After an indeterminate amount of time. Investors hope. On earnings calls last week, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta reported more than $350 billion this year on capital expenditures, or longer-tail investments in a company’s future. […]
OpenAI strikes $38 billion AI training deal with Amazon
OpenAI strikes $38 billion AI training deal with Amazon OpenAI has struck a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services that will give the AI giant access to “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia GPUs to power its AI models. The seven-year partnership comes as Microsoft continues to loosen its grip on OpenAI, dropping its status […]
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation Google says it has pulled AI model Gemma from its AI Studio platform after a Republican senator complained the model, designed for developers, “fabricated serious criminal allegations” about her. In a post on X, Google’s official news account said the company had “seen reports […]
Adobe’s experimental AI tool can edit entire videos using one frame
Adobe's experimental AI tool can edit entire videos using one frame Project Frame Forward takes any change you make to the first frame of a video and applies it across the entire footage. Adobe demonstrated some of the experimental AI tools it’s working on at its Max conference that provide new ways to intuitively edit […]
Perplexity’s new AI tool aims to simplify patent research
Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Patents are notoriously difficult to search for, but Perplexity has launched an AI-powered tool that’s supposed to make the process a little easier. Its new patent research agent allows you to search for patents using natural language, rather than a string of keywords. As an example, […]