waymo Waymo Secures First Driverless Testing Permit for California Roads Waymo receives California's first fully driverless test permit, allowing the company to operate autonomous vehicles without a human behind the wheel across several Peninsula cities.
ai AI-Generated Portrait Sells for Staggering $432,500 at Christie's Auction A blurry, old masters-style portrait created entirely by an artificial intelligence algorithm sells for nearly half a million dollars at Christie's, far exceeding initial estimates.
ai art AI Portrait Shatters Auction Expectations With $432,500 Sale The first AI-generated portrait sold at auction fetches an astonishing $432,500 at Christie's, crushing its $10,000 estimate. The artwork is created by a Paris-based collective using a generative adversarial network trained on historical portraits.
ai art AI Portrait Shatters Expectations With $432,500 Sale at Christie's An algorithm-generated portrait sells for a staggering $432,500 at Christie's, far exceeding initial estimates. The historic auction immediately sparks controversy and plagiarism accusations from other AI artists.
nvidia Nvidia Confirms October 17 Launch for GeForce RTX 2070 Nvidia announces that the GeForce RTX 2070 will hit the market on October 17 with a Founders Edition price of $599. However, the launch raises questions about whether the card's key ray tracing features will actually be ready in time.
nvidia Nvidia Sets October 17 Launch Date for Affordable RTX 2070 Graphics Card Nvidia officially confirms the GeForce RTX 2070 will hit store shelves on October 17th, bringing Turing architecture features to a more accessible $499 price point.
mit MIT Commits Record $1 Billion to Establish Dedicated AI College The Massachusetts Institute of Technology makes its largest structural change in decades by dedicating $1 billion to a new college focused on artificial intelligence and computing. The initiative aims to integrate AI across all academic disciplines while prioritizing ethical guidelines.
mit MIT Launches $1 Billion Initiative to Lead Responsible AI Development MIT announces a historic $1 billion commitment to establish a new college dedicated to computing and artificial intelligence. The initiative aims to integrate AI across all academic disciplines while focusing on the ethical and societal impacts of the technology.
boston dynamics Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Shows Off Impressive Parkour Skills Boston Dynamics releases a new video showcasing its Atlas robot successfully navigating obstacles and jumping like a parkour expert using real-time computer vision.
bert BERT Model Transforms Natural Language Processing With Bidirectional Training Researchers introduce BERT, a bidirectional language model that achieves state-of-the-art results across eleven NLP tasks by pre-training on unlabeled text.
huawei Huawei Unveils Full-Stack Intelligent Campus Network Solution Huawei introduces a comprehensive intelligent campus network solution designed to automate management and enhance user experiences. The new architecture integrates AI to simplify operations for modern enterprise environments.
google Google Unveils Camera-Free Home Hub to Rival Echo Show Google introduces the Google Home Hub, a $149 smart display that intentionally omits a camera for enhanced privacy. The device features an adaptive screen and deep smart home integration, with retail availability starting October 22.
google Google Unveils Pixel 3 Smartphones and New Smart Home Devices Google confirms recent leaks by officially announcing the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones, alongside the Google Home Hub and Pixel Slate. The new devices rely heavily on artificial intelligence to challenge top competitors in the tech market.
amazon Amazon Scraps Biased AI Recruitment Tool That Penalized Women Amazon discontinues an internal AI hiring tool after discovering it systematically discriminates against female job applicants due to flawed training data.
mit MIT and IBM Launch Inaugural AI Research Week The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab hosts its first AI Research Week to showcase cutting-edge artificial intelligence projects. The event gathers global experts to discuss ethics, quantum computing, and real-world AI applications.