google cloud Google Unveils AI Tools, Faster Chips, and Crypto Support for Cloud Platform Google introduces new artificial intelligence services like Vertex AI Vision and Translation Hub to enhance its cloud platform. The tech giant also upgrades its hardware infrastructure and partners with Coinbase for cryptocurrency payments.
google Google Unveils PaLM, a 540-Billion Parameter Language Model Google Research introduces PaLM, a massive 540-billion parameter language model trained using its new Pathways system. The model achieves state-of-the-art few-shot performance across hundreds of tasks.
clearview ai Clearview AI Aids Ukrainian War Efforts Amid Growing Controversy Clearview AI provides its facial recognition technology to roughly 400 Ukrainian investigators to identify casualties and build war crimes cases. The controversial tool also helps notify Russian families of their loved ones' deaths to highlight the war's true cost.
midjourney Midjourney Redefines Digital Art With Advanced Text-to-Image AI Midjourney is a prominent generative AI program that creates detailed images from simple text descriptions. The San Francisco-based independent research lab continuously updates its model to push the boundaries of digital art.
microsoft Microsoft Expands Access to Cloud-Based GPT-3 AI Model for Developers Microsoft invites corporate developers to apply for its Azure OpenAI Service, moving away from a strict invitation-only policy. The cloud-based service utilizes the powerful GPT-3 language model to generate highly realistic human-like text.
eu Complete Archive of Historic EU AI Act Documents Now Available Online A comprehensive collection of official European Union AI Act documents is now accessible in one centralized location. The archive includes proposals, trilogue agreements, and impact assessments from key EU institutions.
elon musk Elon Musk Completes Controversial $44 Billion Twitter Takeover Elon Musk finalizes his massive $44 billion acquisition of Twitter after a monthslong saga filled with legal battles, executive firings, and sudden reversals. The new owner immediately overhauls the social media platform by cutting staff and revamping policies.
boston dynamics Boston Dynamics Unveils Production Stretch Robot for Warehouse Logistics Boston Dynamics showcases the commercially available production version of its Stretch robot at MODEX. The mobile machine unloads trailers by lifting up to 50 pounds of cargo using real-time decision-making.
boston dynamics Boston Dynamics Opens Commercial Sales for Stretch Warehouse Robot Boston Dynamics makes its Stretch robot commercially available for warehouse logistics operations. The box-moving automation system aims to streamline container unloading and case picking.
tesla NHTSA Gathers Information on First Tesla FSD Beta Crash Federal regulators are asking Tesla for details about the first known accident involving the Full Self-Driving Beta system after a Model Y turned into the wrong lane.
will smith Fact Checkers Debunk Viral Will Smith Deepfake Reaction Videos Viral videos claiming to show Will Smith reacting to various internet clips are actually AI-generated deepfakes, not real footage. Fact-checkers confirm the actor has no connection to the circulating content.
eu EU Passes Landmark Digital Markets and Services Acts to Regulate Big Tech The European Union implements two major legislative packages to ensure a safer and fairer online environment by curbing the dominance of large digital platforms.
sandboxaq SandboxAQ Raises $500 Million to Tackle Quantum Security Threats Alphabet spinoff SandboxAQ secures $500 million to build commercial products that combine artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The startup focuses heavily on helping enterprises and governments upgrade cryptographic defenses against future quantum attacks.
chinchilla DeepMind's Chinchilla Proves AI Models Require Significantly More Training Data The Chinchilla scaling laws reveal that large language models need about 11 times more training data than previously thought based on GPT-3 benchmarks. This discovery shifts the AI industry's focus toward training smaller models on vastly larger datasets for better performance.
sandbox aq Alphabet AI and Quantum Spinoff Sandbox AQ Secures $500 Million Sandbox AQ, an independent company spun off from Google parent Alphabet, raises $500 million to advance its artificial intelligence and quantum computing technologies.