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Huawei’s Pura X Ditches Android for HarmonyOS, Debuts AI Assistant With DeepSeek
Huawei flips the foldable game with Pura X — a wide-screen flip phone powered by HarmonyOS 5, packed with AI, pro cameras, and zero reliance on Android.
Siri’s ‘Non-Existent’ AI Features Spark Apple Legal Battle
A class action lawsuit alleges Apple misled consumers by advertising advanced Siri AI features that never materialized, sparking legal scrutiny and debate.
With Google’s Gemini, Create Podcast-Style Discussions From Your Docs
Google boosts Gemini with Canvas and Audio Overview, offering real-time editing and podcast-style audio insights to power creative projects.
Learn This AI Skill to Get Ahead at Work, According to LinkedIn
Find out which 15 skills LinkedIn has identified as being on the rise, as well as what organizations are investing in for their workers.
SoftBank Expands AI Portfolio with $6.5B Acquisition of Chip Startup Ampere
Ampere designs high-performance processors tailored for cloud computing, AI workloads, and data centers.
OpenAI Gives Its Agents a Voice – Now a ‘Medieval Knight’ Can Read Your Work Emails
The text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools are all based on GPT-4o. OpenAI hinted it may take a similar path with video.
AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches
Researchers fuse the best of two popular methods to create an image generator that uses less energy and can run locally on a laptop or smartphone.
Have Some Spare Cash? You’ll Need it for OpenAI’s New API
The o1-pro API costs $150 for 1 million input tokens and $600 for 1 million output tokens, much more than GPT-4.5.
Google’s Pixel 9a: Best Camera Phone Under $500
The Pixel 9a features Gemini Nano and Gemini Live for real-time AI interactions. Soon, Gemini Advanced users can share their screen or camera for deeper engagement.
New AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches
Researchers developed a hybrid AI approach that can generate realistic images with the same or better quality than state-of-the-art diffusion models, but that runs about nine times faster and uses fewer computational resources. The tool uses an autoregressive model to quickly capture the big picture and then a small diffusion model to refine the details of the image.
Nvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AI
The Open Power AI Consortium says it will use domain-specific AI models to tackle problems in the power industry. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Solar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centers
The company recently signed a deal with energy provider AES for three solar projects across the Midwest. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Next-Gen AI: Latest Microsoft and NVIDIA Collaboration is a ‘Significant Leap Forward’
With NVIDIA’s GTC 2025 event in full swing, the company’s partnership with Microsoft is in the spotlight for some AI-focused announcements, including integrating Blackwell with Azure.
New World’s Smallest Supercomputer: Pre-Order NVIDIA’s DGX Spark Today
NVIDIA is touting its personal AI supercomputers that CEO Jensen Huang calls a "new class of computers."
At the core of problem-solving
Stuart Levine ’97, director of MIT’s BioMicro Center, keeps departmental researchers at the forefront of systems biology.
Breakthrough in materials science: AI reveals secrets of dendritic growth in thin films
Dendritic structures that emerge during the growth of thin films are a major obstacle in large-area fabrication, a key step towards commercialization. However, current methods of studying dendrites involve crude visual inspection and subjective analysis. Moreover, growth optimization methods for controlling dendrite formation require extensive trial and error. Now, researchers have developed a new AI model that incorporates topology analysis and free energy to reveal the specific conditions and mechanisms that drive dendrite branching.
Groundbreaking AI tool generates 3D map of the brain
A new AI tool builds sophisticated map of mouse brains.
“An AI future that honors dignity for everyone”
As artificial intelligence develops, we must ask vital questions about ourselves and our society, Ben Vinson III contends in the 2025 Compton Lecture.
Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to Make ‘Cybersecurity More Accessible And Simpler’
Google’s agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabet’s ongoing legal battles.
AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis
An AI system can tell the calorie count, fat content, and nutritional value of a meal just from a photo.
