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Goodbye VR, hello AR, and can AI be more human, plz?
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. It seems like the fizzle has gone out of the VR conversation altogether, as every manufacturer and conversation is refocusing its attention on AR. That wasn’t particularly new, but Apple’s flagship headset is a huge leap away from virtual reality, […]
This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space
A UK company cofounded by an astrophysicist combines AI with radar satellite imagery to keep track of vegetation, and eventually to make forecasts about its growth.
The New Minstrels Are Here
AI-generated video and images are ushering in an ungovernable reality—where the remixing of stereotypes is not only accepted, but big business.
AI Giants Pledge to Allow External Probes of Their Algorithms, Under a New White House Pact
Leading AI developers including Google and OpenAI promised the Biden administration to check for problems such as biased output. The agreement is not legally binding.
AI will 'lead to more games being made and more jobs'
Games have been using forms of AI for years, but what does the industry think of the latest tech?
Meta’s Llama 2 Is an Open-Source Rival to ChatGPT
Research and commercial organizations can use the upgraded, open-source Meta AI engine for free.
Google Bard Becomes More Available, Refinable, Shareable and Visual
Google Bard's new features are now available to people with Google accounts in more than 230 countries and territories, including the EU as of mid-2023.
Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity
Robots like Sophia are impressive to look at, but don’t let their humanlike facial expressions trick you into thinking these machines are intelligent.
Google is testing an AI tool that can write news articles
Google is testing a tool that uses AI to write news stories and has started pitching it to publications, according to a new report from The New York Times. The tech giant has pitched the AI tool to The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal’s owner, News Corp. The tool, […]
Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans
This week, Steven Levy joins us to talk about Musk’s new generative artificial intelligence startup. We also discuss whether that absurd cage match is actually going to happen.
A Battlefield AI Company Says It’s One of the Good Guys
Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies.
Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies in 2023 and Beyond
The research firm outlines when the average organization should expect a technology to deliver the benefits necessary to justify continued investment.
5 Deepfake Scams That Threaten Enterprises
Forrester shines a light on the synthetic attacks that can cause organizations considerable headaches.
AI: Workers need more protection - TUC union
The warning comes as Octopus Energy's boss says customers prefer emails written by AI over humans.
AI: Workers need more protection, says TUC union
The warning comes as Octopus Energy's boss says customers prefer emails written by AI over humans.
AI: Workers need more protection, says TUC
The warning comes as Octopus Energy's boss says customers prefer emails written by AI over humans.
To Save Itself, Hollywood Must Build Its Own ChatGPT
Silicon Valley plans to use AI to do to movies and TV what it did to news and music, but it's not too late to resist.
Why some celebrities are embracing Artificial Intelligence deepfakes
Concerns over the impact of AI are partly behind the first Hollywood actors' strike in 43 years.
Microsoft Inspire 2023: Keynote Highlights and Top News
Discover the innovations, investments, programs and partner opportunities in new forms of AI such as ChatGPT, Copilot and more from Microsoft Inspire 2023.
More than 1,300 experts call AI a force for good
An open letter organised by the UK professional body for IT says AI is not a threat to humanity.
