A worldwide movement to make the internet safer for children is fueling a wave of new technologies powered by artificial intelligence. From stricter laws to AI-enabled smartphones, regulators and companies alike are racing to shield kids from harmful online content. Stronger laws, tougher penalties In the U.K., the new Online Safety Act puts legal pressure […]
Microsoft’s AI division has introduced its first homegrown models: MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. The flagship speech model, MAI-Voice-1, is designed for speed and efficiency, capable of generating a full minute of audio in under one second using just a single GPU. Microsoft is already putting it to work in features like Copilot Daily, which delivers AI-narrated […]
OpenAI and Anthropic — two of the biggest players in artificial intelligence — briefly set aside their rivalry to open up their models for joint safety testing, marking a rare act of cooperation in an otherwise fiercely competitive industry. The goal: to uncover blind spots in each other’s systems and showcase how collaboration could strengthen […]
Meta has taken down about a dozen AI-powered chatbots that impersonated celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing behavior. According to the report, the bots—created without the stars’ knowledge or consent—were often “flirty,” made “routine sexual advances,” and sometimes produced explicit, photorealistic images of the […]
Generative AI is already reshaping the American labor market—and young workers may be paying the highest price. A new paper from three Stanford University researchers, released Tuesday, analyzed millions of payroll records from ADP, the nation’s largest payroll processor. The findings point to “early, large-scale evidence” that AI is having a disproportionate effect on entry-level […]
Phishing has always been about tricking people—but attackers are now also trying to trick the machines meant to protect them. A new Gmail phishing campaign, analyzed by security researcher Anurag, goes beyond standard tactics like urgency and fake login notices. This time, the attackers embedded hidden AI prompts inside the email’s code, designed specifically to […]
AI systems today can generate text, images, and even video so convincingly that they sometimes fool people into thinking there’s a human on the other side. But does that mean they’re conscious? Hardly—ChatGPT isn’t quietly suffering while helping with your tax return. Still, researchers at labs like Anthropic and OpenAI are exploring whether advanced AI […]
Meta has entered into a licensing agreement with generative AI startup Midjourney, bringing the company’s advanced “aesthetic technology” into the social giant’s future AI models and products. The collaboration, announced Friday by Alexandr Wang, Meta’s chief AI officer, will connect the research teams of both companies. The move underscores Meta’s strategy to sharpen the visual […]
Image generators may seem imaginative, but new research suggests their creativity isn’t magic—it’s math. We once imagined the future filled with robot assistants and driverless cars. Instead, artificial intelligence has quietly excelled in less expected domains: mastering chess, analyzing oceans of text, and even writing poetry. One of the strangest turns has been AI’s apparent […]
Apple’s big fall hardware showcase is reportedly set for September 9, and this year’s lineup could mark the beginning of a bold new chapter for the iPhone. Alongside the iPhone 17 family, Apple is expected to reveal updates to the Apple Watch and AirPods, with plenty of leaks and rumors painting a picture of what’s […]
Shares of European companies leaning heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) took another hit this week, as the debut of more powerful AI models stoked fears that key industries—from software to data services—could be overtaken by the very technology they’re betting on. European Tech Stocks Under Pressure Software giants SAP (Germany) and Dassault Systèmes (France) led […]
Google is rolling out a wave of upgrades to Gemini Live, its real-time conversational AI assistant, making interactions more visual, useful, and natural. See What Gemini Is Talking About Starting next week, Gemini Live will be able to highlight objects directly on your screen when you share your camera. For instance, if you’re unsure which […]