IBM has announced a bold new milestone in the race to build powerful quantum computers: it plans to launch IBM Quantum Starling, a large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum system, by 2029 — years ahead of what many experts believed possible. Once operational, IBM predicts the Starling system will be capable of executing 20,000 times more operations than […]
Since 2023, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been advocating for the concept of sovereign AI — the idea that each nation should build and control its own artificial intelligence systems, tailored to its unique language, culture, and values. Now, that vision is beginning to resonate across Europe. During a recent tour through London, Paris, and […]
Google is experimenting with a new feature that turns search results into short, podcast-style audio clips powered by AI. Part of the company’s Labs program, the feature—called Audio Overviews—is now being tested on mobile devices in the U.S. for English-language searches. Here’s how it works: if you search for something like “How do noise-cancelling headphones […]
OpenAI has announced powerful new updates for ChatGPT users: the AI assistant can now connect directly to cloud storage platforms like Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, and OneDrive. This means users can ask questions about the documents and spreadsheets stored in these services — for example, “What was my Q1 revenue last year?” or “How […]
Angelo Sotira, who launched DeviantArt as a teen and helped cultivate one of the internet’s earliest creative communities, is once again setting his sights on reshaping digital art — this time, through the way it’s experienced in physical space. On Thursday, Sotira introduced Layer, a high-end digital canvas engineered specifically to showcase cutting-edge digital art […]
Meta is under fire once again—this time from its own Oversight Board—for not doing enough to stop the spread of AI-generated deepfake scams featuring celebrities on its platforms. In a new ruling, the board criticized Meta for allowing scam content that uses deepfakes of public figures to flourish, accusing the company of failing to enforce […]
Google is enhancing Gemini’s capabilities, positioning it as an even more helpful AI assistant. The company has begun rolling out a new feature called “scheduled actions” for users subscribed to the AI Pro and AI Ultra plans. With scheduled actions, users can ask Gemini to carry out specific tasks at set times—like delivering a daily […]
EleutherAI, a prominent AI research group, has released a massive new dataset designed for training AI models using only licensed and public domain content. Named Common Pile v0.1, the dataset spans a staggering 8 terabytes and represents a collaborative effort spanning nearly two years. Key contributors include AI startups like Poolside and Hugging Face, alongside […]
If the rise of AI feels unlike any previous tech revolution — think mobile, social media, or even cloud computing — that’s because it is. Venture capitalist Mary Meeker, famously dubbed the “Queen of the Internet” for her influential Internet Trends reports, just released a massive 340-page slideshow detailing the breakneck pace of AI development. […]
In a low-profile move, Google recently rolled out a new app that enables users to download and run AI models directly on their smartphones — without needing an internet connection. The app, called Google AI Edge Gallery, is currently available for Android, with an iOS version in the works. It gives users access to a […]
Google is bringing new AI capabilities to Drive, making it easier than ever for Workspace users to understand the contents of their saved videos—without watching them. The Gemini AI, which already summarizes documents and PDFs in Google Drive, can now do the same for video files. This update means you can ask Gemini to pull […]
In a classic underdog triumph, a group of undergraduates from Purdue University has built a robot that obliterated the world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube—surpassing the previous titleholder, engineering powerhouse Mitsubishi. Their creation, dubbed Purdubik’s Cube, cracked the colorful puzzle in a mind-blowing 0.103 seconds. That’s nearly three times faster than the prior record […]