OpenAI’s Sam Altman Highlights Importance of Worldcoin Global Identity Project as AI Picks Pace

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Highlights Importance of Worldcoin Global Identity Project as AI Picks Pace

The buzz around the Worldcoin project rose and fizzled in days around August this year. Some much needed support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to this project, however, has propelled the Worldcoin initiative back onto the headlines. Altman was recently speaking in an interview when he lauded the concept of…

Intel Announces Core Ultra, Xeon Processors for PCs and Servers in Bid to Join AI Gold Rush

Intel Announces Core Ultra, Xeon Processors for PCs and Servers in Bid to Join AI Gold Rush

Intel, the biggest maker of personal computer processors, announced new chips for PCs and data centres that the company hopes will give it a bigger slice of the booming market for artificial intelligence hardware. The lineup includes updated Xeon server chips — the second overhaul of that processor in less…

Meta Rolls Out ‘Look and Ask With Meta AI’ Feature on Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, Announces Early Access Programme

Meta Rolls Out ‘Look and Ask With Meta AI’ Feature on Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, Announces Early Access Programme

Meta is now allowing select customers to put on its pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses and try out new bespectacled AI-powered experiences as part of an early access programme. The Facebook parent has announced initial user tests for the smart glasses and intends to gather feedback on new features ahead…

Google Mulling Gemini AI-Powered Chatbot to Tell Personal Life Stories Using Photos, Search Activity: Report

Google Mulling Gemini AI-Powered Chatbot to Tell Personal Life Stories Using Photos, Search Activity: Report

Google is considering the development of a new chatbot that is capable of telling the story of a user’s life based on their photos and search history, according to a recent CNBC report. The search giant could use large language models (LLMs), such as the recently unveiled multimodal Gemini model,…

Apple Releases Open Source MLX Framework for Efficient Machine Learning on Apple Silicon

Apple Releases Open Source MLX Framework for Efficient Machine Learning on Apple Silicon

Apple recently released MLX — or ML Explore — the company’s machine learning (ML) framework for Apple Silicon computers. The company’s latest framework is specifically designed to simplify the process of training and running ML models on computers that are powered by Apple’s M1, M2, and M3 series chips. The…

iPhone 16 to Get ‘Substantial’ Microphone Upgrade for Improved Siri Experience With AI Features: Ming-Chi Kuo

iPhone 16 to Get ‘Substantial’ Microphone Upgrade for Improved Siri Experience With AI Features: Ming-Chi Kuo

iPhone 16 is expected to arrive next year as the successor to the iPhone 15 series of smartphones, and while Apple’s next handsets aren’t expected to debut until the second half of 2024, details of their specifications have already begun to surface online. According to TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi…

Meta Brings Standalone Text-to-Image Generation Tool to Web; AI Enhancements to Instagram, Facebook

Meta Brings Standalone Text-to-Image Generation Tool to Web; AI Enhancements to Instagram, Facebook

Meta unveiled a host of new enhancements for its AI experiences across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp on Wednesday. The company’s virtual assistant, Meta AI, which was launched in September, will now give more detailed and accurate responses to queries. The Facebook parent is also expanding its text-to-image generation tool,…

OpenAI Postpones Launch of Custom GPT Store Announced at DevDay to Early 2024

OpenAI Postpones Launch of Custom GPT Store Announced at DevDay to Early 2024

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has delayed the launch of its custom GPT store until early 2024, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Friday. During its first developer conference in November, OpenAI introduced the custom GPTs and store, which were set to be launched later that month. The company…

Government Planning New Regulations for Hosting deepfakes: IT Minister

Government Planning New Regulations for Hosting deepfakes: IT Minister

The government is planning new regulations that may impose penalties on both creator and platform hosting deepfakes as it looks to clamp down on what IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishaw described as “a threat to democracy”.  Amid some celebrities reporting their faces being manipulated onto another video, new protection regulations being…

Sam Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO; Bret Taylor to Chair ChatGPT Board

Sam Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO; Bret Taylor to Chair ChatGPT Board

Sam Altman‘s return as OpenAI’s chief executive will strengthen his grip on the startup and may leave the ChatGPT creator with fewer checks on his power as the company introduces technology that could upend industries, corporate governance experts and analysts said. OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his…