Google Launches Gemma, a Family of Open-Source Lightweight AI Models for Developers

Google Launches Gemma, a Family of Open-Source Lightweight AI Models for Developers

Google released a new lightweight open-source family of artificial intelligence (AI) models called Gemma on Wednesday, February 21. Two variants of Gemma, Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B, have been made available to developers and researchers. The tech giant said it used the same technology and research for Gemma that it…

Adobe Introduces Generative AI Assistant That Can Summarise PDFs for Acrobat and Reader

Adobe Introduces Generative AI Assistant That Can Summarise PDFs for Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has announced generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features for its web client and desktop app of Acrobat. The software giant has added an AI Assistant that can do multiple tasks and help users easily understand and analyse large PDF files. One notable feature will summarise files and present it in…

Meizu Shuts Down Android Smartphone Business, Says Will Go All in on AI

Meizu Shuts Down Android Smartphone Business, Says Will Go All in on AI

Meizu, the Chinese consumer electronics brand, has officially announced its exit from the Android smartphone business. The company launched the Meizu 21 in China in November 2023, and it might now become its last traditional phone to hit the market. The brand also revealed that it will now be focusing…

WhatsApp Introduces Helpline in India to Diminish AI-Generated Misinformation, Deepfakes

WhatsApp Introduces Helpline in India to Diminish AI-Generated Misinformation, Deepfakes

WhatsApp will soon get an important safety feature that will help users in India avoid misinformation, especially those generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and deepfakes. Meta and the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) announced on Monday that they will soon launch a helpline on WhatsApp where users will be able to…

Google Unveils Gemini 1.5, Meta Introduces Predictive Visual Machine Learning Model V-JEPA

Google Unveils Gemini 1.5, Meta Introduces Predictive Visual Machine Learning Model V-JEPA

Google and Meta made notable artificial intelligence (AI) announcements on Thursday, unveiling new models with significant advancements. The search giant unveiled Gemini 1.5, an updated AI model that comes with long-context understanding across different modalities. Meanwhile, Meta announced the release of its Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA) model, a…

OpenAI Unveils Sora, an AI-Powered Text-to-Video Generator Capable of Creating One-Minute-Long Clips

OpenAI Unveils Sora, an AI-Powered Text-to-Video Generator Capable of Creating One-Minute-Long Clips

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, introduced its first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered text-to-video generation model Sora on Thursday. The company claims it can generate up to 60-second-long videos. This is longer than any of its competitors in the segment, including Google’s Lumiere, which was unveiled last month. Sora is currently available…

Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot

Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot

Apple Inc., racing to add more artificial intelligence capabilities, is nearing the completion of a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft Corp. The company has been working on the tool for the last year as part of the next major version of…

Google Gemini App on Android, Gemini Toggle on iOS Rolling Out in India and Other Countries

Google Gemini App on Android, Gemini Toggle on iOS Rolling Out in India and Other Countries

Google has started rolling out its Gemini app on Android to users in India. While there’s no dedicated app on iOS, iPhone owners will be able to see a toggle on the top of the Google app, allowing them to enable and utlise the features of the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered…

Google’s Duet AI Features Testing on Gmail, Docs and Drive Expands to More Users: Report

Google’s Duet AI Features Testing on Gmail, Docs and Drive Expands to More Users: Report

Google has reportedly expanded testing for its Duet AI artificial intelligence (AI)-powered real-time collaborator for Google’s online services including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Duet AI was first unveiled by the tech giant during the Google I/O 2023, and since then it has been in…

Microsoft Previews AI Features for Notepad, Snipping Tool Improvements in Windows 11

Microsoft Previews AI Features for Notepad, Snipping Tool Improvements in Windows 11

Microsoft is previewing new features for Windows 11, with a special focus on Notepad. Last year, the company began adding its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the Windows operating system. Copilot on Windows 11 exists both as a chatbot and as special features inside apps such as Paint, Photos, Clipchamp,…