Canada to Investigate Data Collection by ChatGPT Parent OpenAI Amid Privacy Concerns

Canada to Investigate Data Collection by ChatGPT Parent OpenAI Amid Privacy Concerns

Canadian privacy regulators are launching a joint investigation into ChatGPT-parent OpenAI’s data collection and usage, becoming the latest major government to take a closer look at the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The federal privacy regulator, along with counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta, will investigate if OpenAI…

Microsoft Beefs Up ChatGPT With Bing Search in Wide-Ranging AI Product Launch

Microsoft Beefs Up ChatGPT With Bing Search in Wide-Ranging AI Product Launch

Microsoft on Tuesday started making available to users a host of AI upgrades, including to ChatGPT, its search engine Bing as well as to cloud services – an expansive launch that seeks to narrow the gap with Alphabet‘s Google. Among key changes is the rollout of live search results from…

Intel Reveals Details on Its Plans to Make Chip for AI Computing by 2025 Against Rivals Nvidia, AMD

Intel Reveals Details on Its Plans to Make Chip for AI Computing by 2025 Against Rivals Nvidia, AMD

Intel on Monday provided a handful of new details on a chip for artificial intelligence (AI) computing it plans to introduce in 2025 as it shifts strategy to compete against Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. At a supercomputing conference in Germany on Monday, Intel said its forthcoming “Falcon Shores” chip will have…

TCS Partners With Google Cloud, Launches Generative AI

TCS Partners With Google Cloud, Launches Generative AI

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud and the launch of its new offering — TCS Generative AI which leverages Google Cloud’s generative AI services, to design and deploy custom-tailored business solutions.  Building on its domain knowledge across multiple verticals and investments, TCS has…

After ChatGPT, Italy’s Regulator Plans to Review Other Artificial Intelligence Platforms

After ChatGPT, Italy’s Regulator Plans to Review Other Artificial Intelligence Platforms

Italy’s data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee…

OpenAI Chief to Propose Mandatory License for Firms Building ChatGPT-Like Powerful AI at US Congress

OpenAI Chief to Propose Mandatory License for Firms Building ChatGPT-Like Powerful AI at US Congress

OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, wants the US to consider mandating licenses for companies to develop powerful artificial intelligence like the kind underpinning its chatbot, its chief executive plans to tell Congress on Tuesday. In his first appearance before a congressional panel, CEO Sam Altman is set to advocate licensing…

Amazon Plans to Add ChatGPT-style Conversational Product Search to its Online Store

Amazon Plans to Add ChatGPT-style Conversational Product Search to its Online Store

Amazon.com plans to bring ChatGPT-style product search to its web store, rivalling efforts by Microsoft and Google to weave generative artificial intelligence into their search engines. The e-commerce giant’s ambitions appear in recent job postings reviewed by Bloomberg News. One listing seeking a senior software development engineer says the company…

New Twitter CEO Appointment May Allow Elon Musk to Focus on Tesla, Remove Distraction

New Twitter CEO Appointment May Allow Elon Musk to Focus on Tesla, Remove Distraction

Elon Musk‘s selection of a new CEO for Twitter may remove a big distraction for the billionaire and allow him to focus more on Tesla, which has been struggling with a drop in demand for its electric vehicles, analysts said. Shares of the world’s most valuable electric vehicle maker, which…

Meta Joins Generative AI Race, Will Begin Testing AI-Powered Ads Tools to Create Content

Meta Joins Generative AI Race, Will Begin Testing AI-Powered Ads Tools to Create Content

Social media giant Meta Platforms joined the generative AI product race on Thursday, saying it would begin testing artificial intelligence-powered ad tools that can create content like image backgrounds and variations of written text. A select group of advertisers will be invited to experiment with the tools in a “testing…

OpenAI CEO to Testify Before US Senate Panel Next Week on Concerns Regarding AI Regulations

OpenAI CEO to Testify Before US Senate Panel Next Week on Concerns Regarding AI Regulations

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his first appearance before a Senate panel next week as the US Congress grapples with how best to regulate artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more powerful and widespread. Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology & the Law on…