AI

Google is about to make Gemini a core part of Workspaces—with price changes

New plans will be cheaper for those who want Gemini, pricier for those who don't. The Google Gemini logo. Credit: Google Google has added AI features to its regular Workspace accounts for...

AI could create 78 million more jobs than it eliminates by 2030—report

As AGI talk sparks job loss fears, new WEF report projects AI-driven net job...

You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs

Op-ed: AI has been a cure for $1,600 computers that start with 8GB of...

OpenAI defends for-profit shift as critical to sustain humanitarian mission

Elon Musk may be the last obstacle to stop OpenAI’s for-profit shift. Credit: Anadolu / Contributor...

OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models

o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks. Credit: Benj...

ChatGPT hits 200 million active weekly users, but how many will admit using it?

Despite corporate prohibitions on AI use, people flock to the chatbot in record numbers. On Thursday, OpenAI said that ChatGPT has attracted over 200 million weekly active...

New Geekbench AI benchmark can test the performance of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Performance test comes out of beta as NPUs become standard equipment in PCs. Neural processing units (NPUs) are becoming commonplace in chips from Intel and...

Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime

Facing time constraints, Sakana's "AI Scientist" attempted to change limits placed by researchers. On Tuesday, Tokyo-based AI research firm Sakana AI announced a new AI system called...

ChatGPT unexpectedly began speaking in a user’s cloned voice during testing

Woolf: "OpenAI just leaked the plot of Black Mirror's next season." On Thursday, OpenAI released the "system card" for ChatGPT's new GPT-4o AI model that details model...

Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines

De Kraker: "If OpenAI is right on the verge of AGI, why do prominent people keep leaving?" Over the past week, OpenAI experienced a significant...

Google pulls its terrible pro-AI “Dear Sydney” ad after backlash

Taking the "human" out of "human communication." Have you seen Google's "Dear Sydney" ad? The one where a young girl wants to write a fan letter...

Sam Altman accused of being shady about OpenAI’s safety efforts

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed to explain recent changes to safety efforts. OpenAI is facing increasing pressure to prove it's not hiding AI risks after...

Next-gen Intel Core Ultra chips with boosted GPU and NPU are coming in September

Lunar Lake will be Intel's response to Ryzen AI and Snapdragon X Elite chips. Intel announced today that it plans to launch its next-generation Core Ultra...

Nothing’s new AI widget is trying to make its CFO a news star

Its news app is available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus. Nothing has a new smartphone—the Phone (2a) Plus—nearly...

Blocking AI bots from Microsoft, others has been “pain in the a**”: Reddit CEO

Steve Huffman says companies must pay to scrape Reddit data. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is standing by Reddit’s decision to block companies from scraping the...

“AI toothbrushes” are coming for your teeth—and your data

App-connected toothbrushes bring new privacy concerns to the bathroom. One of the most unlikely passengers on the AI gadgets hype train is the toothbrush. With claims of...

We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands

Gen-3 Alpha produces wild and whimsical results. Here's what it cooked up for us. In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha....

Google, its cat fully escaped from bag, shows off the Pixel 9 Pro weeks early

Upcoming phone is teased with an AI breakup letter to "the same old thing." After every one of its house-brand phones, and even its new...

OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, which will replace GPT-3.5 in ChatGPT

Lower-cost AI language model will be free for ChatGPT users. On Thursday, OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4o mini, a new, smaller version of its latest GPT-4o AI...