AI

Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is here

As AI deepfakes sow doubt in legitimate media, anyone can claim something didn't happen. Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly...

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Gemini Live allows back-and-forth conversation, now free to all Android users. On Thursday, Google made Gemini...

OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini

New o1 language model can solve complex tasks iteratively, count R's in "strawberry." OpenAI finally...

Roblox announces AI tool for generating 3D game worlds from text

New AI feature aims to streamline game creation on popular online platform. On Friday, Roblox announced plans...

New AI model “learns” how to simulate Super Mario Bros. from video footage

Despite limitations, "MarioVGG" makers think AI video could one day replace game engines. <img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MarioVGG_output_grid.gif"...

OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

GPT-5 might be farther off than we thought, but OpenAI wants to make sure it is safe. On Monday, OpenAI announced the formation of a new "Safety...

Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good

The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google's AI Overview. If you're tired of Google's AI Overview extracting all value from the...

Next up in Google’s dramatic overhaul of search: AI Overview ads

Google turned search into an AI product, and now it's time to make money. Google's AI Overview is a complete transformation of what Google Search...

Big AI companies sign safety pledge

Promise not to deploy AIs if severe risks cannot be addressed and mitigated. Leading artificial intelligence companies have signed up to a new round of...

OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week

Sexy voices, departing employees, and NDA rumors have challenged the AI company. Since the launch of its latest AI language model, GPT-4o, OpenAI has found itself...

New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds." At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new...

What happened to OpenAI’s long-term AI risk team?

Former team members have either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups. In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that...

OpenAI will use Reddit posts to train ChatGPT under new deal

Reddit has been eager to sell data from user posts. Stuff posted on Reddit is getting incorporated into ChatGPT, Reddit and OpenAI announced on Thursday. The new...

OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts

Reddit gets access to OpenAI’s tech for building AI features, and OpenAI gets real-time access to Reddit posts that feed into ChatGPT. OpenAI has signed...

Google’s Gemini AI plan for schools promises extra data protection and privacy

Google is also improving Chromebook accessibility with features like a better magnifier that follows along as you read. Google will soon offer schools access to Gemini...

Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype

AI model updates galore at Google I/O, including 2M context window, Imagen 3, Veo, and more. Just one day after OpenAI revealed GPT-4o, which it bills...

AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails

Gmail will soon be able to summarize recent emails from a contact. Google's Gemini AI often just feels like a chatbot built into a text-input...

Google is “reimagining” search in “the Gemini era” with AI Overviews

What's the best pilates studio within walking distance that has new member Search is still important to Google, but soon it will change. At its...

Before launching, GPT-4o broke records on chatbot leaderboard under a secret name

Anonymous chatbot that mystified and frustrated experts was OpenAI's latest model. On Monday, OpenAI employee William Fedus confirmed on X that a mysterious chat-topping AI chatbot known as "gpt-chatbot"...