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...

Can you do better than top-level AI models on these basic vision tests?

Abstract analysis that is trivial for humans often stymies GPT-4o, Gemini, and Sonnet. In the last couple of years, we've seen amazingadvancements in AI systems when it...

Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

Scientists struggle to define consciousness, AI or otherwise. Advances in artificial intelligence are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between uniquely human behaviors and those...

OpenAI board shake-up: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny

Microsoft gives up non-voting observer board role; Apple rethinks a planned similar position. Microsoft has withdrawn from its non-voting observer role on OpenAI's board, while...

ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text

The app was updated to address the issue after it gained public attention. OpenAI announced its Mac desktop app for ChatGPT with a lot of...

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns. Human Rights Watch (HRW) continues to reveal how photos of real children casually posted...

The telltale words that could identify generative AI text

New paper counts "excess words" that started appearing more often in the post-LLM era. Thus far, even AI companies have had trouble coming up with...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all users

It supports pretty much everything but API calls. OpenAI's official ChatGPT app for macOS is now available to all users for the first time, provided they're running...

Researchers describe how to tell if ChatGPT is confabulating

Finding out whether the AI is uncertain about facts or phrasing is the key. It's one of the world's worst-kept secrets that large language models...

Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company

Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to safely build AI far beyond human capability. On Wednesday, former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever announced he is forming a...

Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters to life

New Gen-3 Alpha AI video generator can create detailed humans and surreal situations. Enlarge / Screen capture of a Runway Gen-3 Alpha video generated with the prompt...

Microsoft delays Recall again, won’t debut it with new Copilot+ PCs after all

Recall will go through Windows Insider pipeline like any other Windows feature. Enlarge / Recall is part of Microsoft's Copilot+ PC program. Microsoft will be delaying its controversial...

Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes

Apple thinks pushing OpenAI’s brand to hundreds of millions is worth more than money. Enlarge On Monday, Apple announced it would be integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT AI assistant into...

Breaking: Elon Musk drops claims that OpenAI abandoned mission

Musk previously hoped a jury would award maximum punitive damages. While Musk has spent much of today loudly criticizing the Apple/OpenAI deal, he also sought to...

How to build a DOA product: Humane AI Pin founders banned internal criticism

Questioning the design and dev progress was apparently "against company policy." The Humane AI Pin has launched, crashed, and burned, with founders already looking to sell the company just...