imaginima/Getty Images Five telcos have inked a pact to build large language models (LLMs) customized to meet the needs of their industry as well as support multiple languages. The efforts will be driven by a new joint venture to be established by the telcos, comprising South Korea’s SK Telecom, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, Abu Dhabi’s e& … Read more
Automattic, the parent company of sites like WordPress and Tumblr, is in talks to sell content from its platforms to AI companies like MidJourney and OpenAI for training purposes, according to a new report from 404 Media Tuesday. And while the details of the deal are still sketchy, Automattic is trying to reassure users they … Read more
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Chinese companies are doing something rarely seen since the 1970s: setting up their own volunteer armies. At least 16 major Chinese firms, including a privately-owned dairy giant, have established … Read more
Major tech companies announced a new pact at the Munich Security Conference on Friday pledging to fight AI-generated fakes that are intended to deceive the public and influence elections. The press conference, which was livestreamed online, featured leaders from Big Tech firms who’ve been under immense pressure in recent years to address the misinformation that’s … Read more
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters A group of 20 leading tech companies on Friday announced a joint commitment to combat AI misinformation in 2024 elections. The industry is specifically targeting deepfakes, which use deceptive … Read more
On Thursday morning, news broke that someone was going around selling student data from the University of Michigan to tech workers that build AI chatbot tech. An employee at Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research hub, said they’d gotten an offer for recordings of lectures, student discussions, and office hours, as well as essays written … Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the Supermicro keynote presentation during the Computex conference in Taipei on June 1, 2023. Walid Berrazeg | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Investors have become so enamored with Nvidia’s artificial intelligence story that they want a piece of anything the chipmaker touches. On Wednesday, Nvidia disclosed in … Read more
Like the rest of the sunny South, Georgia has plenty of sunshine to make solar panels worth it. Its incentives lag other states, though, making it a less attractive option for homeowners looking to save money on their electric bills. Even still, the federal tax credit bolstered by the Inflation Reduction Act goes a long … Read more
A big pain point for electric vehicle owners could soon sting less, thanks to an announcement from the Jeep-, Ram-, and Chrysler-maker Stellantis—one of Detroit’s Big Three automakers. This week, the company said that it would add the Tesla-designed charging connection system, called the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, to its electric vehicles by … Read more
Artificial intelligence continues to make headlines, from the FCC banning AI-faked voices in robocalls, to Paul McCartney using AI to create the final Beatles song. AI has a presence in Sunday’s Super Bowl as well. It’s showing up in some of the famed commercials airing during the Kansas City Chiefs-San Francisco 49ers game. Some ads … Read more