The 13 best unlocked phone deals in Best Buy’s 3-day sale

The 13 best unlocked phone deals in Best Buy’s 3-day sale

If you haven’t upgraded your phone in a few years, then this 3-day sale from Best Buy is the perfect opportunity to do so. You can take advantage of dozens of unlocked phone deals on everything from budget-friendly phones that cost less than a couple of hundred dollars to high-end folding phones. Whatever it is, … Read more

Google faces controversy over edited Gemini AI demo video

Google faces controversy over edited Gemini AI demo video

Google is facing scrutiny over its demonstration video for its newly launched artificial intelligence model, Gemini. On Wednesday, just weeks before the year’s end, Google launched what it considers its largest and most capable AI model Gemini and presented a demonstrative video to media outlets and the public. The six-minute video includes spoken conversations between … Read more

Google weighing ‘Project Ellmann,’ uses Gemini AI to tell life stories

Google weighing ‘Project Ellmann,’ uses Gemini AI to tell life stories

A team at Google has proposed using artificial intelligence technology to create a “bird’s-eye” view of users’ lives using mobile phone data such as photographs and searches. Dubbed “Project Ellmann,” after biographer and literary critic Richard David Ellmann, the idea would be to use LLMs like Gemini to ingest search results, spot patterns in a … Read more

Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI faces initial review from UK CMA

Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI faces initial review from UK CMA

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.K.’s competition watchdog has opened an initial review into Microsoft’s mammoth investment into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, making it the first major regulator to flag potential competition concerns over the tech giant’s relationship with one of the most important artificial intelligence companies today. The Competition and Markets Authority … Read more

Microsoft’s president meets with the Chinese government to talk AI

Microsoft’s president meets with the Chinese government to talk AI

Microsoft CEO Brad Smith participates in a meeting at The Westin Palace Hotel, on 20 May, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Cezaro De Luca | Europa Press | Getty Images Microsoft President Brad Smith met with China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao on Wednesday to discuss topics ranging from artificial intelligence to trade relations between Washington … Read more

Waymo chief product officer on progress, competition vs Cruise

Waymo chief product officer on progress, competition vs Cruise

Passengers ride in an electric Waymo full self-driving technology in Santa Monica Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Waymo, Alphabet‘s self-driving car unit, is having a relatively good couple of months – at least, compared to one of its key rivals: GM‘s Cruise.  Formerly known as the Google self-driving car project … Read more