In new world of AI, same old data privacy tradeoff for consumers

All the dominant technology companies are integrating generative AI into their online services, from Google to Meta, Microsoft and Apple. Google’s recent integrations of Bard, its chat-based AI tool, with a host of Google apps and services is one example of moving generative AI more directly into consumer life via text, image, and voice interactions. … Read more

Microsoft Is Betting Big On Generative AI’s Ability To Revolutionise Video Games

It looks like Microsoft is set to take the gaming industry by storm with the help of generative artificial intelligence (AI). As part of its plan, the Redmond-based tech giant recently announced an Xbox partnership with Inworld AI. In a blog post shared on the company’s official website, the general manager of gaming AI at … Read more

The first minds controlled by gen AI will live inside video games

A gamer uses a computer powered with an Nvidia Corp. chip at the Gamescon video games trade fair in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Gamescon runs until Sunday, Aug. 27. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s not just human life that will be remade by the … Read more

OpenAI rival Anthropic in talks to raise $750 million funding round

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Anthropic, the OpenAI rival founded by ex-OpenAI employees, is in talks to raise a $750 million funding round led by Menlo Ventures, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told CNBC. The round would value Anthropic at up to $18.4 billion, per the source familiar — nearly … Read more

Meta’s stock wrapping up record year, spurred by cost cuts

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Last year at this time, Meta was navigating a crisis of confidence that had pushed its stock price to its lowest since 2016. Sales were … Read more

Techno-optimists, doomsdayers and Silicon Valley’s riskiest AI debate

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 13: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks with reporters on his arrival to the Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images … Read more

How to stop Dropbox from sharing your personal files with OpenAI

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston speaks onstage during the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference at Pier 48 in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Dropbox | Getty Images If you’ve used any of Dropbox‘s artificial intelligence tools, some of your documents and files may have been shared with OpenAI. There’s a valid business … Read more

AI Could Be the Best or Worst Thing for Your Business in 2024

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A little over four years ago, I was collaborating on a project with a colleague who happened to be working on his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence. Our client was in the online education space and looking to build a program that could examine a student’s history of … Read more

Rakuten plans to launch its own AI model: CEO

The logo of Japanese tech giant Rakuten logo seen at the Mobile World Congress 2019. Paco Freire| SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Japan’s Rakuten plans to launch its own proprietary artificial intelligence language model, its CEO told CNBC in an interview that aired Monday. It comes as the fintech-to-e-commerce giant looks to join … Read more

EU agrees to first-of-its-kind comprehensive AI regulations

The European Union reached a deal Friday on the world’s first regulations for artificial intelligence (AI), paving the way for legal oversight of the popular technology used in services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The European Parliament and its 27 member countries had to overcome major differences on a number of sticking points, including generative AI and … Read more