For years, the gaming industry seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut, with revenues rising to stratospheric heights on the backs of ever-more-immersive titles and the explosion of mobile gaming. However, as we enter the mid-2020s, there are growing signs that the…
Welcome to our weekly roundup of human-crafted AI news. This week OpenAI handed out API goodies. California’s AI safety bill got killed. And NVIDIA surprised us with a powerful open model. Let’s dig in. Here come the agents OpenAI didn’t…
OpenAI didn’t release any new models at its Dev Day event but new API features will excite developers who want to use their models to build powerful apps. OpenAI has had a tough few weeks with its CTO, Mira Murati,…
The European Commission has kicked off its project to develop the first-ever General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, and it’s tied closely to the recently passed EU AI Act. The Code is aimed at setting some clear ground rules for AI…
AI companies in California breathed a collective sigh of relief as Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the SB 1047 AI safety bill that the State Senate passed earlier this month. The controversial bill would mandate additional safety checks for AI models…
Alibaba Cloud recently released over 100 new open-source models in its Qwen 2.5 family. These models range in size from 0.5 to 72 billion parameters and handle tasks from coding to math in 29 different languages. The company’s Tongyi model,…
Welcome to our roundup of this week’s hottest AI news. This week ChatGPT finally found its voice. Microsoft looks to a nuclear meltdown site for power. And Chinese AI seems unstoppable. Let’s dig in. It speaks! OpenAI is finally rolling…
OpenAI is finally rolling out its voice assistant to ChatGPT Plus subscribers but it’s missing some of the features the company showcased in its original demonstration. Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) was first demonstrated in May but concerns over safety alignment…
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan will travel to Washington on Monday for a landmark meeting with US President Joe Biden. This is the first-ever UAE presidential visit to the US capital in seven years, and AI is at…
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released an updated draft definition of what constitutes open-source AI and says Meta’s models don’t qualify despite the company’s claims. Mark Zuckerberg has been vocal about Meta’s commitment to what he says is open-source…
Google Research has released the Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal Dataset, a project that tracks building changes across the Global South from 2016 to 2023. This exceptionally detailed dataset offers a dynamic, year-by-year view of urbanization. It captures building construction, growth,…
Alibaba released more than 100 open-source AI models including Qwen 2.5 72B which beats other open-source models in math and coding benchmarks. Much of the AI industry’s attention in open-source models has been on Meta’s efforts with Llama 3, but…
The 2024 Nature Index supplement on Artificial Intelligence, released this week, reveals a scientific world in the throes of an AI-driven paradigm shift. This annual report, published by the journal Nature, tracks high-quality science by measuring research outputs in 82…
Microsoft has announced an energy deal to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Constellation Energy, the plant’s current owner, is now set to bring Unit 1 back online for Microsoft. That…
Welcome to this week’s roundup of AI news made by humans, for humans. This week, OpenAI told us that it’s pretty sure o1 is kinda safe. Microsoft gave Copilot a big boost. And a chatbot can cure your belief in…