Google gives Chrome a revamp with three new generative AI features
AI has come for phones, planes, and automobiles – and now the Chrome browser. The first of these features is the Tab Organizer, an AI-driven tool…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
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The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of AI cyber threats
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has recently released a pivotal report, providing a thorough assessment of how AI is poised to influence the cyber…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Chatbots help lonely, suicidal students with mental health
Loneliness is a global epidemic with people increasingly relying on AI companions to fill the absence of human friends. Researchers from Stanford University found that students…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Google unveils Lumiere, a text-to-video diffusion model
Google Research unveiled Lumiere, a text-to-video diffusion model that creates remarkably realistic videos from text or image prompts. The still images generated by tools like Midjourney…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
The rise of “liar’s dividend” as AI deep fakes continue to trouble
As we hurtle towards crucial elections this year – no less the US election – we’re witnessing the evil twin of deep fake misinformation – “liar’s…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Innovative AI tool CognoSpeak promises faster dementia diagnosis
Researchers from the University of Sheffield, UK, developed CognoSpeak, an AI tool designed to accelerate the diagnosis of early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Backed…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Few companies apply New York’s new automated AI hiring law
New York City has become the first in the world to enact a law regulating the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs). Researchers from Cornell…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
FDA approves DermaSensor’s AI skin cancer detector
The FDA has given its approval for DermaSensor’s AI-powered handheld skin cancer detector to be sold in the US. Skin cancer is the most common cancer…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Robocall impersonating Joe Biden surfaces in New Hampshire
As election campaigns ramp up across the US, the state’s attorney general’s office in New Hampshire is investigating an AI-related robocall incident. This AI-generated call impersonated…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
UK parcel firm disables AI bot after it goes rogue
A disgruntled customer of UK parcel delivery company DPD got its customer service chatbot to misbehave to the point where the company had to take it…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read