AI News
Apple is reportedly working on an AI-powered doctor that’ll help users stay fit and healthy, and a revamped version of its Health app. The project, codenamed Project Mulberry, could arrive as soon as iOS 19.4 in the spring or summer of 2026, according to the latest from Bloomberg’
AI News
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI has launched a free AI agent that furthers the competitive landscape of the country’s burgeoning AI market. At a lunch event in Beijing on Monday, CEO Zhang Peng announced AutoGLM Rumination, which is designed to assist with deep research, web searches, travel planning
AI News
Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a $45 billion all-stock deal that includes $12 billion in debt. The transaction values X at $33 billion and xAI at $80 billion. Musk said the futures of the two companies are “intertwined” and that the
AI News
AI News
Fans of Studio Ghibli, the legendary Japanese animation studio behind classics like “Spirited Away,” were delighted this week by a new version of ChatGPT that enabled users to transform memes and personal photos into the distinctive style of founder Hayao Miyazaki. However, the trend raised ethical concerns about the use
AI News
H&M is planning to create digital doppelgängers for 30 models to generate marketing images, with the real-life models retaining the rights to their likenesses and the ability to license their digital twins to other brands. The fashion retailer plans to use AI-generated images of the models, while ensuring
AI News
In a recent appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show, Bill Gates reiterated his belief that AI will take over many human jobs. However, the Microsoft co-founder reckons there are still three professions that are relatively safe from the encroaching capabilities of generative AI and other machine learning technologies.
AI News
OpenAI is reportedly seeking to raise as much as $40 billion in a massive funding round aimed at boosting its valuation to $340 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports the SoftBank Group Corp. is leading the investment, which could see the Japanese conglomerate invest between $15 billion and $25 billion.
AI News
AI and data analytics company Databricks has formed a five-year strategic partnership with Anthropic AI. The two companies are teaming up to integrate Anthropic’s Claude AI models into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The integration will give Databricks customers access to the latest model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, via
AI News
A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can move forward with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. The media organisations are seeking to halt the use of their articles to train AI chatbots like ChatGPT. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of New
AI News
A California federal judge has denied a preliminary request from music publishers to block Anthropic from using lyrics from hundreds of songs to train its AI chatbot Claude. In a ruling on Saturday, U.S. District Judge Eumi Lee said the publishers’ request was too broad and didn’t show
AI News
OpenAI is undergoing a major reshuffle at the top with CEO Sam Altman handing over the day-to-day running of the company to COO Brad Lightcap. Altman is shifting his focus back towards research and product development, which opens the door for Lightcap to expand his responsibilities to include overseeing international