AI
Google brings AI answers to map applications
Alphabet’s Google on Thursday announced a set of features that incorporated Gemini, its artificial intelligence chatbot, into its suite of mapping applications.
AI
Google’s Nobel prize winners stir debate over AI research
The award of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company’s research dominance.
Adam Kovacevich
US plan to break up Google’s search dominance threatens profit engine, AI growth
The U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed remedies to break up Google’s search dominance could weaken its main profit engine and stall its advances in AI.
AI
Meta, challenging OpenAI, announces new AI model that can generate video with sound
Meta announced it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts.
AI
Microsoft revamps AI Copilot with new voice, reasoning capabilities
Microsoft has given Copilot a more amiable voice in its latest update, with the chatbot also capable of analyzing web pages.
actors' union
Hollywood union strikes deal for advertisers to replicate actors’ voices with AI
SAG-AFTRA announced a deal with online talent marketplace Narrativ that enables actors to sell advertisers rights to replicate their voices with artificial intelligence.
AI
OpenAI is a bigger threat to Google than US regulators
Google is facing a bigger threat from OpenAI even as it awaits a decision on how antitrust regulators in Washington plan to level the playing field in the internet search business.
Abril Elfi
Musk Files New Suit Against OpenAI And CEO Sam Altman
Elon Musk has filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman.
AI infrastructure
Musk to discuss $5 billion xAI investment with Tesla board
Elon Musk said he will discuss a $5 billion investment in AI startup xAI, as the EV maker looks to double down on efforts to expedite the development of its robotaxi and self-driving products.
AI code development
Financial industry grappling with AI’s gifts and perils, executives say
The spread of AI-based systems offers big opportunities for financial services firms, but asset managers face higher stakes because they manage sensitive information.