Tag: Open AI
Musk’s xAI buys social media platform X for $33 billion
Elon Musk has announced that his AI venture, xAI, has acquired his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in an all-stock transaction. The deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. Musk, who acquired X for $44 billion in 2022, stated the move aims to combine the data, models, compute, distribution, and…
Deepseek accused of sharing data with TikTok, ChatGPT to engage on ‘controversial
South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China. "We confirmed DeepSeek communicating with ByteDance," the South Korean data protection regulator told Yonhap News Agency. The country had already removed DeepSeek from app stores over the weekend over data protection concerns. The Chinese app caused shockwaves in the…
Snapchat most-used app for grooming, new search feature for ChatGPT
The messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children's charity the NSPCC. More than 7,000 Sexual Communication with a Child offences were recorded across the UK in the year to March 2024 - the highest number since the offence was created. Snapchat made up…
Apple ditches electric car project, Bitcoin hits $60,000 – first time since 2021
Apple is canceling its plans to build an electric car, according to multiple outlets, ending a secretive project that has consumed immense resources over the past decade. Executives from the company made the unexpected announcement during an internal team meeting on Tuesday, forecasting layoffs and telling employees that many of them would shift to working on…
Range Anxiety to be ‘thing of the past’, LG to announce 98inch TV at CES
Fear of running out of battery far from the nearest charging point is the stuff of nightmares for many electric car drivers. But so-called range anxiety will soon become a “thing of the past”, according to the AA, as the number of breakdown calls for low batteries plummeted this year. Only 2.3pc of emergency callouts…
Chat GPT dominates Gen AI sector with 60% market share, claims study
ChatGPT dominates the AI tool sector with an Average Usage Duration of 30 mins! It is most popular in the United States, followed by India and Brazil, indicating its broad international reach. Mobile devices are the preferred means of access for 58% of ChatGPT's users. The user base is mostly male, at 74.16%, revealing a…
Open AI boss Sam Altman joins Microsoft, electric Toyota Celica promised
Sam Altman is joining Microsoft, the tech-giant has announced, ending speculation he might return to OpenAI just 48 hours after his chaotic ousting. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Mr Altman would be joining Microsoft to lead "a new advanced AI research team". Meanwhile, ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will become OpenAI's…
Meta wants app stores to enforce age restrictions, Renault revives Twingo as budget EV
Meta has called for laws that would force app stores to get parental approval when a child downloads an app. The proposal would put app stores, like those run by Apple and Google, on the hook for implementing parental controls - rather than social media companies. Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, has faced criticism…
Apple enables spatial video recording, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 causes record ISP traffic
The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. Image: Apple This year’s iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max come with several exclusive features amongst which is the ability to shoot spatial video which can then be viewed on the Apple Vision Pro headset which is due to launch in early 2024. The feature was billed…
Over 1 in 3 researchers fear ‘nuclear-level AI catastrophe’, Stanford study finds
Data presented by Atlas VPN shows that more than a third of credible AI experts believe that AI will cause a nuclear-level catastrophe within this century. These findings are part of Stanford's 2023 Artificial Intelligence Index Report, released in April 2023. During the months of May and June 2022, a team of American researchers…
