Elon Musk’s ‘Anti-Woke’ AI Is Here, Snowflakes Need Not Apply
Elon Musk’s snarky, anti-woke chatbot, Grok, started rolling out to X Premium Plus users on Thursday. X users who paid $16 a month, or $22 via the app, for a…
Apple Scurries Onto the AI Stage With Too Little, Too Late
Google’s launch of Gemini yesterday was like a bellowing announcement that a new king has arrived in the AI space, but Apple had its own AI launch, or more like…
Climate Groups to Biden: AI Will Worsen Climate Change Crisis
An open letter to the White House from 17 major climate change and anti-disinformation groups says President Joe Biden and his administration have largely ignored the toll AI is already…
Our First Test of Meta’s AI Image Generator Was a Hilarious Flop
Screenshot: Meta Meta released a standalone AI image generator on Wednesday that will convert your text-based queries into fantastical, high-resolution images in mere seconds. The free tool, Imagine with Meta…
Google’s Gemini Turns Pixel 8 Pro Into a True AI Phone
If you’re the proud owner of a Google Pixel 8 Pro—or are soon to be one this holiday season—you’re about to be the latest guinea pig for the company’s big…
Microsoft’s AI Narration App Expands to Android for Blind Users
Photo: OpturaDesign (Shutterstock) Microsoft launched the Seeing AI app on Android devices Monday, expanding the free app that narrates the world to millions more blind and low-vision users. Seeing AI…
Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance, Promise to Be ‘Open’
Meta and IBM assembled the Avengers of open-sourced artificial intelligence on Tuesday to form the AI Alliance, taking on leaders in the space such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The…
Google’s ChatGPT Competitor Gemini Could Preview This Week
Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Google is reportedly set to virtually preview its generative AI competitor to ChatGPT, Gemini, as soon as this week, according to The Information Monday.…
Sam Altman’s Return, the Mysterious Q, and More of the Top AI News of the Week
Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) There’s been a lot of talk about AGI lately—artificial general intelligence—the much-coveted AI development goal that every company in Silicon Valley is currently racing to…
Generating AI Images Uses as Much Energy as Charging Your Phone, Study Finds
Creating images with generative AI could use as much energy as charging your smartphone according to a new study Friday that measures the environmental impact of generative AI models for…