AI Startup Lovo is being sued for its "Genny" AI generator by voice actors who provided voice samples and claimed the company deceived them.
Technology experts from Liberty Global, Microsoft and EY offered a different perspective on the potential dangers posed by AI, noting a lack of education about the technology could be as damaging as the potential to promote misinformation and deepfakes.
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Apple is planning to enhance its iPhone virtual assistant Siri with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, The New York Times reported citing three people familiar with the company's work. Th
Officials in the southern state of Tamil Nadu are using AI to monitor animal movement on tracks.
Some users have expressed a desire to disable this feature, citing a preference for seeing only traditional search results.
On search user forums in May 2024, discussions emerged regarding Google Search's AI Overviews, a feature that presents summaries of search results generated by artificial intelligence. While some users expressed interest in the feature, others inquired about disabling it.
Sony announced details of its forthcoming Xperia smartphone models, highlighting advanced image capture capabilities on its top tier offering and focusing on the two-day battery life of a release for the cheaper end of the market.
Edinburgh-based AI startup Malted has raised £6m to turn large language models (LLMs) into focused smaller models for enterprises. The startup was founded in 2023 looking to solve the problem that LLMs like ChatGPT are too broad and general with answers. Malted works with clients looking to benefit from generative AI by distilling the output […]
Norwegian startup 7Analytics has secured €4mn to help predict the next big flood or landslide. The Bergen-based outfit trains machine learning algorithms on vast quantities of data on everything from weather to land use. The AI then learns to predict how natural disasters will unfold with metre-scale accuracy. Whereas the weather forecast tells you when a storm is approaching, 7Analytics will tell you exactly how the water from this storm will travel through your community. These...
The UK's data watchdog chief is set to warn tech businesses that they must "bake in" data protection at every stage of developing artificial intelligence technologies in order to properly protect people's personal information.
Google’s annual developer conference begins on Tuesday.