• The Download: new AI regulations, and a running robot

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and won’t) change After three years, the AI Act, the EU’s new sweeping AI law, jumped through its final bureaucratic hoop last week when the…

  • The Download: the problem with plug-in hybrids, and China’s AI talent

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The problem with plug-in hybrids? Their drivers. Plug-in hybrids are supposed to be the best of both worlds—the convenience of a gas-powered car with the climate benefits of a battery electric vehicle. But…

  • The Download: Africa’s AI regulation push, and how to fight denge

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Africa’s push to regulate AI starts now In Tanzania, farmers are using an AI-assisted app that works in their native language of Swahili to detect a devastating cassava disease before it spreads. In…

  • Speak AI Review: Is It the Best AI Meeting Assistant?

    By the end of this in-depth Speak Ai review you’ll know if this is the right AI meeting assistant tool for personal or professional needs. AI assistants that integrate with Google Meet to transcribe audio and video can simplify both your work and personal life. However, finding the right one and testing it can be […]

  • The Download: AI drugs, and how AI is improving soccer tactics

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A wave of drugs dreamed up by AI is on its way Alex Zhavoronkov has been messing around with artificial intelligence for more than a decade. In 2016, the programmer and physicist was…

  • Apple and China's Baidu have not agreed to an AI deal

    Despite previous reports of Apple having made a deal to use Baidu for its AI features in the region, Chinese media sources are now saying that no such deal has been made. Baidu logo The original reports came via local media in China, with two separate publications reporting the news. Now a short article in China Daily says that these earlier reports are simply not correct. Apple and Baidu have not agreed on AI cooperation, says the publication, and reports that the companies have made...

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    China tightens regulations on consumer finance companies

    China has tightened the screws on consumer finance companies, raising the capital limit for non-bank financial firms which provide small personal loans.

  • Meet Devin: The first AI software engineer

    Developed by Cognition Labs, Devin is an AI software engineer that can train other AI.

  • The Download: the future of AI moviemaking, and what to know about plug-in hybrids

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for generative video When OpenAI revealed its new generative video model, Sora, last month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to try it out. This week the company published the results:…

  • China Telecom shifts investment focus more towards AI

    With the bulk of its 5G investments behind it, China Telecom is ready to pump additional capital into its AI infrastructure and R&DIn 2024, it intends to spend

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    China's top political advisor meets Nepal's FM

    BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, chairman of the National

  • The Download: Adobe’s AI ambitions, and how work is changing

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Adobe’s bet on non-exploitative AI is paying off Since the beginning of the generative AI boom, there has been a fight over how large AI models are trained. In one camp sit…