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AI startup Perplexity accused of 'directly ripping off' news outlets like Forbes, CNBC without proper credit
Popular up-and-coming AI startup Perplexity has been “directly ripping off” articles written by news outlets such as CNBC and Forbes without giving proper credit or attribution, according to a scathing...
Google's 'AI Overviews' advises adding glue to pizza sauce, lists 'health benefits' of tobacco for tweens: 'Disaster'
“Mixing cheese into the sauce helps add moisture to the cheese and dry out the sauce,” Google’s AI Overview said. “You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue...
CEO of world's biggest advertising agency falls victim to elaborate deepfake scam
The CEO of WPP fell victim to an elaborate deepfake scam that involved voice cloning the boss to solicit money and personal details from the company's workforce.
Zuckerberg's Meta releases early versions of Llama 3 AI model in bid to catch ChatGPT
The updated Meta AI assistant will be given more prominent billing within Meta's Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps as well as a new standalone website that positions it to compete more directly...
Tech exec predicts 'AI girlfriends' will create $1B business: 'Comfort at the end of the day'
Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout, shared that he met a man in Miami who "admitted to me that he spends $10,000/month" on "AI girlfriends."
I used ChatGPT to score over 5K Tinder matches — now I'm engaged to a woman who talked to a bot
“I proposed to a girl with whom ChatGPT had been communicating for me for a year,” said the 23-year-old software developer.
Gen Z is 'falling for' ChatGPT's dark alter ego DAN after it reveals 'naughty' sex fantasies
Some users are developing crushes on the flirty macho male voice, comparing it to a digital Christian Grey with steamy "Fifty Shades of Grey" tendencies. "I think I'm low-key falling...
Google's 'woke' AI image chatbot still isn't fixed -- and critics blame CEO Sundar Pichai: 'Should be at incredible risk'
Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik said Google’s most recent failure “only further raises increasingly louder questions around whether this is the right management team to guide Google into this next era.”
New York City defends AI chatbot that advised entrepreneurs to break laws
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is defending the city's new artificial intelligence chatbot that has been caught in recent days giving business owners wrong answers or advice that, if...
Musk's xAI launches new version of Grok chatbot that can code and do math
The artificial intelligence startup announced that it's releasing an upgraded version of its ChatGPT-rival chatbot Grok that will be able to code and do math-related tasks.
Microsoft hires renowned DeepMind founder who has warned AI could cause 'catastrophe on an unimaginable scale'
Mustafa Suleyman, 39, will report directly to Microsoft boss Satya Nadella.
Apple in talks to use Google Gemini AI on iPhones despite 'woke' images, antitrust concerns: report
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company wants to license Google Gemini for some of the new AI features set for release on its iOS operating system later this year.
Google bans AI chatbot Gemini from answering election questions: 'Try Google Search'
Aside from the United States, national elections are set to be held in several large countries including South Africa and India, the world's largest democracy.
Elon Musk's xAI to release its Grok chatbot source code as feud with Sam Altman heats up: 'OpenAI is a lie'
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will open-source the code for its snarky Grok chatbot "this week," its billionaire founder said. The move makes Grok's source code freely available --...
Nvidia CEO predicts AI will be able to pass 'every single test' in five years, as firm hits $2T milestone
As of now, AI can pass tests such as legal bar exams, but still struggles on specialized medical tests such as gastroenterology.
Elon Musk's xAI startup targets valuation as high as $20B: sources
Musk is raising the funds at a valuation that would likely be between $10 billion and $20 billion for the company behind the snarky chatbot Grok.
Meta seeks to 'loosen up' AI chatbot with better answers to contentious questions: report
The effort comes as rival Google paused the image-generation feature on its Gemini AI after it produced historical images which were sometimes inaccurate.
Google CEO blasts Gemini chatbot's 'woke' AI disaster as 'completely unacceptable'
“I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias – to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong,” Pichai said.
Chatbots' inaccurate, misleading responses about U.S. elections threaten to keep voters from polls
With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are generating false and misleading information that threatens to disenfranchise voters, according to a report published Tuesday.
Google parent loses $70B in market value after 'woke' AI chatbot disaster
The chatbot’s bizarre behavior could fuel public concerns that Google is “an unreliable source for AI,” Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes said.