Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs In Alexa Division

More job layoffs again at Amazon's Alexa division, on top of the 27,000 jobs already let go in the past…

6 months ago

Autopilot Flaw Known By Tesla, Elon Musk, Judge Finds

US Judge finds “reasonable evidence” that Elon Musk and other Tesla managers knew of defect in Autopilot system

6 months ago

Sam Altman Reinstated As CEO, New OpenAI Board Appointed

Turbulent few days for OpenAI ends, after new board of directors is announced and Sam Altman returns as CEO

6 months ago

Nadella Calls For ‘Change’ At OpenAI Following Altman Ouster

Microsoft chief Satya Nadella calls for governance 'change' at OpenAI, leaves open Altman's possible return to company amidst staff revolt

6 months ago

Sam Altman Ouster Adds Fuel To EU AI Regulation Debate

Sam Altman's shock ouster from OpenAI adds renewed urgency to EU debate over regulation of powerful foundation models in upcoming…

6 months ago

Microsoft ‘Stronger’ After OpenAI Chaos, Altman Hire

Microsoft in a 'stronger' position after hiring Sam Altman, analysts say, as staff demand board resignations

6 months ago

OpenAI Staff Threaten To Resign Over Altman Sacking

Majority of OpenAI staff threaten to quit and join Microsoft unless current board resigns after shock ouster of former chief…

6 months ago

OpenAI’s Altman Courted Investors For AI Chip, Device

In weeks before his shock ouster from OpenAI Altman was reportedly looking to raise billions for an AI chip start-up…

6 months ago

Altman, Brockman Join Microsoft After Shock OpenAI Ouster

Former OpenAI chief Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman join Microsoft to lead new AI research team after chaotic weekend…

6 months ago

Shear Takes Over As OpenAI Interim Chief, Promises Independent Probe

Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear takes over as OpenAI interim chief executive after failed talks to bring back ousted Sam Altman

6 months ago

GM’s Cruise To Withdraw All Vehicles From Public Roads

Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States

6 months ago

Amazon Repurposes Astro Robot As Security Guard

Amazon is turning its Astro robot into a security guard to help businesses detect break-ins and provide 24x7 monitoring of…

6 months ago

OpenAI Says ChatGPT Outage Caused By DDoS Attack

Outage of OpenAI's ChatGPT service is being blamed on a DDoS attack by pro-Russian hacking group Anonymous Sudan

6 months ago

Industrial Robot Crushes Man To Death

Rise of the machines? Factory worker at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea killed by industrial robot

6 months ago

ChatGPT Back Online After “Major Outage”

OpenAI's ChatGPT service is back online after “major outage” on Wednesday afternoon that lasted just short of two hours

6 months ago

GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident

General Motors' self-driving division Cruise is recalling hundreds of vehicles after a highly publicised accident resulted in a critical injured…

6 months ago

Amazon Creates Team For ‘Olympus’ AI Model – Report

More AI moves by Amazon, amid report of hefty funding for development of large language model (LLM) to rival ChatGPT

6 months ago

Meta Restricts AI Tools For Political Ads In Deepfake Clampdown

Next year Meta says advertisers will have to disclose when AI tools are used for political, social or election related…

6 months ago

OpenAI Prepares GPT Store, Adds ‘Turbo’ GPT-4

OpenAI prepares GPT Store for customised GPTs, launches more powerful GPT-4 Turbo that can analyse 3,000 pages of text input

6 months ago

Baidu ‘Turns To Huawei’ For AI Chips

Baidu reportedly begins ordering AI chips from Huawei, as US export controls stimulate Chinese manufacturers to new advances

6 months ago

Japan’s NTT To Invest In US Driverless Car Start-Up

Japan telco NTT to invest in Toyota-backed US driverless car start-up May Mobility, citing 'momentum' around the tech

6 months ago

Chinese AI Start-Up Achieves $1bn Valuation In Eight Months

Beijing-based AI start-up 01.AI, founded by computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, valued at more than $1bn less than eight months after…

6 months ago

Musk’s xAI Launches ‘Grok’ Chatbot

Elon Musk says early version of xAI's Grok chatbot answers 'spicy questions', benefits from real-time access to X

6 months ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: Musk Tells PM AI Will End Work

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk sit down for a conversation in London as AI Safety Summit concludes

6 months ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: UK To Invest £225m For AI Supercomputer

UK government says it will invest £225m ($273m) for AI supercomputer as it seeks to bolster its AI credentials with…

6 months ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: UK, US, China, EU Sign Declaration Of AI’s Danger

Bletchley Declaration sees major nations all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potential catastrophic risk to humanity

6 months ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: Elon Musk Says Summit Seeks AI Referee

Elon Musk says summit seeks to establish “third-party referee” for AI companies, as Kamala Harris calls for “urgent action” on…

6 months ago

Tesla Wins US Trial Of Autopilot Fatal Crash

Victory for Tesla in first US trial that alleged its Autopilot driver system had resulted in fatal accident, and other…

6 months ago