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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
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Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States
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 their premises
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
European IT Spending To Grow 9 Percent In 2024, Says Gartner
Gartner forecasts European IT spending to rise next year, with software and IT services segments to see the most growth
Industrial Robot Crushes Man To Death
Rise of the machines? Factory worker at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea killed by industrial robot
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
GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident
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
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 advertisements
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
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
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
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 founding
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
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
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 US and China
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
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 AI threats
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 serious injuries
AI Safety Summit 2023: Who Is Attending Summit At Bletchley Park?
World's first AI summit begins at Bletchley Park, with PM Rishi Sunak, US Vice-President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk among those attending
Nvidia Shares Sink On Report Of $5bn China AI Chip Cancellations
Nvidia's shares tumble on report that it may be forced to cancel $5bn worth of AI chips destined for China under new US export restrictions
UN Seeks International AI Consensus With New Body
UN tech envoy says interim report on artificial intelligence (AI) should stimulate international debate on governance of the tech
Elon Musk Plans Live Interview With Rishi Sunak On AI
Prime minister Rishi Sunak to hold live interview with Elon Musk on X, formerly Twitter, after Thursday's session of summit on AI risks
Nonprofit Plans To Lease 24,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs For AI
Nonprofit Voltage Park, backed by crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, plans to lease Nvidia GPUs to ease shortage of AI training resources
Biden Executive Order Sets Out AI Safeguards
Biden administration executive order looks to rein in potential security and social problems around AI while developing for benefits
G7 Nations Agree To Voluntary AI Guidelines
G7 nations set to agree to voluntary guidelines on artificial intelligence (AI) as countries continue to work on regulation
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