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China’s answer to OpenAI’s Sora: new video generator boasts 30B parameters
A Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company has revealed its homegrown text-to-video model like OpenAI’s Sora – just newer and potentially with more parameters.
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AI hallucinations in court papers spell trouble for lawyers
US personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get you fired.
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Former OpenAI tech chief Murati launches AI startup, poaching staff from ChatGPT maker
Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati launched an AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab.
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OpenAI study proves LLMs still behind human engineers in over 1400 real-world tasks
OpenAI is testing AI models by evaluating benchmarks using over 1,400 actual freelance engineering tasks found on Upwork. The results prove that LLMs aren't quite ready for the real world yet.
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Baidu, Tencent embrace DeepSeek as China’s AI race heat up
Some of China's biggest companies, including Baidu and Tencent, the owner of the WeChat super-app, have announced DeepSeek integration while also developing their own models.
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Musk’s xAI releases Grok 3 models, claims superiority against competitors
The Grok 3 family of models will power Deep Search, allowing users to do multi-step research.
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Japanese artist exhibits chained robot dog programmed to attack people
An exhibition in a Tokyo gallery featuring a chained robot dog trying to break free and attack visitors has sparked strong reactions, with some calling it “abuse.”
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New downloads of DeepSeek suspended in South Korea
South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into account some of the agency's rules on protecting personal data.
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OpenAI board rejects Musk's $97.4 billion offer
OpenAI rejected a $97.4 billion bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker
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What happens to tech leadership when teams manage themselves
With AI automating workflows and teams managing themselves, will tech leaders become obsolete – or evolve into the architects of a new era of leadership?
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Here’s how AI will transform wealth management, according to Microsoft executive
Artificial intelligence will bring major upheaval to wealth management, a Microsoft executive said, as the technology's potential to process information vastly reduces the hurdles required to compete with established banks.
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Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source
Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up.
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Bollywood music labels seek to challenge OpenAI in India copyright lawsuit
A group of India's top Bollywood music labels, from T-Series to Saregama and Sony, is seeking to join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi, highlighting worries about improper use of recordings to train AI models, legal documents show.
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Google-backed Apptronik raises $350 million to scale humanoid robot production
Apptronik has raised $350 million in a funding round led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Alphabet's Google, to scale production of AI-powered humanoid robots.
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Scarlett Johansson warns of “1000-foot AI wave” following viral deepfake
Scarlett Johansson has had enough of non-consensual videos and images created using artificial intelligence (AI) and is urging legislators to clamp down on unauthorized AI usage.
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Musk reveals Grok 3 release date
Elon Musk said on Thursday his AI chatbot, and ChatGPT challenger, Grok 3, is in the final stages of development and will be released in about a week or two.
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Adobe launches AI video tool: 20 clips for $9.99
Adobe on Wednesday released the first public version of an artificial intelligence tool that can generate video clips.
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Apple teams up with Alibaba to bring AI features for iPhones in China, The Information reports
Apple is partnering with Alibaba to roll out artificial intelligence features for iPhone users in China.
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OpenAI denies using Indian media groups' content to train ChatGPT
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against the US company.
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Why heavy Claude users earn neither high nor low wages
An analysis of millions of conversations with Claude.ai reveals who uses AI most and how it correlates with one’s salary.
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