Artificial intelligence benchmarking group MLCommons on Wednesday released a fresh set of tests and results that rate the speed at which top-of-the-line hardware can run AI applications and respond to users. The two new benchmarks added by MLCommons measure the speed at which the AI chips and systems can generate responses from the powerful AI … Read more
Screenshot: TikTok / Gizmodo Congressman Jeff Jackson’s latest TikTok video starts simply: “I apologize.” Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that could ultimately ban TikTok from the US. For many, it turned Jackson into enemy number one. The North Carolina Democrat spent the last year amassing 2.3 million followers on TikTok, leveraging … Read more
The generative AI tools provided by Huiwa, operated by Alibaba subsidiary Hangzhou Lianfan Information Technology, enable merchants to create both text and graphics content. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. A merchant, for example, can input a brief description of a product, which prompts the tool to create customised content for marketing and promotion. … Read more
The release of OpenAI’s text-to-video generator, Sora, has sent ripples through the Chinese tech landscape, eliciting a mixture of awe and concern. OpenAI’s latest advancement in artificial intelligence is the video generation tool Sora. According to a report by South China Morning Post, one Chinese entrepreneur called it a “Newton moment.” Yin Ye, CEO of … Read more
A number of new announcements rocked the tech world this week, from the launch of OpenAI’s text-to-AI generation model Sora to the unveiling of Google’s new Gemini 1.5 language model, but fear not, we’ve got you covered with all the top news in this week’s Tech Recap. OpenAI unveils its text to video generation mode, … Read more
Gemini Pro is now available for European users, a month after its US launch. ADVERTISEMENT Gemini Pro, one of Google’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) models, is now available for European users as an upgrade to Bard, the company has said. It’s a multimodal large model, meaning it can understand and combine different types of information … Read more
There was a lot going on in the tech world last week, with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai hinting at more layoffs in a memo to employees, while Microsoft CEO Sundar Pichai was deeply impressed by the launch of its new Rabbit R1 AI assistant. Here’s a round-up of the week’s top tech news stories. 1) … Read more
In just a few hours from now, the clock will strike 12 and the world will welcome the year 2024. It is an occasion to celebrate with friends and family and to prepare your New Year’s resolutions. But if you are away from your loved ones, it is also the time to reach out to … Read more
A lot went down in the world of tech in the last week from the passing of Telecommunications Bill 2023 in the Indian parliament to the global outage that affected X (formerly Twitter) and the launch of some key smartphones. Here’s a look at all that went down in the world of technology in the … Read more
News Technology Artificial Intelligence OpenAI outlines AI safety plan, allowing board to reverse decisions Microsoft-backed OpenAI will only deploy its latest technology if it is deemed safe in specific areas such as cybersecurity and nuclear threats. OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Artificial intelligence company OpenAI laid … Read more