OpenAI Testing Google Competitor SearchGPT
OpenAI is currently testing a temporary prototype called SearchGPT that appears to be a direct competitor to Google. The artificial intelligence research organization behind ChatGPT detailed their new...
View ArticleSurprisingly, Google Is Thriving In The GenAI Era | Commentary
If not dead, Google was supposed to be in a tailspin by now. The rise of generative AI promised new, improved ways to seek and investigate information online. And the old keeper of blue links was...
View Article‘Halo’ Video Game Studio Bungie Lays Off 17% of Staff, Restructures...
Bungie, the Sony-owned video game studio behind “Halo” and “Destiny,” is laying off 220 employees, or roughly 17% of its workforce, CEO Pete Parsons announced Wednesday. “Due to rising costs of...
View ArticleMeta’s Push Into AI Development Shows Promise With 73% Surge in Net Income
As Meta Platforms spends tens of billions of dollars to develop AI, the company’s core apps business is booming. The tech giant reported that its fiscal second quarter net income soared by 73% to...
View ArticleApple Reports Record Q3 Revenue of $85.8 Billion, With AI Expansion on the...
Apple is continuing to break ground on its AI integration with their line of products and services, as the tech giant reported record revenues in the fiscal third quarter of 2024 of $85.8 billion, a...
View ArticleThis Professor Has a Path Toward Human-Level AI. It Isn’t LLMs. | Commentary
In Deepak Pathak’s telling, nobody is building human-level artificial intelligence with language alone. You could train a large language model on billions of descriptions of gravity, but it would...
View ArticleMeta Offers Millions to Awkwafina, Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key to Use...
Facebook parent company Meta is in talks with name talent including Judi Dench, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key and others to use their voices for the company’s MetaAI assistant, according to media...
View ArticleElon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against Open AI, Accuses Sam Altman of...
Elon Musk has revived his lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing Sam Altman of constructing a “Shakespearean” web of deceit in its pivot to a for-profit model that includes its partnership with Microsoft....
View ArticleGoogle Broke Antitrust Laws to Hold Online Search Monopoly, Court Rules
For the first time in over 20 years, the American government has won an antitrust claim against a tech giant. A federal judge ruled Monday that Google did indeed break antitrust laws in an effort to...
View ArticleX to Delete Its San Francisco Office After 18 Years
Elon Musk’s X, a San Francisco-based company since its founding as Twitter 18 years ago, will permanently vacate its office by the Bay in the coming weeks, the New York Times reported Monday. Some...
View ArticleZiff Davis to Buy CNET for $100 Million
Tech-focused website CNET is changing hands yet again. Media giant Ziff Davis plans to purchase the outlet for $100 million from Red Ventures, Ziff Davis’ CEO Vivek Shah told the New York Times on...
View ArticleElon Musk’s X Sues Advertiser Group for ‘Massive Boycott,’ Seeks Billions in...
Elon Musk’s X has sued a large group of influential and deep-pocketed advertisers including Unilever and Mars, alleging they illegally conspired to boycott the social media platform following the...
View ArticleDisney, Fortnite Set D23 Live Showcase to Reveal Game Updates After $1.5...
Now that Fortnite has wrapped its “Pirates of the Caribbean” quest line collaboration, Epic is already planning its next Disney crossover as Chapter 5, Season 3 comes to an end. The companies...
View ArticleNews Outlets Receive Hacked Trump Campaign Material, but Refrain From Publishing
Multiple media outlets were leaked internal material from Donald Trump’s campaign, including vetting information about JD Vance, though outlets including the New York Times and the Washington Post...
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California Lawmakers Set to Scrap Legislation Requiring Big Tech to Pay for...
State lawmakers are preparing to ditch proposed legislation that would require big tech companies to pay for California-based news outlets’ content in favor of a $172.5 million payout from Google...
View ArticleAcademy Investigating 11 Areas for Scientific and Technical Awards Consideration
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday it is taking a deeper look at 11 scientific and technical areas ahead of the Scientific and Technical Awards, which are set to take...
View ArticleCondé Nast Partners With OpenAI to Let ChatGPT Surface Work From Vanity Fair,...
Condé Nast is partnering with OpenAI in a multiyear deal that will allow Sam Altman’s AI tech giant behind ChatGPT and its SearchGPT prototype to surface work from brands like Vanity Fair, Vogue and...
View ArticleSean ‘Diddy’ Combs Invested in Elon Musk’s X Before Abuse and Sex Trafficking...
Sean “Diddy” Combs invested in owner Elon Musk’s launch of X, unsealed court documents related to a lawsuit from former Twitter employees, revealed Wednesday. The business dealings came well ahead of...
View ArticleGoogle’s $250 Million Deal for California Newsrooms Should Pilot How to...
The Society of Professional Journalists said Thursday that Google’s commitment to a $250 million plan supporting California newsrooms should be an example for other states on how to “bolster local...
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Russian Oligarchs’ Investments in Elon Musk’s X Raise Questions About...
Elon Musk faces questions about his ties to two Russian oligarchs after a court document revealed investors in the billionaire’s acquisition of Twitter, now X. The reveal came after a federal court...
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