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This article introduces the AILuminate Culturally-Specific Multimodal Benchmark, a pilot initiative to address performance and representation gaps in AI models across Asia Pacific by incorporating local cultural contexts and multimodal risks. It outlines the partnership model, milestones, and the need for culturally rooted safety evaluation.
You can chart a year through product launches, or you can measure it in the greater moments that change the way we look at AI.
Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg spoke out against the use of AI technology when used in creative endeavors in an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin on Friday.
AI agents are expected to soon start making autonomous purchasing and scheduling decisions on behalf of humans. But Michael Fanous, a UC Berkeley computer science graduate and former machine learning engineer at CareRev, argues that these agents are currently missing a critical piece of the puzzle:
With its Alpha series of game-playing AIs, Google’s DeepMind group seemed to have found a way for its AIs to tackle any game, mastering games like chess and Go by repeatedly playing itself during training.
In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings.
And then there were two: Of the original 11 co-founders who kickstarted xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain as the deep learning lab continues a personnel overhaul to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI.
Elon Musk has ordered another round of job cuts at xAI after growing frustrated with the poor performance of its coding product, forcing out several more cofounders and parachuting in “fixers” from SpaceX and Tesla to audit the startup. The latest overhaul of the 2-year-old startup follows the succe
Caller identity platform Truecaller recently launched a new feature that lets one person become an admin of a family group, get alerts about fraud calls received by other members, and even end a call on their behalf if they suspect a family member might get scammed. The company, which has over 450 m
Eighteen months after selling his startup to chipmaker AMD for $665 million, Finnish entrepreneur Peter Sarlin has left his role as CEO of the unit now known as AMD Silo AI.
Europe’s factory floors have a new kind of colleague. BMW Group has deployed humanoid robots in manufacturing in Germany for the first time, launching a pilot project at its Leipzig plant with AEON–a wheeled humanoid built by Hexagon Robotics. It is the first automotive deployment of AEON anywhere i
Human-made glass is thousands of years old. But it’s now poised to find its way into the AI chips used in the world’s newest and largest data centers.
E.SUN Bank is working with IBM to build clearer AI governance rules for how artificial intelligence can be used inside a bank. The effort reflects a wider shift in finance. Many firms already use AI for fraud checks and credit scoring, and some also use it to handle customer service queries.
heated dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic is raising new questions about how the startup’s technology is actually used inside the US military.
freaked out last week when Seamus Blackley, the original creator of Xbox, claimed the console was sunsetting in an interview with Gamesbeat.However, if you read the interview or his comments on Bluesky, you'll realize he meant that something at the core of Xbox feels off: The console he built is in
OpenClaw could make him rich, even though he didn’t really understand how the viral AI agent software worked. But he saw a video of a Chinese social media influencer demonstrating how it could be deployed to manage stock portfolios and make investment decisions autonomously.
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Defense official reveals how AI chatbots could be used for targeting decisions The US military might use generative AI systems to rank targets and recommend whic
have a Google addiction. If you click on a hyperlink in Google’s chatbot-style search tool, AI Mode, you are likely to be looped into another Google search, according to a new study from SE Ranking, a search engine optimization company.
Peacock is making a clear bet on two things: AI and mobile-first entertainment. Based on what the streamer previewed at a press event yesterday, Peacock’s mobile app is about to look a whole lot more like a mix of TikTok, a casual gaming hub, and a streaming service. From an AI-powered “Bravoverse”
SponsoredProvided byMicrosoft and NVIDIA For decades, manufacturers have pursued automation to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and stabilize operations.
