Elon Musk Backs California Bill Mandating AI Model Safety Tests
Elon Musk is in favour of California's SB 1047 bill, which says that AI models must pass safety tests to keep people from getting hurt....
OpenAI Backs California’s Groundbreaking Bill to Tag AI-Generated Content
OpenAI supports a California bill that requires provenance data for AI-generated content to combat deepfakes, but it opposes a separate bill that imposes strict AI...
China’s Big Tech Boosts AI Spending, Defying US Trade Restrictions
Chinese tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu have spent a lot more on AI, defying US trade restrictions mostly on buying AI infrastructure and...
Google Hires Ex-Character AI Founder to Co-Lead AI Model Development
Google has named Noam Shazeer, co-founder of Character.AI, a technical lead for its Gemini AI project. This marks his return to the company after paying...
Opkey Secures $47M in Funding for AI-Powered ERP Testing Platform
Opkey, a platform that uses AI to automate the testing of ERP software, has raised $47 million in Series B funding. This demonstrates the increasing...
OpenAI Deals with The New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair for Exclusive Content Access
OpenAI has made a deal with Condé Nast to use content from its media brands in AI products like ChatGPT. This comes as publishers worry...
AI Boom Sends Data Center Water Usage Soaring to New Heights
The rapid growth of AI is causing data centers around the world to consume more water. Even though they use closed-loop systems, companies like Microsoft...
Trump’s AI Fakes Target Harris and Swift: The Intent Isn’t to Fool
Trump's AI-made pictures of Kamala Harris and Taylor Swift are humorous memes, not fakes, but they show how worried people are about AI's role in...