Baidu CEO warns China’s rush to develop AI models risks wasting resources
By Yelin Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of one of China’s leading AI firms, Baidu, warned on Wednesday that the fervor rushing to develop large language…
Google in talks to invest in AI startup Character.AI
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Character.AI, as the fast-growing artificial intelligence chatbot startup seeks capital to train…
Meta bars political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta is barring political campaigns and advertisers in other regulated industries from using its new generative AI advertising products, a company…
Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to select group
By Akash Sriram and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) – Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence startup xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on Saturday, the billionaire and Tesla…
China, US and EU agree to work together on AI safety at UK summit
By Paul Sandle, Martin Coulter BLETCHLEY PARK, England (Reuters) – China agreed to work with the United States, European Union and other countries to collectively manage the risk from artificial…
Britain brings together political and tech leaders to talk AI
By Paul Sandle and Martin Coulter BLETCHLEY PARK, England (Reuters) – Britain will convene governments, academia and companies working at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence on Wednesday at the…
Google agrees to invest up to $2 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Alphabet‘s Google has agreed to invest up to $2 billion in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, a spokesperson for the startup said on Friday. The company has…
Generative AI, a new threat to cybersecurity
ChatGPT, Deepfakes, and more sophisticated phishing scams are the biggest dangers for companies, which must learn to master AI to defeat it. With ChatGPT4, the world has discovered the potential of generative…
Microsoft to spend $3.2b in Australia as AI regulation looms
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Microsoft said it will spend A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing abilities in Australia over two years as…
Top 5 high-profile company data breaches in 2023
The speed at which big or small businesses encounter data breaches is alarming. In 2023, many high-profile companies have fallen victim to hacking. Recent major cyberattacks have affected healthcare, finance, retail,…