Google’s AI to power virtual travel agent from Priceline
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Want a New York hotel near a Christmas market, a vegan restaurant, or another attraction? Look no further than artificial intelligence from Google at Priceline…
OpenAI CEO has no IPO plan due to ‘strange’ company structure
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has no plans to go public any time soon, Chief Executive Sam Altman said at a conference in…
Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data
By Kantaro Komiya and Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s privacy watchdog said on Friday it has warned OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, not to collect sensitive…
AI Strategies in Asia: China, Japan, and South Korea
AI Strategies Asia: Artificial Intelligence — considered a buzzword until a few years ago — is now one of the most prominent factors that shape industries. Governments worldwide, including those…
Getty asks London court to stop UK sales of Stability AI system
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Stock photo provider Getty Images has asked London’s High Court for an injunction to prevent artificial intelligence company Stability AI from selling its AI…
EU, US to weigh China, AI, trade strains at high-level Sweden talks
By Philip Blenkinsop LULEA, Sweden (Reuters) – Top U.S. and European Union officials meet in Sweden on Tuesday to weigh how best to deal with China and cooperate on artificial…
Nvidia to build Israeli supercomputer as AI demand soars
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp said on Monday it was building Israel’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer to meet soaring customer demand for AI applications. Nvidia,…
TikTok tests AI chatbot ‘Tako’ in the Philippines
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) – Social media platform TikTok said on Thursday it is in the early stages of exploring a chatbot called “Tako” that can converse with…
Israel aims to be ‘AI superpower’, advance autonomous warfare
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel aims to parlay its technological prowess to become an artificial intelligence “superpower”, the Defence Ministry director-general said on Monday, predicting advances in autonomous…
G7 calls for developing global technical standards for AI
By Kantaro Komiya and Supantha Mukherjee TOKYO (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of technical standards to keep…