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Amazon Q: AWS' answer to Microsoft’s GPT-driven Copilot
Amazon Q can do all the tasks that Copilot can and is expected to appeal to IT managers who want to limit the number of generative AI assistants in use at their enterprises.
Microsoft gives up on internet search to build a better AI brand
The company is going all in on generative artificial intelligence, even if that means walking away from its fight over internet search with Google.
New Amazon Lex AI features aim to let developers quickly build, enhance bots
Amazon has added generative AI capabilities to Lex, its chatbot development tool.
6+ issues for autonomous vehicles (and any Apple Car)
We've been waiting for autonomous transport for years, and while the underlying artificial intelligence may be improving, big problems remain to solve before AVs hit the road.
US, UK, Japan, and other major powers sign AI security accord
The agreement, which excludes China, includes recommendations for monitoring AI systems for abuse, protecting data, and vetting software suppliers.
Nonfiction authors sue OpenAI, Microsoft over copyright infringement
The lawsuit — one of several filed on similar grounds — comes amid continued controversy for the AI company as its founder Sam Altman returns after his surprise ouster last week.
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI after agreement reached
Both investors and employees rallied hard for Altman's return after he was fired from the company on November 17.
Confluent unveils data streaming for AI for real-time applications
Confluent, the data streaming pioneer, has announced Data Streaming for AI, an initiative to accelerate organisations’ development of real-time AI applications. Achieving real-time AI demands more than fast algorithms; it requires...
Anthropic's Claude 2.1 LLM turbocharges performance, offers beta tool use
Anthropic's Claude 2.1 large language model, which powers its Claude generative AI chatbot, raises the bar on how much information an LLM can ingest at once.
Amazon to cut jobs at Alexa unit to sharpen focus on generative AI
Amazon’s Alexa division is set to suffer another round of job cuts as the company plans to discontinue some initiatives in favor of new generative AI projects.
Turmoil at OpenAI raises concerns about genAI’s future, rapid advance
The unexpected firing on Friday of Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, continues to roil the tech industry.
Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI board appoints Emmett Shear as CEO
The drama at OpenAI continues with Emmett Shear, Twitch co-founder, joining the company as CEO and Sam Altman all set to lead Microsoft’s Advanced AI research team.
OpenAI jettisons CEO Sam Altman for dishonesty
The chairman of the board of ChatGPT’s parent company also stepped down in a surprise shakeup.
Microsoft welcomes Biden’s new AI order — is that a good thing or bad?
When the US government last month moved to put guardrails around the use of generative AI, big tech firms were surprisingly quick to welcome the move.
Dell cuddles up to Hugging Face to offer genAI to customers
Dell will be using AI tool developer Hugging Face to offer its customers open-source generative AI models for business purposes.
OpenAI's ChatGPT turns one year old; what it did (and didn't do)
During the past 12 months, ChatGPT has fundamentally changed the landscape of AI. While warnings of impending doom from AI self-awareness still hang in the air, the technology has also surprised many by taking on tasks never thought...
Your employees are likely passing off AI-generated work as their own: Report
In the absence of clear policies related to the usage of generative AI, 64% of the respondents in a survey acknowledged that they passed off generative AI work as their own.
With Copilot Studio, businesses can customize Microsoft’s genAI assistant
Copilot Studio is designed to enable enterprise users to tailor Microsoft’s Copilot generative AI tool to their own workflows, and even create and publish their own AI assistants.
Microsoft combines Copilot AI with mixed reality for industrial workers
Factory technicians will be able to point to objects and ask the generative AI assistant for guidance on repairs and maintenance.
