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Perplexity will put ads in its AI search engine and share revenue with publishers
It’s not clear exactly how much revenue Perplexity will share with publishers. Dmitry Shevelenko, the company’s chief business officer, declined to reveal numbers but told Engadget that it would be a “meaningful double-digit percentage shared back with the publishers that contributed source input to the answer."
Pranav Dixit07.30.2024
What to read this weekend: Keanu Reeves wrote a book with ‘weird fiction’ author China Miéville
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.
Cheyenne MacDonald07.28.2024
Apple agrees to stick by Biden administration's voluntary AI safeguards
Apple has joined more than a dozen other tech companies in signing up for the Biden administration's voluntary AI code of practice.
Kris Holt07.26.2024
X's Grok chatbot is misleading voters about the presidential election
Grok's AI chatbot claims that President Biden's name must stay on the ballot in nine states, a claim that is categorically false.
Danny Gallagher07.26.2024
Video game performers will strike over AI concerns
SAG-AFTRA has called for a strike against ten video game publishers. The union has been negotiating with the group about use of AI.
Anna Washenko07.26.2024
AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on ‘thousands’ of YouTube videos without permission
AI company Runway reportedly scraped “thousands” of YouTube videos and pirated versions of copyrighted movies without permission. Alleged spreadsheets of internal company data suggest Runway trained its Gen-3 model using YouTube content from Disney, Netflix, Pixar and popular media outlets.
Will Shanklin07.26.2024
Microsoft is adding AI-powered summaries to Bing search results
Microsoft is beginning previews of its Bing generative search, which will insert AI-powered summaries above the usual results.
Anna Washenko07.25.2024
The US Senate unanimously passes a bill to empower victims of intimate deepfakes
The US Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday designed to hold accountable those who make or share deepfake porn. The DEFIANCE Act would allow victims to sue those who create, share or possess AI-generated sexual images or videos using their likeness.
Will Shanklin07.25.2024
Meta AI is now available in Spanish, Portugese, French and more
Meta AI gets new tools and languages in latest update.
Sarah Fielding07.23.2024
Condé Nast has reportedly accused AI search startup Perplexity of plagiarism
The letter, which was sent on Monday, demands that Perplexity stop using content from Condé Nast publications in its AI-generated responses and accused the startup of plagiarism.
Pranav Dixit07.23.2024
8610086100Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 review: The king, but for how much longer?
Even without a new main camera, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold’s sleeker design, brighter screens and native stylus support are enough to maintain its rank as the best big foldable phone on the market.
Sam Rutherford07.19.2024
Meta will withhold multimodal AI models from the EU amid regulatory uncertainty
Meta’s move follows a similar decision by Apple, which recently announced it would not release its Apple Intelligence features in Europe due to regulatory concerns.
Pranav Dixit07.19.2024
OpenAI's new, lightweight GPT-4o mini model promises an improved ChatGPT experience
GPT-4o mini can currently take in and generate text and images, but the model will eventually be able to process other types of content like audio and video.
Pranav Dixit07.19.2024
Microsoft releases iOS and Android apps for Designer, its AI-powered Canva competitor
Microsoft's Designer app has exited preview. The AI image generator is now widely available on the web and as a mobile app.
Anna Washenko07.18.2024
Spotify’s AI music DJ can now speak Spanish
Spotify's DJ will now offer a Spanish speaking disc jockey named Livia.
Danny Gallagher07.18.2024
Tinder's new AI will pick your most attractive photos for you
Tinder will soon use AI to scroll through photos to pick the most attractive ones. The company’s been testing the feature since last year.
Lawrence Bonk07.17.2024
Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic reportedly used YouTube transcripts without permission to train AI models
The findings of the investigation spotlight AI’s uncomfortable truth: the technology is largely built on the backs of data siphoned from creators without their consent or compensation.
Pranav Dixit07.17.2024
YouTube Music's latest features include 'hum to search' and AI-generated conversational radio
YouTube Music unveils new features like a ‘hum to search’ tool and AI-generated conversational radio. That last one is still in beta and only available to select users.
Lawrence Bonk07.16.2024
The OmniBook Ultra 14 is HP’s first AMD-powered next-gen AI PC
Packing Ryzen AI 300 series chips, the OmniBook Ultra is slated to be HP's first AMD-powered next-gen AI PC.
Sam Rutherford07.15.2024
OpenAI is reportedly working on more advanced AI models capable of reasoning and ‘deep research’
Among the project’s goals is to enable the company’s AI models to autonomously scour the internet in order to “plan ahead” for more complex tasks, according to an internal document seen by Reuters.
Cheyenne MacDonald07.14.2024