Fighting e-waste with AI: The rise of intelligent recycling
By 2030, global generation of e-waste will reach 75+ million metric tons
AI-generated books have overrun public libraries, with no easy solution in sight
The automation machine is working non-stop, wasting taxpayer dollars
Google abandons 'do no harm' AI stance, opens door to military weapons
A hot potato: Google has come a long way since its early days when "Don't be evil" was its guiding principle. This departure has been duly noted before for various reasons. In its latest departure from its original ethos, the company has quietly removed a key passage from its AI principles that previously committed to avoiding the use of AI in potentially harmful applications, including weapons.
ByteDance's OmniHuman-1 may be the most realistic deepfake algorithm yet
Check out these examples
WTF?! Machines' ability to generate fake videos of people has become alarmingly impressive. ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, just showed off a new AI system called OmniHuman-1 that can create deepfake videos almost indistinguishable from reality to the average person.
Adobe Acrobat can help users understand contract jargon with new PDF AI tools
Many consumers don't fully understand the contracts they are signing
AI boom fuels semiconductor growth to $626 billion, with 2025 set for more gains
The AI craze has made some companies very, very rich
AI Money: While shareholders and tech giants scramble to turn AI's promises into real-world business opportunities, semiconductor companies are raking in billions. Samsung has emerged as the world's top semiconductor player by revenue, and the industry is poised for another strong year.
OpenAI debuts "Deep Research" model to tackle multi-step research AI tasks
Tool synthesizes vast data in minutes to prepare detailed research reports
Nvidia fires back at AMD, claims RTX 5090 is twice as fast as top Radeon in DeepSeek benchmarks
GeForce RTX 50 GPUs run DeepSeek's models faster than any other, says Nvidia
Downloading DeepSeek could lead to jail time and a $1 million fine under new US bill
DeepSeek remains at the top of Apple's App Store
WTF?! Would you be willing to use the App Store-topping DeepSeek if doing so were illegal, potentially landing you behind bars for 20 years and a fine up to $1 million? A senator has introduced a new bill designed to restrict Chinese AI products that would make this bizarre scenario a reality.
Teens aren't buying Big Tech's promises on AI and online safety
Why young users are skeptical about tech giants' ethics, privacy, and AI decisions
DeepSeek's AI costs far exceed $5.5 million claim, may have reached $1.6 billion with 50,000 Nvidia GPUs
$5.5 million was the pre-training cost
Researchers used AI to build groundbreaking nanomaterials lighter and stronger than titanium
"This can ultimately help reduce the high carbon footprint of flying"
Google Sheets now offers AI-powered charts and data analysis
It can also generate Python code for complex spreadsheet analysis
SoftBank seems ready to invest (more) billions in OpenAI
The Japanese conglomerate could become OpenAI's largest investor
Nvidia Broadcast 2.0 revamps UI, adds new AI effects
Nvidia Broadcast enhances webcams and microphones with AI, leveraging tensor cores for real-time processing. It improves livestream quality through noise removal, virtual backgrounds, auto framing, and more. Version 2.0 introduces a redesigned UI, GPU utilization meter, AI effect previews, and more.
Microsoft Cloud is now hosting DeepSeek AI model, even though its suspected of illegal data abuse
Redmond is reportedly investigating whether the model "distilled" output from ChatGPT
AMD shows Radeon 7900 XTX outperforms Nvidia RTX 4090 in DeepSeek benchmarks
With the advent of DeepSeek, is Nvidia's reign as the AI hardware leader over?
The US Navy warns personnel against using generative AI apps such as DeepSeek
Due to "potential security and ethical concerns associated with the model's origin and usage"
After DeepSeek stuns the AI world, Alibaba responds with an allegedly more powerful model
The DeepSeek disruption has forced a response from Chinese tech giants
US Copyright Office rules out copyright for AI created content without human input
AI-assisted editing is allowed, but AI-generated images are not
AI creates glowing protein that would've taken nature 500 million years to evolve
Fast-forwarding evolution
Microsoft is investigating if DeepSeek illegally accessed OpenAI data to train its AI model
"Substantial evidence" of data theft, says Trump's AI and crypto czar
Scientists force chatbots to experience "pain" in their probe for consciousness
When the "pain" was high enough, chatbots acted like they were avoiding it
France's answer to ChatGPT fails spectacularly, goes offline after three days of bizarre responses
Want some Cows' eggs? How about a meth recipe?
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger invests in Nvidia following market dip, calls DeepSeek market reaction "wrong"
He makes his case by citing historical computing trends