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Google’s Gemini AI will be all over the Paris Olympics broadcast

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Google’s Gemini AI will be all over the Paris Olympics broadcast Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesGoogle has bought itself the title of “official AI sponsor for Team USA,” and when the 2024 Olympics broadcast starts on July 26th, you will be reminded of that frequently. NBCUniversal’s partnership with Google will put many of the company’s AI-powered features front and center during the event. The…

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Figma explains how its AI tool ripped off Apple’s design

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Figma explains how its AI tool ripped off Apple’s design Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeFigma recently pulled its “Make Designs” generative AI tool after a user discovered that asking it to design a weather app would spit out something suspiciously similar to Apple’s weather app — a result that could, among other things, land a user in legal trouble. This also suggested that Figma may have trained th…

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Bitcoin Mining Is So Back (Except It’s AI Now)

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Bitcoin Mining Is So Back (Except It’s AI Now) Hurting for revenue and profit, bitcoin miners are looking to activities outside mining bitcoin, such as hosting AI computers, to make up the difference. It’s paying off, at least in their stock prices.

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The biggest names in AI have teamed up to promote AI security

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The biggest names in AI have teamed up to promote AI security Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeGoogle, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, and other big names in AI are coming together to form the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), according to an announcement on Thursday. The initiative aims to address a “fragmented landscape of AI security” by providing access to open-source methodologies, framew…

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Meta won’t release its multimodal Llama AI model in the EU

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Meta won’t release its multimodal Llama AI model in the EU Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeMeta says it won’t be launching its upcoming multimodal AI model — capable of handling video, audio, images, and text — in the European Union, citing regulatory concerns. The decision will prevent European companies from using the multimodal model, despite it being released under an open license. “We will …

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Google’s AI results are showing up less frequently, a study found

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Google’s AI results are showing up less frequently, a study found Illustration: The VergeGoogle appears to be showing its AI-generated search results less often in recent weeks, according to a recent study from an SEO company. The data, collected by BrightEdge and reported on by Search Engine Land, suggests that AI Overviews dropped from appearing in 11 percent of queries on June 1st to 7 percent of queries on…

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Spotify launches a new voice and language for its AI DJ

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Spotify launches a new voice and language for its AI DJ Premium Spotify subscribers can switch between DJ’s English and Spanish voice options. | Image: SpotifySpotify is launching a Spanish-language version of its “AI DJ” feature. The new Spanish-language voice has been provided by Spotify’s senior music editor, Olivia “Livi” Quiroz Roa, with users able to switch between hearing Livi or Xavier “X” Je…

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The ‘godmother of AI’ has a new startup already worth $1 billion

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The ‘godmother of AI’ has a new startup already worth $1 billion Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for WIREDFei-Fei Li, the renowned computer scientist known as the “godmother of AI,” has created a startup dubbed World Labs. In just four months, its already valued at more than $1 billion, the Financial Times reported. World Labs hopes to use human-like processing of visual data to make AI capable of advanc…

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Samsung’s new image-generating AI tool is a little too good

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Samsung’s new image-generating AI tool is a little too good AI definitely nailed the right surly energy for this orange cat.The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge. Samsung would very much like us (and its shareholders) to know that its new phones are the AI-est phones that ever AI-ed, and the Fold 6 that I’m testing comes with a new tool ca…

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