Europe is at risk of over-restricting AI and falling behind U.S. and China, Dutch prince says Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands told CNBC Europe risks limiting its role in artificial intelligence to being a regulator, rather than an innovator.

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Harvard dropouts raise $120 million to take on Nvidia’s AI chips A team founded by college dropouts has raised $120 million from investors led by Primary Venture Partners to build a new AI chip to take on Nvidia.

User-Directed AI Content: On Perplexity, Users Can Direct AI To Create Content via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig Dive into the controversy surrounding Perplexity’s Pages feature and its potential impact on the future of content creation. The post User-Directed AI Content: On Perplexity, Users Can Direct AI To Create Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Gmail’s Gemini AI sidebar and email summaries are rolling out now Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGmail is getting more AI features that could make it easier to stay on top of your email. On the web, Google is beginning to roll out a new Gemini side panel that can do things like summarize email threads and draft new emails. The tool will offer “proactive prompts” but you can also ask “freeform questions…

Apple Wasn’t Interested in AI Partnership With Meta Due to Privacy Concerns Apple turned down an AI partnership with Facebook parent company Meta due to privacy concerns, according to a report from Bloomberg. Meta and Apple had a brief discussion about a possible partnership in March, but the talks did not progress and Apple does not plan to integrate Meta’s large language model (LLM) into iOS. Over the weekend, The Wa…

Meta is incorrectly marking real photos as ‘Made by AI’ Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMultiple photographers are complaining that Meta is wrongly adding its “Made by AI” label to real photos they’ve taken, TechCrunch reports. Several photographers have shared examples over the past few months, with Meta recently marking a photo former White House photographer Pete Souza took of a basketball …

Hut 8 Receives $150M Investment as Thirst for Energy Brings AI Firms to Bitcoin Miners The funding came from Coatue Management, which is also an investor in CoreWeave, a cloud-computing firm looking to take over miner Core Scientific.

Google AI Uses Enough Electricity In 1 Second To Charge 7 Electric Cars Nobody asked for this AI search bullshit, Google. Not only are the AI generated responses demonstrably worse than normal, they’re infringing on intellectual property rights, killing traditional media, and—thanks to a new Jacobin report we now know—soaking up gobs of electricity in the process. Artificial… Read more…

Netflix’s Greg Peters on a new culture memo and where ads, AI, and games fit in Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: NetflixThe co-CEO who replaced co-founder Reed Hastings details the company’s new culture memo, its ad ambitions, and what’s next for Netflix. Continue reading…

Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy’ Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty ImagesA group of record labels including the big three — Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Records — are suing two of the top names in generative AI music making, alleging the companies violated their copyright “en masse.” The two AI companies, Suno and Udio, use text p…

Shopify’s AI ‘Sidekick’ chatbot for merchants is now in early access A promotional image for Shopify’s Sidekick chatbot. | Image: ShopifyShopify’s new AI “Sidekick” chatbot is officially launching in early access, the company said as part of its “2024 Summer Edition” updates announced on Monday. Sidekick, which the company first revealed last year, functions as a support chatbot for merchants, helping them do th…

Apple and Meta Reportedly Discussed AI Partnership for iOS 18 Apple has held discussions with Meta about integrating the Facebook owner’s AI model into iOS 18 as part of its Apple Intelligence feature set, according to a report over the weekend. Meta launched Llama 2, its large language model, in July 2023, and in April, the company released the latest versions of its AI models, called Llama 3. The Wall S…

Mastering AI-Powered PPC Bid Strategies: A Guide To Maximizing Performance via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson Discover AI-powered bid strategies in Google Ads and learn how to choose the right one to maximize your PPC performance and achieve your goals. The post Mastering AI-Powered PPC Bid Strategies: A Guide To Maximizing Performance appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Nvidia-backed AI startup Synthesia now lets you make multilingual video presentations using just your phone or webcam AI startup Synthesia debuted a slew of new features including the ability to make Apple-style presentations with avatars by using just a webcam or phone.

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Generative AI And Its Impact on Your Role In Retail Marketing Curious about generative AI and its impact in retail marketing? In the latest episode of Social Pulse Podcast: Retail Edition, AI experts and SaaS founders: Dustin W. Stout, founder of Magai, Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO of Lately, and Anne Cheng, CEO of Supercharge Lab discuss those topics with host Mike Allton, chief storyteller at Agorapulse.

Typing to AI assistants might be the way to go The superior way to ask Siri to set a timer when you’re not at home or in the car. | Photo by Victoria Song / The VergeThere’s a time and place for everything. In the privacy of my own home, I’ve got no problem saying “hey” to Google, Alexa, Siri, Meta, and on occasion, Bixby. But out in public? Where other people can perceive me? I’d rather cra…

Apple Seeks AI Partner for Apple Intelligence in China With iOS 18, Apple is working with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, where ChatGPT will work alongside Siri to handle requests for AI-generated content. ChatGPT and other similar AI services are not available in China, so Apple needs to find an alternative. Apple is actively looking for a Chinese company to partner with for its AI fe…

Apple may delay AI features in the EU because of its big tech law Illustration: Cath Virginia / The VergeApple says upcoming features like its Apple Intelligence generative AI tools, iPhone mirroring, and SharePlay screen sharing may not be available in the European Union this year, as reported previously by Bloomberg. Why? The Digital Markets Act (DMA), says Apple, citing the EU law that puts strict requireme…