The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai showcased China's advancements in AI, with over 800 companies participating and displaying thousands of products. Companies like Unitree and Baidu demonstrated humanoid robots, including a 4-foot tall android that kicked, pivoted, and punched with relative fluidity. Baidu announced a new generation of "digital humans" capable of thinking, making decisions, and collaborating, which have already been used in e-commerce broadcasts and are being adopted by over 10,000 businesses daily. Yang Yifan, R&D director at Transwarp, believes China has a strong foundation for AI development with a wealth of application scenarios, citing the country's large dataset and diverse industries as key advantages.
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has agreed to repair and renovate four Memphis-Shelby County schools in Southwest Memphis as part of a deal approved by the school board on Tuesday, providing relief from the district's growing deferred facility maintenance needs.
xAI has begun scaling its Colossus 1 cluster with 200,000 Hopper-based H100 and H200 GPUs, and plans to launch a new Colossus 2 cluster with over 1 million GPU units, powered by Nvidia's H100 and GB200 chips. The company is among the fastest adopters of cutting-edge AI technologies, but faces significant challenges in scaling its energy supply and managing costs, which could be as high as tens of billions of dollars for hardware alone.
Mark Zuckerberg has announced his vision for AI, aiming to create 'superintelligence' that can benefit everyone. He plans to make AI more transparent and explainable while ensuring it aligns with human values. This move comes as Facebook faces increasing scrutiny over its handling of user data and concerns about the company's growing influence on society. Meta CEO has testified that the company was slow to recognize TikTok's threat, but is now investing heavily in AI with a high-stakes talent war and $14.3 billion investment in startup Scale AI.
China is set to create an international organization to jointly develop artificial intelligence (AI), with Premier Li Qiang warning of the risks associated with AI, including job losses and economic upheaval, as the US accelerates its efforts in the field.
A growing number of lawsuits are challenging AI-powered customer service systems as illegal wiretaps, citing violations of federal and state wiretapping laws. The technology, used by companies like Google LLC, Invoca Inc., and ConverseNow Technologies Inc., can either assist live agents or replace humans altogether, raising concerns about whether it's listening in on customer calls without consent.
Google's AI Overviews have become the most popular generative artificial-intelligence product with 2 billion monthly users worldwide. The Gemini AI model has helped Google shift from a search engine to an answer engine, alleviating investor concerns about ChatGPT disrupting its business model. However, Alphabet Inc.'s description of these users as "users" may be seen as disingenuous, given the company's own quarterly earnings announcement.
JPMorgan and Robeco have quietly integrated generative artificial intelligence into their daily Wall Street routines, with AI now influencing strategy development, risk assessment, and investment decisions. The technology is being used to support research work and decision-making processes, marking a significant shift in its role from a supporting tool to a co-pilot.
Meta has discovered malware creators exploiting public interest in ChatGPT to entice users into downloading harmful applications and browser extensions. The company compared this tactic to cryptocurrency scams, which also exploit curiosity and trust to gain access to sensitive information. Meta found around 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar tools to compromise accounts across the internet.