AI

Spiideo, a Swedish startup, says it will revolutionize sports broadcasting with its AI-driven camera system. The company recently raised $20 million to enhance its technology, which mimics professional camera operators and can fully automate the broadcasting of 15 different sports. Continue Reading →

A new report by McKinsey highlights a dramatic rise in global AI adoption (reaching 72% in 2024), which marks a significant increase from the previous year's 50%. Continue Reading →

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Edu, a specialized version of ChatGPT designed for universities. Powered by GPT-4o, this tool offers advanced capabilities in text and vision reasoning, data analysis, and enterprise-level security. Continue Reading →

Mistral AI, a French startup backed by Microsoft, has introduced Codestral, its first generative AI coding assistant, which supports over 80 programming languages, including mainstream languages such as Java, Python, C++, JavaScript, and more niche ones like Swift, and Fortran. Codestral is entering a competitive market dominated by platforms like GitHub Copilot and Code Llama. Continue Reading →

Let's talk about the new ChatGPT powered by GPT-4o. There are some things it does extremely well. If you drag a dense spreadsheet of employee data into the chat window and ask the model what you can learn about the file, you're going to get some good results. Give the model some variables in a well-crafted pre-prompt, and you'll get basically the same results you'd expect from GPT-4, but a bit faster. That's where the party ends. Continue Reading →

A bipartisan effort is underway in Washington to introduce the NO FAKES Act, aimed at regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Tom Tillis (R-NC) are spearheading this initiative, addressing growing concerns about AI-generated replicas of artists' voices and likenesses. Continue Reading →

In May 2023 there was a big verdict in the world of copyright law. The decision? Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit, "Thinking Out Loud," did not infringe on Marvin Gaye's and Ed Townsend's 1973 hit, "Let's Get It On." As I will explain in a moment, from a musical standpoint, this was the only possible outcome. The copyright laws were applied as expected, and human composers in the United States are free to compose as they have been doing for centuries. But what about AI? Is it free to compose? Let's explore. Continue Reading →

Meta and Google are reportedly offering tens of millions of dollars to Hollywood studios for AI licensing deals. Disco Bros is thinking about it, while the House of Mouse and Netflix… not so much. Meta and Google have no official comments. Continue Reading →

NewsCorp and OpenAI have announced a multi-year partnership that will enable OpenAI to access NewsCorp’s vast array of content, including articles from prestigious publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Sunday Times. Continue Reading →

As you probably know, Google has started rolling out AI summaries called "AI Overviews" in search results. Now, they are about to start testing search and shopping ads within AI Overviews in the U.S. The ads will be displayed in a "sponsored" section and will be relevant to both the query and the information in the AI Overview. Continue Reading →