Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on the Path From Chatbots to A.G.I.
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Warren Buffett Is Betting Big On Japan, Increases Stakes In Five Trading Firms
(Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage)WireImageKey takeaways Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway has increased its stake in five Japanese trading...
Nvidia Says Growth Will Continue as A.I. Hits ‘Tipping Point’
Nvidia, the kingpin of chips powering artificial intelligence, on Wednesday released quarterly financial results that reinforced how the company has...
China’s Rush to Dominate A.I. Comes With a Twist: It Depends on U.S. Technology
In November, a year after ChatGPT’s release, a relatively unknown Chinese start-up leaped to the top of a leaderboard that...
Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.’s Hottest Start-Ups
Last May, Anthropic, one of the world’s hottest artificial intelligence start-ups, raised $450 million from investors including Google and Salesforce....
OpenAI Completes Deal That Values the Company at $80 Billion
OpenAI has completed a deal that values the San Francisco artificial intelligence company at $80 billion or more, nearly tripling...
OpenAI Unveils A.I. That Instantly Generates Eye-Popping Videos
In April, a New York start-up called Runway AI unveiled technology that let people generate videos, like a cow at...
A.I. Art That’s More Than a Gimmick? Meet AARON
Yes, it’s yet another show of A.I.-generated art — but wait! The software known as AARON isn’t like other A.I.’s....
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Better ‘Memory’
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT a better memory.The San Francisco artificial intelligence start-up said on Tuesday that it was releasing a...
The Friar Who Became the Vatican’s Go-To Guy on A.I.
Before dawn, Paolo Benanti climbed to the bell tower of his 16th-century monastery, admired the sunrise over the ruins of...
Texas Company Was Behind Voter Robocalls That Impersonated Biden, N.H. Says
The New Hampshire attorney general said on Tuesday that his office, alongside federal officials and other state attorneys general, had...
Meta Calls for Industry Effort to Label A.I.-Generated Content
Last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, called a...
Fake and Explicit Images of Taylor Swift Started on 4chan, Study Says
Graphika, a research firm that studies disinformation, traced the images back to one community on 4chan, a message board known...
Google Releases Gemini, an A.I.-Driven Chatbot and Voice Assistant
First, there were talking digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant. Then there were online chatbots like ChatGPT and...
How A.I. Is Remodeling the Fantasy Home
I was scrolling through Instagram recently when I found a new page slipped into my feed through a suggested post:...
Amazon Enters Chatbot Fray With Shopping Tool
Amazon entered the consumer chatbot fray on Thursday, announcing a new artificial intelligence personal shopping assistant as the company races...
Generative A.I.’s Biggest Impact Will Be in Banking and Tech, Report Says
A new generation of artificial intelligence is poised to turn old assumptions about technology on their head.For years, people working...
Can This A.I.-Powered Search Engine Replace Google? It Has for Me.
For my entire adult life, whenever I’ve had a question about the world or needed to track down something online,...
George Carlin’s Estate Sues Podcasters Over A.I. Episode
The estate of the comedian George Carlin sued the makers of a podcast on Thursday after they claimed to use...
Nvidia’s Big Tech Rivals Put Their Own A.I. Chips on the Table
In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco start-up working on artificial...