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GenAI Summit 2024 Kicks Off with a Call for Open-Source AGI

The GenAI Summit 2024 kicks off in San Francisco with a keynoter declaring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) belongs to the community as open-source technology.

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Tech Giants Agree To Kill AI Systems Posing 'Intolerable' Risk

OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Anthropic are among 16 generative AI leaders that have agreed to pull the plug on their own AI technologies if they're deemed too dangerous.

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AI's Impact on Job Market: Higher Salaries for Some, Displacement for Others

So far, generative AI hasn't turned out to be the job-obliterating meteor that many tech pundits initially feared.

Microsoft Launches Copilot+ PCs, Designed for Advanced AI

Microsoft announces the release of its new line of AI-optimized Windows PCs, known as Copilot+ PCs. Redmond claims they are the fastest and most intelligent Windows PCs ever created.

The Week in AI: New Cohere LLM, Google GenAIOps, and Adobe AI, Averlon Out of Stealth, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI products and services includes a new version of Cohere's Aya family of multilingual LLMs, the new GenAI Ops service from Google Cloud, Adobe's new Generative Remove tool, Averlon's emergence from stealth, and more!

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AWS Commits $17B To Expanding Spain Infrastructure Amid AI Boom

Cloud hyperscaler Amazon Web Services plans to invest 15.7 billion euros -- nearly $17 billion -- over 10 years to make sure its Spain datacenter is up to AI snuff.

Microsoft Unveils Enhanced Capabilities for Copilot, Power Platform, at Build 2024

Microsoft announces a significant expansion of its Copilot suite at the Microsoft Build 2024 conference, along with generative AI-based enhancements of its Power Platform suite.

Microsoft Adds AI Compute Power to Azure via AMD, In-House Cobalt Chips

Microsoft is buttressing its Azure cloud platform with more compute options to support AI workloads.

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Microsoft Builds an AI Assistant for Startup Developers

Microsoft is helping resource-strapped startups build their own applications using AI.

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The Week in AI: Updates from Anthropic, IBM, Google Cloud, Juniper Networks, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI products and services includes Google's new accessibility enhancements and updates to Gemini and Gemma, Anthropic's new iOS app, enhancements to Juniper Networks' AI-native networking platform, Rockset's native support for hybrid search, and Anthropic launches Claude for iOS.

Red Hat Updates OpenShift AI Hybrid AI/ML Dev Platform

Red Hat announces significant updates to its open hybrid AI and machine learning development platform, Red Hat OpenShift AI.

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OpenAI Team that Polices AI Superintelligence Disbanded After Departures

Less than a year after its formation, OpenAI's Superalignment team, which had been tasked with researching the implications of AI superintelligence, has been dissolved.

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AI-Fueled Datacenter Expansions Stymie Microsoft's Climate Efforts

Microsoft's expanding datacenter footprint, driven in part by the AI gold rush, has thrown a wrench into its sustainability plans.

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