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The Week in AI: Announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft, Intel, Google, NVIDIA, Stability AI, More

The Week in AI: New GPT Rating in OpenAI Store, Microsoft Picks Intel for its AI Chips, Google Apologizes for Gemini Stumble, NVIDIA Releases New App Beta, Stability AI Previews Stable Diffusion 3, More

Mistral Joins Amazon Bedrock's Roster of AI Foundation Models

Startup Mistral is extending access to its two open source large language models to developers using Amazon's prodigious cloud platform.

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Microsoft Spending Billions on Its European AI Footprint

In the past week, Microsoft has committed to spending an additional $5.5 billion over two years to build out its cloud and AI infrastructure in Europe.

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Google Unveils 'Gemma' Open Models Built from Gemini Research

Google takes the wraps off Gemma, a new family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open models built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models.

For $15B, Intel Will Facilitate Microsoft's AI Chip Ambitions

In a bid for AI hardware glory, Microsoft has signed an estimated $15 billion deal with chipmaker Intel to tap the latter's foundry services.

The Week in AI: NVIDIA's Supercomputer, Google's Cyber Defense Initiative, More

Google's new Cyber Defense Initiative, OpenAI's Sora launch, Bret Taylor's new AI startup, Anthropic's defense against election misinformation, and the first public preview of NVIDIA's Eos supercomputer, more.

Tech Giants Try To Get Ahead of AI-Based Election Misinformation

One day after OpenAI unveiled an AI that can create videos out of text, some of the world's biggest purveyors of generative AI -- including OpenAI itself -- are sounding the alarm about the abuse of such technology during an especially busy election year.

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OpenAI Takes Wraps Off 'Sora' Text-to-Video Model

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled "Sora," a text-to-video and image-to-video generative AI model.

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New ChatGPT Feature Gives It Selective 'Memory'

OpenAI is piloting a new feature in ChatGPT that would let users control what and how much it remembers from conversation to conversation -- and also what it forgets.

State-Sponsored Hackers Using OpenAI LLMs Shut Down

Microsoft and OpenAI on Wednesday detailed how they jointly identified and shut down five state-sponsored hacking groups that were using OpenAI's LLMs "in support of malicious cyber activities."

AI PC Shipments to Hit 167 Million by 2027

Shipments of PC systems equipped with specialized artificial intelligence computing capabilities are expected to increase by 60 percent in the next three years, according to a report by IDC.

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The Week in AI: OpenAI Adds Watermarks, Hugging Face Update, Altman Looks for Chip Investors, More

This week's roundup includes a new messaging API from Hugging Face, a new SchoolAI partnership with Utah, a new API serving the DALL·E 3 model that includes C2PA metadata, Google's launch of Gemini Advance, and Sam Altman's grand plan to get into the chip-making business.

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'Bard' No More: Google's AI Chatbot Gets the 'Gemini' Treatment

Google Bard has a new name and a new "Advanced" for-pay version.

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