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Neuralink Successfully Implants Second Brain-Computer Interface Device

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, has implanted its Telepathy neural device into a second human test patient. The announcement was made during an eight-hour podcast ("Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity") hosted by MIT research scientist Lex Fridman, which also featured Neuralink co-founder DJ Seo, neurosurgeon Matthew MacDougall, brain interface software lead Bliss Chapman, and Noland Arbaugh, the first human test recipient of the device.

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Enterprises Embrace AI but Struggle with Outdated Infrastucture, Survey Finds

In a recently published survey of IT leaders, 90% of respondents confirmed that they are adopting AI in some capacity, but many said they're also struggling to get the full benefits of the technology because of outdated infrastructure and a lack of skilled employees.

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The Week in AI: GitHub Models, DeepMind's Gemma Scope, Stability AI's Stable Fast 3D, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI products and services includes Google DeepMind's Gemma Scope, GitHub's new GitHub Models, Arcee AI's DistillKit, Stability AI's Stable Fast 3D, and more.

With AI Payoff Lagging, Intel Takes Drastic Cost-Cutting Measures

Intel, long considered a bellwether of the enterprise tech industry, is facing major consolidation after a disappointing earnings report.

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Researchers Predict Wave of Abandoned AI Projects

Organizations that made significant early bets on AI may be in for a letdown, warned Gartner recently.

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Cost of AI Is Nearly $300K Per Minute: Report

A new report by cloud-based data/BI specialist Domo paints a staggering picture of the minute-by-minute impact of today's generative AI boom.

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Microsoft Urges Policymakers To Write Laws Against AI Deepfakes

Amid a fraught election cycle, Microsoft is urging policymakers to take legal action against AI-generated deepfakes.

Microsoft Phi-3 Updates Include Fine-Tuning, Serverless Perks

Organizations can now customize Microsoft's Phi-3 small language models (SLMs) using their proprietary data.

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Second-Generation Mistral Large AI Model Released

Mistral recently released the latest version of its flagship general-purpose commercial AI model, Mistral Large 2.

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Bing's New AI-Enhanced Search Aims to Transform How We Find Information

Microsoft adds a generative AI-powered feature to its Bing search engine. This new feature integrates advanced large language models (LLMs) to offer users more detailed and nuanced content that transcends the traditional list of links typically found in search results.

The Week in AI: Accenture's AI Refinery, DeepMind's AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI products and services includes Accenture's new AI Refinery framework, DeepMind's new AI models, Pryon's new ingestion engine, and more.

OpenAI Enters Search Market with SearchGPT, Posing a Challenge to Google

OpenAI unveils the prototype for a new AI-powered search engine designed to access information from across the internet in real time. The much-anticipated SearchGPT will provide more organized and meaningful search results by summarizing and contextualizing information rather than returning lists of links.

Microsoft Gets AI Infrastructure Boost from Network Giant Lumen

Microsoft's cloud infrastructure is prodigious, but not infinite -- especially in an era of enterprise AI workloads.

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