Generative AI

OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI —then let it wither, source says

AI /

OpenAI’s Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer “superintelligent” AI systems, was promised 20% of the company’s compute resources, according to a person from that team. But requests for a fraction of that compute were often denied, blocking the team from doing their work. That issue, among others, pushed several team members […]

OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI —then let it wither, source says Read More »

EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info

AI /

The European Union has warned Microsoft that it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), after the company failed to respond to a legally binding request for information (RFI) that focused on its generative AI tools. Back in March, the

EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info Read More »

Anthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product

AI /

Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram and, more recently, the co-founder of personalized news app Artifact (which TechCrunch corporate parent Yahoo recently acquired), is joining Anthropic as the company’s first chief product officer. As CPO, Krieger will oversee Anthropic’s product engineering, management and design efforts, Anthropic says, as the company works to expand

Anthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product Read More »

LanceDB, which counts Midjourney as a customer, is building databases for multimodal AI

AI /

Chang She, previously the VP of engineering at Tubi and a Cloudera veteran, has years of experience building data tooling and infrastructure. But when She began working in the AI space, he quickly ran into problems with traditional data infrastructure — problems that prevented him from bringing AI models into production. “Machine learning engineers and

LanceDB, which counts Midjourney as a customer, is building databases for multimodal AI Read More »

LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education

Apps /

Google says it’s developed a new family of generative AI models “fine-tuned” for learning: LearnLM. A collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI research division and Google Research, LearnLM models — built on top of Google’s Gemini models — are designed to “conversationally” tutor students on a range of subjects, Google says. LearnLM is already powering features

LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education Read More »

Google’s Gemini updates: How Project Astra is powering some of I/O’s big reveals

Enterprise /

Google is improving its AI-powered chatbot Gemini so that it can better understand the world around it — and the people conversing with it. At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, the company previewed a new experience in Gemini called Gemini Live, which lets users have “in-depth” voice chats with Gemini on their smartphones.

Google’s Gemini updates: How Project Astra is powering some of I/O’s big reveals Read More »

Google partners with Airtel to offer cloud and genAI products to Indian businesses

Enterprise /

Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, said on Monday it has entered into a long-term partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deliver cloud and generative AI products to Indian businesses. The partnership aims to tap Airtel’s extensive customer base, which, according to the company, includes 2,000 large enterprises and a million emerging businesses. The companies

Google partners with Airtel to offer cloud and genAI products to Indian businesses Read More »