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OpenAI is launching a new beta feature in ChatGPT called Tasks that lets users schedule future actions and reminders.
The feature, which is rolling out to Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers starting today, is an attempt to make the chatbot into something closer to a traditional digital assistant — think Google Assistant or Siri but with ChatGPT’s more advanced language capabilities.
Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher.
Google announced the deal in a blog post Wednesday, saying that AP "will now deliver a feed of real-time information to help further enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app."
Machine-learning system can process words spoken in 101 languages, spitting out voice-synthesized translations in 36 target languages.
Synthesia, an artificial intelligence (AI) video platform for enterprises, has raised £147m ($180m) in a Series D funding round, boosting its valuation to $2.1bn.
The round was led by NEA, with participation from existing investors GV, MMC Ventures, and FirstMark, alongside new backers WiL (World Innovation Lab), Atlassian Ventures, and PSP Growth.
On Monday, AI development powerhouse Nvidia kicked off this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco by announcing new partnerships focused on scaling AI models across healthcare.
One of Nvidia’s new partnerships is with Mayo Clinic — the collaboration seeks to accelerate the development of pathology foundation models.
Perplexity AI officially made a play for TikTok on Saturday, submitting a bid to its parent company, ByteDance, to create a new merged entity combining Perplexity, TikTok U.S. and new capital partners, CNBC has learned.
The new structure would allow for most of ByteDance’s existing investors to retain their equity stakes and would bring more video to Perplexity, according to a source familiar with the situation, who asked to remain anonymous due to the confidential nature of the potential deal.
Google Cloud has unveiled Automotive AI Agent, a new way for automakers to create helpful generative AI experiences. Built using Gemini with Vertex AI, Automotive AI Agent is specially tuned to allow automakers to create highly personalized and intuitive in-car agents that go beyond current vehicle voice control. Its ability to provide multimodal reasoning and multilingual support enables assistants that can enable natural conversations and agentic responses like "Is there an Italian restaurant nearby?" as well as follow-up questions like, "Does the restaurant have good reviews?” or “What is the most popular dish there?"
A poll conducted by RDT, a provider of insurance technology solutions, reveals that insurers are preparing for significant changes in traditional roles as automation and digital transformation reshape the industry.
The survey, which gathered insights from technology executives at insurance firms, found that 54% of respondents expect traditional roles, particularly in underwriting and claims, to require enhanced technical skills such as data analysis and machine learning. In response, over 90% of insurers reported investing in training programmes to equip employees with the skills needed to stay competitive in a technology-driven environment.
Another year, another bajillion gadgets to talk about after CES, one of the world’s largest gadget trade shows that takes place in Las Vegas every January.
This year, we saw a car powered by the sun, shoes that massage your feet on the go, and a six-wheeled transformer SUV that keeps a spare passenger drone in the trunk for those moments you just have to ”get away from it all.”
But a firestorm that broke out in Los Angeles the same day CES officially started quickly overshadowed the tech spectacle, sending a good deal of gadget coverage to the backburner while many of our dear friends and colleagues dealt with terrifying losses and unthinkable tragedy just a few hundred miles away.
A tool developed by Keele University researchers has been shown to help detect fake news with an impressive 99% level of accuracy, offering a vital resource in combating online misinformation.
The researchers Dr. Uchenna Ani, Dr. Sangeeta Sangeeta, and Dr. Patricia Asowo-Ayobode from Keele's School of Computer Science and Mathematics, used a number of different machine learning techniques to develop their model, which can scan news content to give a judgment of whether a news source is trustworthy and genuine or not.
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This Week's Summary
The AI industry is experiencing phenomenal growth in many areas. OpenAI enhances ChatGPT with personal assistant features, while Google strengthens its media through Gemini. Meta language-to-language translation success now spans 101 languages, and Synthesia's $180M funding demonstrates strong investor confidence in AI and video technology NVIDIA's Mayo Clinic partnership sees Healthcare grow great, while Mercedes-Benz for Google Cloud's AI. The industry is also tackling significant challenges, including researchers at Keel University developing a highly accurate fake news detection tool. Stay ahead of the technology curve by exploring how these new AI features are reshaping our future.
