Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils ‘Cybercab’ robotaxi
October 11, 2024 – 1:18 AM PDT Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk rides in Tesla’s robotaxi at an unveilling event in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2024 in this still image taken from video. Tesla/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk showcased on Thursday a long-awaited robotaxi with two […]
Google’s Nobel prize winners stir debate over AI research
October 10, 2024 – 7:11 AM PDT Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, two of the three laureates who have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2024, look on, at the offices of Google DeepMind UK in London, Britain, October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The award this week of […]
US plan to break up Google’s search dominance threatens profit engine, AI growth
October 9, 2024 – 8:18 AM PDT REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed remedies to break up Google’s search dominance could weaken its main profit engine and stall its advances in artificial intelligence, even though a final outcome may be years away, analysts said. Advertisement The DOJ said on Tuesday […]
TikTok sued by 13 states and DC, accused of harming younger users
October 8, 2024 – 7:08 AM PDT REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people. Advertisement The lawsuits filed separately in New York, California, the District […]
Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin’s birthday
October 7, 2024 – 5:33 AM PDT REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country’s main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack on Monday that a Ukrainian government source said Kyiv’s hackers had caused. Advertisement The website of VGTRK, the All-Russia State Television […]
Meta, challenging OpenAI, announces new AI model that can generate video with sound
October 4, 2024 – 7:13 AM PDT REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta (META.O) announced on Friday it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts, claiming it can rival tools from leading media generation startups like […]
Uber and Lyft drivers use Teslas as makeshift robotaxis, raising safety concerns
October 3, 2024 – 3:44 AM PDT REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo (Reuters) – A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber (UBER.N) rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Las Vegas in April, an accident that sparked new concerns that a growing stable of self-styled “robotaxis” is exploiting a regulatory gray area in U.S. […]
Tech market values jump in September on Fed rate cuts, AI optimism
October 2, 2024 – 3:36 AM PDT REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo (Reuters) – The market capitalization of many tech firms surged in September, buoyed by a Federal Reserve rate cut that typically enhances future profits and cash flows for high-growth companies, and further fuelled by continued enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. Advertisement Tesla’s (TSLA.O) market value surged […]
Microsoft revamps AI Copilot with new voice, reasoning capabilities
October 1, 2024 – 7:02 AM PDT REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft (MSFT.O) has given its consumer Copilot, an artificial intelligence assistant, a more amiable voice in its latest update, with the chatbot also capable of analyzing web pages for interested users as they browse. Advertisement The U.S. software maker now has […]
Verizon says resolved network disruption; FCC probing co’s mobile network outage
September 30, 2024 – 5:02 PM PDT Verizon’s cell towers are seen in this file photo. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Verizon has fully restored a network disruption that impacted thousands of customers in the U.S. The Federal Communications Commission said earlier on Monday it was investigating the company’s network outage across the U.S. […]