AI news, product launches and company developments.
OpenAI & AnthropicThree former DeepMind researchers who developed a poker AI have founded EquiLibre Technologies, an AI lab in Prague. The company uses AI to generate profits for quantitative hedge funds. EquiLibre is now valued at over $500 million, highlighting its market impact.
Google has made Gemini's personalized AI image generation free for eligible users in the U.S. The feature creates images based on user interests and data from connected Google apps. This expansion increases accessibility to advanced AI image tools.
Several top AI researchers, including Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, are leaving Google to join Anthropic. This follows earlier departures of notable scientists like Noam Shazeer and John Jumper. The trend highlights increasing competition for AI talent among leading companies.
The Google Fitbit Air is a new AI-compatible health tracker that provides personalized health insights. Its AI coach offers detailed advice based on metrics like sleep, heart rate variability, and environmental factors. This approach aims to improve user health by giving actionable recommendations.
The Atlantic created a searchable database of four large music datasets used to train AI models. These datasets include millions of tracks and have been downloaded thousands of times. Major companies like Google and Stability have confirmed using these datasets in their research.
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind to join Anthropic. This move highlights growing competition among leading AI research organizations. Several other prominent researchers are also departing DeepMind.
Google Docs has introduced AI features called Gemini that prompt users to write with AI assistance. Some users find the pop-ups intrusive and want to disable them. This article explains how to turn off these AI prompts in Google Docs.
Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have partnered to develop a trust layer for AI systems. This collaboration is supported by the Linux Foundation to enhance AI transparency and reliability. The initiative aims to address growing concerns about AI accountability and safety.
Amazon Bedrock now offers the Gemma 4 family of models developed by Google DeepMind. These open-weight models focus on intelligence-per-parameter and include three instruction-tuned variants with dense and mixture-of-experts architectures. They support built-in reasoning, native function calling, and multimodal input for text and images, enhancing...
Google has sued a Chinese cybercrime group called Outsider Enterprise for using AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims. The group sent 2.5 million fraudulent text messages in just two weeks. This case highlights the growing misuse of AI in large-scale cybercrime operations.
Google has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese cybercrime group called Outsider Enterprise. The group used AI to send 2.5 million scam text messages in just two weeks. This case highlights the growing misuse of AI in large-scale cybercrime operations.
Google DeepMind is funding research on the risks of millions of AI agents interacting online. These agents can operate autonomously and follow instructions from other agents without human oversight. The company is concerned about potential safety and alignment issues arising from such interactions.
