Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions

Updated December 25, 12:21 p.m. Pacific: Added details on xAI’s valuation and Kingdom Holdings’ contribution. xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round. The company announced this week in which Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Nvidia,…

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A photographer created ‘fake’ images of Russia with generative AI. Now he’s losing his biggest fans

When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine thwarted his travel plans, Belgian photographer Carl De Keyzer decided to take a virtual trip to Russia. From his home, the famous documentary photographer began working on a collection of images about Russia using generative artificial intelligence (AI). He was not prepared for the consequences. In the late 1980s, De…

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What Do AI and Your Grandmother Have in Common? They’re Both Becoming Geriatric, Study Finds

A groundbreaking study published in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal has raised an unexpected and alarming question: Could Advanced AI models like ChatGPT or Gemini develop cognitive impairments similar to early-stage dementia in humans? Researchers tested some of the world’s leading language models (LLMs) using the widely respected Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)—a…

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