OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to visit India in mid-February, his first visit to the country in nearly a year, TechCrunch has learned. The visit comes as New Delhi prepares to host a major AI summit that is expected to attract top executives from Meta, Google and Anthropic. India hosts its first major AI event:…
Starlink clients are the latest thing for the AI mill. The company has updated its Privacy Policy on January 15 to enable the collection of user data for AI training. Customers are registered by default, but it is relatively simple to unsubscribe. Starlink says it may use your personal information “to train our machine learning…
(Illustration by Ankler; Charles Eshelman/Getty Images) Share I cover the intersection of Hollywood and AI for paying subscribers. I wrote about eight companies that are using AI the right wayexplored Disney’s deal with OpenAI and I dove into what AI interpreter is Tilly Norwood means for the actors. The Academy cinema arts and sciences keeps…
Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The company plans to use the capital to accelerate the deployment of its high-speed memory chips, a critical component for chips used for AI workloads, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Among the investors participating in the round is…
(AP) – The mother of one of That of Elon Musk children is suing her AI company, claiming that its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate false sexually exploitative images of her that caused her humiliation and emotional distress. Ashley St. Clair, 27, who describes herself as a writer and political strategist, alleges in a…
The National Science Foundation is working to alleviate barriers to AI adoption — such as lack of GPUs and cost constraints — as it aims to play a supporting role in the ongoing national effort, according to a senior agency official. The NSF has long been a cornerstone of national technology interests, from democratizing biotechnology…
In other news justifying neurosymbolic AI and global models, after Strong statements from Demis Hassabis yesterdayYann LeCun, historically hostile to symbolic approaches, has just joined what looks like a neurosymbolic AI company focused on reasoning and models of the world, apparently built on roughly the same type of plan as presented in 2020. Here’s the…
Insider Brief A new military-focused study suggests quantum artificial intelligence is unlikely to arrive first as a weapon but could influence military planning, simulation and operational management long before quantum systems are deployed in combat. The researchers identify potential uses for quantum AI in areas such as drone coordination, logistics optimization, battlefield simulation and data…
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“Code on the wall”/Nat W./IndustryToday/CC By-SA 2.0 A person is silhouetted in front of projected computer code. Generative artificial intelligence builds on similar software and is increasingly becoming a priority for lawmakers. Governments around the world have rigorously debated how to oversee its development. California lawmakers have made great strides over the past year to…