Feeding the widespread hunger for access to Nvidia GPUs, which was the top gossip of Silicon Valley last summer, has become big business across the AI industry. For one thing, it has minted new unicorns: Today Lambda, a GPU cloud company powered by Nvidia GPUs announced it has raised a fresh $320 million at a […]
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True Source unveils AI LLM service based on The Wheel of Time
In a groundbreaking collaboration, iWot productions and AI software firm D1srupt1ve are creating True Source, a venture aimed at launching an AI-based large language model (LLM) based on Robert Jordan’s renowned The Wheel of Time series. The AI service, branded as the One Power, aims to immerse fans in an AI chat service that has […]
Read MoreThere is more to chat than just Q&A as Vectara debuts new RAG powered chat module
In the generative AI era chatbots have become even more pervasive than ever before – but are they actually more helpful and accurate? Gen AI platform builder Vectara is out today with a new module for its platform that aims to help enterprises build and deploy highly accurate chatbots. Vectara’s platform takes a Retrieval Augmented […]
Read MoreAndrej Karpathy confirms departure (again) from OpenAI
Andrej Karpathy, a former leading researcher and member of the founding team at OpenAI and before that, Tesla, has posted on X that he has left the former company once more. Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday. First of all nothing “happened” and it’s not a result of any particular event, issue or drama […]
Read MoreProtesters gather outside OpenAI office, opposing military AI and AGI
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the OpenAI office on Monday evening as employees were leaving work for the day, rallying against the company’s development of artificial intelligence. The demonstration was organized by two groups — Pause AI and No AGI — who were openly pleading with OpenAI engineers to quit their work on advanced AI […]
Read MoreSam Altman and the $7T geopolitics of AI chips | The AI Beat
Sure, the Super Bowl was exciting — Kansas City, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, yada yada yada. But not even the hometown challengers, the San Francisco 49ers, could keep Silicon Valley as engrossed as the news about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his quest for up to $7 trillion in AI chip funding, which the Wall […]
Read MoreNavigating history with AI: The promise and peril of digital time travel
Will AI improve our understanding of human history, or will it be a tool that will end our history? Right now, there is evidence to support both perspectives. This week, a major prize was awarded to three computer science students who used AI, specifically machine learning (ML) and neural networks, to successfully read and translate […]
Read MoreYear of the dragon: We have entered the AI age
If you were hoping that the world would get over AI fever in 2024, you are going to be sadly mistaken. Advancements in hardware and software (everywhere) are opening up the floodgates to dynamic applications of generative AI that suggest that 2023 was the year where we only really began to scratch the surface. This year — […]
Read MoreSam Altman wants up to $7 trillion for AI chips. The natural resources required would be ‘mind boggling’
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to raise up to $7 trillion for a “wildly-ambitious” tech project to boost the world’s chip capacity, funded by investors including the U.A.E. — which in turn will vastly expand its ability to power AI models. While this may simply be a dreamy […]
Read MoreAR/T House reveals Smart Avatar technology with Venice Beach hologram
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. AR/T House today revealed its new Smart Avatars, an app-less augmented reality technology with AI-powered content. AR/T House also showed a use case in Venice Beach, California: A hologram representation of historical […]
Read MoreWhite House touts new AI safety consortium: Over 200 leading firms to test and evaluate models
One day after appointing a top White House aide as director of the new US AI Safety Institute (USAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Biden Administration announced the creation of the US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which it called “the first-ever consortium dedicated to AI safety.” The coalition includes more than 200 […]
Read MoreGoogle Bard gets renamed as ‘Gemini’, adds support for Ultra 1.0 model
Google Bard, the popular AI chatbot that takes on OpenAI’s ChatGPT, now has a new name: Gemini. The Sundar Pichai-led company today announced that Bard will now simply be known as Gemini, with the bard.google.com URL redirecting to gemini.google.com and no mention of the word Bard anymore. VentureBeat was able to verify the rebrand, with […]
Read MoreNuisance phone calls increase in Q4 and AI scams likely to go up in 2024 | Hiya
Voice security firm Hiya said that nuisance calls dropped in the fourth quarter, but Americans saw one of the lowest rates of fraud calls globally in the quarter. Still, there’s trouble ahead as lots of those calls are now likely to be AI calls. While health insurance scams surged during the open enrollment period, the […]
Read MoreMicrosoft brings new AI image functionality to Copilot, adds new model Deucalion
In a startling move, Microsoft today announced a redesigned look for its Copilot AI search and chatbot experience on the web (formerly known as Bing Chat), new built-in AI image creation and editing functionality, and a new AI model, Deucalion, that is powering one version of Copilot. In addition, the Redmond, Washington-headquartered software and cloud […]
Read MoreMeet ‘Smaug-72B’: The new king of open-source AI
A new open-source language model has claimed the throne of the best in the world, according to the latest rankings from Hugging Face, one of the leading platforms for natural language processing (NLP) research and applications. The model, called “Smaug-72B,” was released publicly today by the startup Abacus AI, which helps enterprises solve difficult problems […]
Read MoreNintendo beats December quarter expectations and ups forecast to 15.5M Switch units in fiscal year
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Nintendo reported quarterly results on Tuesday that beat its previous forecasts and it said it now expects to sell 15.5 million Switch consoles during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. The […]
Read MoreTech industry is poised for comeback in 2024 | Deloitte
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Tech industry leaders are gearing up for a potential rebound in 2024, according to Deloitte‘s latest report. The 2024 Technology Industry Outlook, which included a survey of more than 100 tech executives, […]
Read MoreJ. Crew, Mytheresa and e.l.f. brands launch Apple Vision Pro apps
Fashion, luxury and cosmetics brands are among the 600 apps headed to the Apple Vision Pro. Obsess is announcing that it partnered with the fashion brand J.Crew, cosmetics firm Mytheresa and luxury brand e.l.f. Cosmetics to launch Apple Vision Pro apps today. J.Crew and visionOS developer Obsess have created a virtual closet experience for the […]
Read MoreGoogle Bard gets image generation and a more capable Gemini Pro to take on ChatGPT
Google is updating its Bard AI chatbot to step up its competition with rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The Sundar Pichai-led internet giant today announced it is expanding Bard to now include image generation capabilities, powered by its own Imagen 2 AI model, as well as a more capable version of Gemini Pro. The move gives more […]
Read MoreLovense unveils long-distance sex toy for Apple Vision Pro
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Sex always sells new technology. That old saying will get another test as sex tech pleasure brand Lovense launches its remote sex toy on the Apple Vision Pro. As Apple Vision Pro […]
Read MoreMistral CEO confirms ‘leak’ of new open source AI model nearing GPT-4 performance
The past few days have been a wild ride for the growing open source AI community — even by its fast-moving and freewheeling standards. Here’s the quick chronology: on or about January 28, a user with the handle “Miqu Dev” posted a set of files on HuggingFace, the leading open source AI model and code […]
Read MoreEA earnings get boost from EA Sports FC with bookings hitting $2.36B
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Electronic Arts reported financials for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31 with results driven by its EA Sports FC. EA said net bookings for the quarter were $2.366 billion, up 1% […]
Read MoreBlippar and The Mars Agency launch Superbowl campaign for Apple Vision Pro
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Blippar and The Mars Agency have unveiled an augmented reality Super Bowl ad campaign that will run on the Apple Vision Pro. Snickers, in partnership with Blippar and The Mars Agency, has […]
Read MorePlayGreen raises $6M for sports betting in Latin America
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. PlayGreen has raised $6 million in funding to expand its sports betting business in Latin America. Brazil-based PlayGreen, a sports media and gaming company, said that Vice Ventures led the funding round. […]
Read MoreYelp adds AI summaries, budgeting tools in push to aid businesses
Yelp, the leading business reviews platform, has just introduced its Winter product release, adding more than 20 new features that enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities. The features help businesses reach more customers and optimize their spending, building on Yelp’s previous AI innovations that focused on user and business needs. The announcement comes amid a surge […]
Read MoreSemron raises $7.9M for AI chips with 3D packaging
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Semron has raised $7.9 million (7.3 million euros) for AI chips with 3D packaging for mobile devices. Dresden, Germany-based Semron said its goal is to set a new standard for AI chips […]
Read MoreApple’s plan for EU market regulations draw criticism from Microsoft Xbox president
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Sarah Bond, Microsoft’s Xbox president, criticized Apple for taking a “step in the wrong direction” by coming up with controversial plans for compliance with European Union’s regulations. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney […]
Read MoreHow gamers pushed Razer on sustainability | Min-Liang Tan interview
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. At the recent CES 2024 show, I was able to sit with Min-Liang Tan, CEO of Razer, the gaming lifestyle company who motto is “by gamers, for gamers.” I had a chat […]
Read MoreSAG-AFTRA hits out at AI Taylor Swift deepfakes and George Carlin special, calls to make nonconsensual ‘fake images’ illegal
The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) put out a statement on Jan. 26, 2024, hitting back at two AI scandals in recent weeks: explicit AI deepfakes of musician Taylor Swift circulating on X (formerly Twitter) and the wider internet, and a comedy special YouTube video that impersonates the […]
Read MoreEpic Games CEO blasts Apple for ‘malicious compliance’ with EU Digital Markets Act
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Apple announced its plan today to comply with “gatekeeper” restrictions in the European Union’s Digital Markets Act today. But with the ink barely dry on that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney blasted […]
Read MoreHugging Face teams up with Google to accelerate open AI development
As enterprises across sectors race to bring their AI vision to life, vendors are moving to give them all the resources they need in one place. Case in point: a new strategic collaboration between Google and Hugging Face that gives developers a streamlined way to tap Google Cloud services and accelerate the development of open […]
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