The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…When PIRG researchers posed as ‘PIRG AI Toy Inc.,’ requesting access to the AI models to build products for kids, Google, Meta, xAI, and OpenAI asked “no substantive vetting questions” as part…
…When PIRG researchers posed as ‘PIRG AI Toy Inc.,’ requesting access to the AI models to build products for kids, Google, Meta, xAI, and OpenAI asked “no substantive vetting questions” as part…
…The startup says it developed a video encoder that can compress videos into an AI model’s context window, which it claims is 50X more efficient than previous computer use models. To…
…Anthropic refused to allow its models to be used in mass surveillance and autonomous weapon systems, leading to an ongoing legal battle between the AI lab and the Pentagon. As part of…
…In my briefing, Apple demonstrated some examples of running those models on-device, such as the new coding assistant built into Xcode and workflow involving AI-enhanced postproduction using DaVinci Resolve and…
…Combined with advances in AI, it’s now feasible to design dangerous new toxins and pathogens using large language models, although some biology training would likely still be needed to make a…
…OpenAI would supply new models to power the tool, but this was Microsoft’s turf. OpenAI spent much of 2023 and 2024 investing instead in its multimodal AI models and agents—designed…
…XPeng Motors' GX is the former, a model in which sensors, computing infrastructure, and AI models with Level 4 autonomous driving in mind were designed first, then built into a new SUV…
…It's no longer difficult to envision a near future in which local AI models are routinely used for inference across a wide range of work projects. As agentic models become easier…
…New weather apps like Rainbow Weather aim to be AI-first. Weather services are also being integrated directly into AI chatbots, like Accuweather, which recently launched an app directly in OpenAI’s…
…The majority of Anthropic’s recent revenue growth has come from Claude Platform, an enterprise product that allows developers to tap into the company’s AI models through an API, according to…