Amazon is apparently planning a major relaunch of its Alexa service, which has been losing money for years. According to Reuters, the company is planning to equip Alexa with a new AI system that will be offered in two tiers. A premium version could be available for around $5 per month and enable tasks such …
Despite numerous AI integrations into applications such as Salesforce or Adobe Photoshop, significant sales have apparently not yet materialized, Bloomberg reports. Many companies are still unsure about appropriate pricing models. Meanwhile, hardware and cloud vendors are benefiting a lot more from the AI boom.
Google’s AI research lab DeepMind has developed a new technology called V2A that can automatically generate appropriate soundtracks, sound effects, and even dialogue for videos. While V2A seems promising, DeepMind admits that the quality of the audio generated is not yet perfect. For now, it is not generally available.
Many AI models that power chatbots advertise themselves as “open source,” but do not fully release the code and training data. A new study shows that many large companies describe their models as “open weights”, meaning that researchers can use them, but have no access to the underlying data and can’t make fundamental changes to …
Apple is delaying the introduction of new AI features in Europe. The company cites privacy and security concerns related to the interoperability requirements of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Experts see this as a sign that companies are taking competition laws more seriously. Apple promises it is working on a solution to make the features …
AI startup Stability AI, which specializes in image generation and is known for its Stable Diffusion tool, is acquired by a group of investors led by former Facebook president Sean Parker after financial difficulties. The investors provide $80 million to recapitalize the company. The goal is to develop a viable business model for Stability AI …
Meta’s labeling of images as “Made with AI” is causing confusion and criticism. The company wants to identify photos on its platforms that have been created using AI tools, but the automatic label does not work reliably. Many users report that photos that have only been edited with AI are also being labeled. Photographers criticize …
Researchers have found a way to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of large language models without sacrificing performance. Using their system, a language model with billions of parameters can be run on as little as 13 watts. The researchers have also developed proprietary hardware that further maximizes energy savings.
The much-hyped new “advanced voice mode” for ChatGPT has been delayed by at least a month. It should now be available in late July or early August, initially for a small group of users only.
According to a report by The Information, OpenAI is experiencing rapid growth in revenue. Annual revenue is said to have doubled in the last six months to $3.4 billion. Most of the revenue comes from subscriptions to ChatGPT and from fees paid by developers. Microsoft also pays OpenAI a portion of the revenue from the …