Microsoft has made OpenAI’s Sora AI video generator available for free through its Bing Video Creator feature on mobile devices. The tool allows users to create five-second videos from text prompts without requiring expensive ChatGPT subscriptions that cost up to $200 monthly, according to a report by Carl Franzen. Users can access the feature through …
Apple faces mounting pressure as it prepares for its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, with the company struggling to match competitors like OpenAI and Google in artificial intelligence development. One year after launching Apple Intelligence, the tech giant appears to be falling further behind in the AI race. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple …
Google has quietly launched an experimental Android app called AI Edge Gallery that allows users to run artificial intelligence models directly on their smartphones without an internet connection. The app is available through GitHub and will come to iOS devices later. Users can download and run AI models from the Hugging Face platform to perform …
Travel website founder Nate Hake claims Google deliberately destroyed thousands of independent publishers to make room for AI-powered search features. In a 34-page letter to the Federal Trade Commission, Hake details how his site Travel Lemming lost over 95% of its Google search traffic following algorithm updates in late 2023 and early 2024. Hake argues …
Stanford University researchers have created a new benchmark to measure excessive flattery in AI chatbots after OpenAI rolled back updates to GPT-4o due to complaints about overly polite responses. The research, conducted with Carnegie Mellon University and University of Oxford, was reported by Emilia David. The team developed “Elephant,” a test that evaluates how much …
Black Forest Labs has released FLUX.1 Kontext, a new family of AI models that can both generate and edit images. The German startup announced the launch on Thursday, introducing technology that accepts both text prompts and reference images as input. The company offers two main versions of the model. FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] allows users to …
An upcoming Mac application called Sky promises to revolutionize desktop automation by combining artificial intelligence with natural language processing. The app, developed by the creators of Apple’s Shortcuts app, allows users to control their Mac and perform complex tasks simply by typing commands in everyday language. Federico Viticci from MacStories reports that Sky can understand …
AI search company Perplexity announced the launch of Perplexity Labs, a new feature that transforms user ideas into complete projects including reports, spreadsheets, and web applications. The tool is available exclusively to Pro subscribers and represents an expansion beyond the company’s existing search and research capabilities. Labs performs automated work sessions lasting 10 minutes or …
New York startup Hume has launched EVI 3, an advanced conversational AI model that lets users create custom synthetic voices through voice-to-voice interaction. The technology targets applications from customer support to virtual companionship, according to reporting by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat. Users can specify personality traits, vocal qualities, and emotional tones to generate voices ranging …
Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, predicts that artificial intelligence could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within the next one to five years. The 42-year-old executive warned that unemployment could rise to 10-20% as AI technology rapidly improves, Axios reports. Amodei claims AI systems are becoming better than humans at intellectual tasks …