Mark Zuckerberg has launched an aggressive campaign to catch up in artificial intelligence after Meta’s AI products underperformed at a company conference in April. The Facebook parent company is now spending billions and offering unprecedented compensation packages to compete with OpenAI and Google in developing “superintelligence.” According to reporting by Mike Isaac and Cade Metz …
Two federal judges ruled in favor of AI companies this week in closely watched copyright lawsuits over training data usage. Meta Platforms escaped a lawsuit from authors including Sarah Silverman and Andrew Sean Greer who claimed the company used millions of copyrighted books without permission to train its Llama AI model. San Francisco Judge Vince …
Google has released Imagen 4, its newest text-to-image artificial intelligence model, through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. The announcement was made on the official Google Developer Blog. The company introduces two versions of the model to serve different creative needs: Google claims Imagen 4 offers significant improvements in text rendering compared to previous …
Midjourney has released its first AI video model, allowing users to animate still images into short video clips. The company announced the launch of its V1 Video Model to nearly 20 million users worldwide. The new feature works through an “Image-to-Video” workflow. Users create or upload an image, then press an “Animate” button to generate …
Google announced that its Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash AI models have moved from preview to general availability. The company stated that developers can now build production applications with confidence using these stable versions. Several organizations including Snap, SmartBear, Spline, and Rooms have already been using the latest versions in production for recent weeks, according …
The Browser Company has released Dia, a new web browser that places artificial intelligence at its core. The beta version launched Wednesday for existing users of the company’s previous browser, Arc, while others must join a waitlist. Dia features a ChatGPT-like chatbot accessible through a sidebar and the URL bar. The AI assistant can analyze …
News publishers are experiencing dramatic traffic declines as Google’s artificial intelligence features replace traditional search results. Major outlets report losing more than half their search-driven visitors over the past three years. Isabella Simonetti and Katherine Blunt report in The Wall Street Journal that Google’s AI Overviews and new AI Mode are fundamentally changing how users …
French AI company Mistral has released its first reasoning models and announced plans to build European cloud infrastructure, positioning itself as an alternative to American tech giants. The company unveiled two AI models called Magistral alongside a new data center project near Paris. Magistral Small, with 24 billion parameters, is available as open-source software under …
A new study reveals significant differences in how well popular AI chatbots understand and analyze written content. Geoffrey A. Fowler from The Washington Post tested five major AI tools on their ability to comprehend literature, legal documents, scientific papers, and political speeches. The competition involved ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI Llama, and Gemini answering 115 …
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 …