Over 400 prominent UK media and arts figures — including Paul McCartney, Elton John, and Ian McKellen — have urged the prime minister to support an amendment to the Data Bill that would require AI companies to disclose which copyrighted works they use for training. The UK government proposes to Read more…
Microsoft is laying off 3% of employees across all levels and geographies, the company said Tuesday. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace”. Microsoft had 228,000 employees worldwide at the end of June, meaning that the move will affect Read more…
Requesting concise answers from AI chatbots significantly increases their tendency to hallucinate, according to new research from Paris-based AI testing company Giskard. The study found that leading models — including OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Mistral Large, and Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet — sacrifice factual accuracy when instructed to keep responses short. “When Read more…
Amazon’s decade-old acquisition of Annapurna Labs has emerged as a pivotal element in its AI strategy, with the once-secretive Israeli chip design startup now powering AWS infrastructure. The $350 million deal, struck in 2015 after initial talks between Annapurna co-founder Nafea Bshara and Amazon executive James Hamilton, has equipped the Read more…
Apple is embracing the world of brain computer interfaces, unveiling a new technology that one day could revolutionize how humans interact with their devices. The company is taking early steps to enable people to control their iPhones with neural signals captured by a new generation of brain implants. It could Read more…
Tools like Cursor and Windsurf can now complete software projects with minimal input or oversight from human engineers… Naveen Rao, chief AI officer at Databricks, estimates that coding accounts for half of all large language model usage today. A 2024 GitHub survey found that over 97% of developers have used Read more…
Bill Gates, once the richest man in the world, vowed to give away “virtually all” of his wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next two decades. Then, the foundation will close its doors on Dec. 31, 2045. […] Gates wrote in a Thursday Gates Notes essay that the original Read more…