The surveillance-happy UK has hit another home run against personal privacy with a new set of laws that are stifling people’s digital experiences. Introduced as measures to protect child safety, these new rules are, of course, being applied in such a way as to damage legitimate internet use.  That is probably what was intended in the first place. The

E-commerce giant Alibaba has unveiled Quark AI Glasses, the company’s first foray into the wearable technology market, CNBC reports. The glasses are powered by the company’s own AI model Qwen and digital assistant Quark. They offer features such as hands-free calling, music streaming, real-time translation, meeting transcription, and a built-in camera. Users will also be

Imagine this scenario: you’re worried you may have committed a crime, so you turn to a trusted advisor — OpenAI’s blockbuster ChatGPT, say — to describe what you did and get its advice. This isn’t remotely far-fetched; lots of people are already getting legal assistance from AI, on everything from divorce proceedings to parking violations.

Subscribers to the iconic fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue were horrified after spotting a double-page ad for the brand Guess, featuring a blonde model who didn’t look quite right. Unsurprisingly, a small caption in the top left-hand corner revealed that the two images, which showed the fake model sporting two different looks, were “produced” by AI

Should robots be able to cannibalize each other so they can accelerate their evolution, bringing them closer to resembling self-sufficient lifeforms capable of living independently of their human masters? Good news if your answer to that question is “yes”: a team of researchers from Columbia University have built a robot that can seek out and

Back in April, the rental car company Hertz announced that it would be using UVeye, an AI damage scanning hardward and software system from a former defense contractor of the same name, to check its cars for damage after they were returned. It didn’t take long for problems to arise. As our sister site The Drive

Lest you forget that many CEOs are more than willing to fire you and replace you with a shoddy AI model with sociopathic glee, here are the words of one such executive at the forefront of displacing human labor. “CEOs are extremely excited about the opportunities that AI brings,” Elijah Clark, a chief executive who advises

While the development of increasingly powerful AI models grabs headlines, the big challenge is getting intelligent agents to communicate. Right now, we have all these capable systems, but they’re all speaking different languages. It’s a digital Tower of Babel, and it’s holding back the true potential of what AI can achieve. To move forward, we

Scroll through any popular social media app lately, and you’re bound to encounter a new wave of hyper-realistic filters. Far from being the cartoon puppy ears of yesterday, they’re AI-driven “diffusion” filters that can reshape your face in real time with uncanny precision. It’s no wonder everyone is trying them out.  For platforms, the effect

Positron AI, a leader in American-made semiconductor solutions for generative AI inference, has successfully closed a $51.6 million Series A funding round, bringing its total capital raised to over $75 million this year. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, and DFJ Growth, with additional participation from Flume Ventures (featuring tech luminary