Meta appoints former Google DeepMind director Robert Fergus to rescue its struggling FAIR lab as researchers flee en masse to competitors and the company's own GenAI division.
In a groundbreaking legal case, an AI-generated video of a slain man addressing his killer during sentencing leads a judge to hand down the maximum sentence for manslaughter, marking a powerful use of technology to amplify victims' voices.
China surges ahead in semiconductors and biotechnology, accelerating bifurcation of global supply chains and data flows between China and US-led tech ecosystems, exemplified by Huawei's domestic revival despite global hurdles.
Escalating U.S.-China trade tensions and expanded U.S. chip controls are disrupting the global humanoid robot supply chain, potentially giving American makers an edge due to China's reliance on advanced AI chips and hardware components from Chinese companies.
ACE-Step, a groundbreaking open-source music AI, redefines generation capabilities by integrating diffusion, compression, and transformer models, enabling rapid convergence, superior coherence, and advanced control over diverse styles, genres, vocals, and instrumental tracks.
In a groundbreaking philanthropic move, Bill Gates announced that the Gates Foundation will spend its entire $200 billion endowment by 2045 on global initiatives like health, education, and development, marking one of the largest charitable donations in U.S. history.
A startling 1 in 5 adults are battling serious loneliness, with the 30-44 age group being the hardest hit, driven by technology, overwork, mental health struggles, and an increasingly individualistic society, prompting calls for self-love, community engagement, and accessible public spaces as potential remedies.
Alibaba's groundbreaking 'ZeroSearch' technique slashes AI training costs by a staggering 88% by simulating search results with language models, eliminating expensive API calls and reducing reliance on big tech platforms, potentially reshaping the economics of AI development.
Google unveils Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview, a powerful image generation tool with higher rate limits, improved visual quality, and advanced capabilities like recontextualizing products, collaborative editing, and dynamic SKU creation, enabling developers to integrate conversational image generation and editing.
Rockstar Games unveils a gripping 3-minute trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, offering glimpses into the lives of protagonists Jason and Lucia, introducing new characters, and teasing a Florida-inspired setting in the fictional Leonida state.