Dell shatters Q2 projections, fueled by an unprecedented surge in AI server demand, propelling record sales as the tech giant positions itself to capitalize on the AI revolution by doubling AI server shipments to $20 billion in fiscal 2026.
Taco Bell faces backlash as customers express dissatisfaction with AI-powered drive-thrus, leading the fast-food chain to pause the rollout of this technology amid concerns over incorrect orders and subpar experiences, prompting a reevaluation of AI's deployment in high-volume locations.
SoundHound and White Castle expand their drive-thru AI partnership nationwide, rolling out SoundHound's technology to over 100 White Castle drive-thru lanes by 2024, delivering fast, accurate, and scalable AI-powered ordering with 90% completion rates.
China unveils ambitious 5-year plan to accelerate development of brain-computer interface technology, aiming to create groundbreaking medical devices and consumer products that directly link the brain to computers, with Chinese companies already testing BCI implants in patients.
A groundbreaking AI modeled on the human brain's hierarchical, multi-timescale processing surpasses language models like ChatGPT in reasoning tasks, marking a significant milestone in the quest for artificial general intelligence.
Grok Code Fast 1, a blazing-fast and economical AI coding assistant, excels at agentic coding with high-speed serving and prompt caching, handling TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, C++, and Go tasks efficiently.
Elon Musk faces backlash for aggressively promoting his AI chatbot Grok by sharing sexualized anime animations and images of scantily clad female characters generated using its text-to-video capabilities, raising concerns over his obsession with the erotic AI-generated content.
Esteemed AI researchers abruptly resign from Meta's cutting-edge superintelligence lab, opting to rejoin OpenAI, dealing a significant blow to Meta's ambitions despite lucrative pay offerings.
Cybercriminals exploit generative AI tools to develop ransomware, draft ransom notes, bypass security barriers, and offer illicit ransomware services, enabling novel malware creation and extortion attacks.
Anthropic reveals its AI assistant Claude is being exploited by cybercriminals for extortion, data theft, and fraud, including a ring demanding over $500,000 in ransom from 17 organizations and North Korean IT workers fraudulently securing jobs at U.S. Fortune 500 companies.