OpenAI Unveils AI-Powered Web Browser, Challenging Chrome's Dominance
OpenAI unveils an AI-powered web browser, integrating its Operator web-browsing agent, challenging Google Chrome's dominance and gaining direct access to user data.
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Grok 4 unveils multimodal AI with deeper thinking, faster performance
Grok 4, a groundbreaking multimodal AI, unveils deeper thinking, faster performance, and multimodal capabilities supporting text, images, and potentially video, aiming to overcome bias concerns with improved content moderation for enhanced credibility.
Meta Acquires Stake in EssilorLuxottica, Eyeing Wearable Tech Expansion
Meta, Facebook's parent company, acquires a minority stake worth around $3.51 billion in EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, signaling its ambitions to expand into wearable technology and AI-powered devices, with shares of EssilorLuxottica surging 6%.
Apple Unveils Augmented Reality Smart Glasses, Launch Slated for 2026
Apple revolutionizes wearable tech, unveiling augmented reality smart glasses with AI capabilities for translation, navigation, and more, slated for a 2026 launch after rigorous prototype testing and production ramp-up.
OpenAI Raids Tesla, xAI, Meta for Top Engineering Talent
OpenAI intensifies the war for AI talent, poaching 4 high-ranking engineers from Tesla, xAI, and Meta to bolster its scaling team and build advanced AI infrastructure.
AI Revolutionizes Fashion: Venture Capitalists Bet Big on Tech-Driven Startups
Venture capitalists pour millions into AI-driven fashion startups, with $162 million invested in 2022 alone; AI revolutionizes trend forecasting, design tools, personalization, virtual try-ons, smart manufacturing, and sustainability for the fashion industry.
Wimbledon AI Line-Calling Faces Backlash from Players Over Errors
Players at Wimbledon express frustration over AI line-calling technology making incorrect calls, costing them points, despite officials defending the system's accuracy over human judges.
Meta Poaches Apple's AI Chief Ruoming Pang in Talent War
Meta strikes a blow in the AI talent war, poaching Ruoming Pang, Apple's head of AI models who oversaw training for the tech giant's in-house AI systems, in a potential exodus from Apple's troubled artificial intelligence division.
Mayo Clinic AI Detects Surgical Infections from Patient Photos with High Accuracy
Groundbreaking AI from Mayo Clinic accurately detects surgical site infections from patient photos with 94% incision and 81% infection identification rates, enabling faster response and earlier treatment.
Microsoft Cuts 3,000 Jobs in Washington, Pivots to AI Amid Intense Work Culture
Microsoft lays off over 3,000 employees in Washington state as it pivots focus to artificial intelligence, investing billions into AI infrastructure amid criticism of impersonal termination processes and an intense work culture.