AI

OpenAI whistleblowers urged the US Financial Watchdog to investigate nondisclosure contracts at the startup. They claimed the contracts contained restrictions, such as requiring that employees seek permission before contacting regulatory…

Microsoft and Apple resigned from their board observers seats at OpenAI to quell global regulators' concern over the close relationship between big tech companies and a few powerful AI start ups. Microsoft, less than nine months after…

Google's greenhouse gases emissions have risen 48 percent in the last five years, due to its expansion of data centres which underpin artificial-intelligence systems. This puts its commitment to achieve "net zero" by the year 2030 into…

Jensen Huang did not mention a fall in the share price when he spoke last week at the Nvidia Annual General Meeting. The US chipmaker briefly became the most valuable company in June, but it quickly lost the title. Nvidia lost about…

The proposed Japanese takeover by Graphcore of the British artificial-intelligence company is being reviewed for national security reasons amid concerns that foreign investors are targeting UK technology. SoftBank, a Tokyo-based…

The machines have already surpassed humans in a number of areas, including chess and bird identification. They can also predict complex protein structures. When it comes to really clever and intuitive things, such as original scientific…

Apple has delayed the launch of three new artificial-intelligence features in Europe due to European Union rules on competition, which require that Apple ensure rival products and services are compatible with its devices. The features are…

Jensen Huang, the Nvidia CEO, has been claiming for years that data centres around the world will have to undergo a complete overhaul to meet the needs of generative AI. He claims that $1tn will be needed over the next 4 to 5 years to train…

Mistral AI, a French artificial intelligence startup founded just a year ago by former employees of Meta and Google's DeepMind, has achieved an impressive 640 million in its Series B round, led by US venture capitalists General Catalyst,…

Mistral AI is a Paris-based artificial-intelligence start-up that has raised €600mn at a valuation close to €6bn. This comes just one year after Microsoft and Nvidia backed the company, which was initially launched as a rival for OpenAI.…

Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, announced Monday a series generative artificial-intelligence products and services during his keynote address at the company’s annual developer conference WWDC. These included "Apple Intelligence", and a partnership…

Nvidia’s market value surpassed $3tn on Wednesday, overtaking Apple as the second most valuable company in the world. This follows a year marked by incredible growth spurred by demand for artificial intelligence chips. Bloomberg reported…

Salesforce shares fell by 18% Thursday after the company's lowest-ever forecast for quarterly revenue growth raised concerns that high interest rates, and competing AI offerings, were hampering demand. If losses continue, the company's…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI closed a $6bn investment round (£4.7bn), making it one of the best-funded competitors to OpenAI. The startup, which is just a year old has built a large language model, the technology…

Elon Musk’s xAI, a start-up in artificial intelligence, has received new funding from Silicon Valley venture capitalists Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. Sequoia Capital, Tribe Capital and Sequoia Capital have also…

Nvidia announced record quarterly revenues on Wednesday, fueled by the explosive growth in artificial intelligence adoption among corporations. Jensen Huang is the founder and CEO of Nvidia. He said, "The next Industrial Revolution has…

Nvidia's revenue increased 262 percent in the last quarter due to record sales of artificial-intelligence chips. This growth exceeded expectations and the company's chief executive stated that the blockbuster growth would continue this…

Microsoft announced an improved artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant that supports the work of all departments within a company without requiring direct commands. The tech giant is stepping up its competition with Google in…