London-based AI lab Stability AI has announced an early preview of its new text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion 3. The advanced generative AI model aims to create high-quality images from text prompts with improved performance across several key areas.

Microsoft has announced plans to significantly boost its investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in Spain, with a commitment to quadruple its spending during 2024-2025 to reach $2.1 billion. This substantial increase marks the largest investment by Microsoft in Spain since its establishment in the country 37 years ago.

Reddit has negotiated a content licensing deal to allow its data to be used for training AI models, according to a Bloomberg report.

For years, researchers have explored the potential of brain-computer interfaces (MCIs) – systems that connect the human brain to external technology – to restore movement in people with paralyzed limbs, using arrays of electrodes implanted directly into the body. the surface of the brain.

According to a Deloitte survey, 53% of companies adopting artificial intelligence spent more than $ 20 million in the last year on technology and talent.

Another groundbreaking generative artificial intelligence tool from the company behind ChatGPT unveiled Thursday is expected to accelerate the proliferation of deepfake videos and have implications for virtually every industry.

We already know that OpenAI’s chatbots can pass the bar exam without going to law school. Now, just in time for the Oscars, a new OpenAI app called Sora hopes to master cinema without going to film school. For now a research product, Sora is going out to a few select creators and a number of security experts who will red-team it for safety vulnerabilities. OpenAI plans to make it available to all wannabe auteurs at some unspecified date, but it decided to preview it in advance.

Last year was one of dramatic transformation across all industries, but as we enter 2024, global businesses are still assessing how they can best utilize the technology that's taken the world by storm—AI. Marketing is in the same boat as the rest. In a time when marketing teams carefully allocate time and effort to achieve the most bang for their buck, mastering the dynamic interplay of AI and marketing isn't just a strategic advantage but a business-critical necessity.

In popular culture, the fear of AI taking over jobs often manifests in dystopian narratives in which machines replace human workers, leading to societal unrest and economic collapse. Films like "The Terminator" and "Blade Runner" depict a future where AI-driven automation results in widespread unemployment and social upheaval, reflecting deep-seated anxieties about technological advancement and its impact on the workforce. These portrayals resonate with real-world concerns about job displacement and the growing role of AI in various industries.

Popular third-party file explorer Files just received an update that fixes one of its most frustrating issues. Following an update to version 3.2, the Files app should be more stable when navigating through large folders. The update also adds a list view for files and folders, brings the option to change album covers on media files, and adds support for higher quality thumbnails.