66 articles tagged #ai
Google released Gemini 3.1 Pro, a new AI model it claims excels at complex reasoning, citing benchmark scores that often surpass rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. It's available now across various platforms.
Microsoft proposes a blueprint to verify online content authenticity using digital provenance, watermarks, and fingerprints. While promising, adoption faces hurdles from tech platforms and public skepticism, even as regulations like California's AI Transparency Act push for change.
Reddit is testing an AI search tool that shows product carousels based on user recommendations, linking directly to retailers. This blends community discussions with e-commerce.
Google Chrome adds new features like Split View, PDF annotations, and direct saving to Google Drive to compete with AI browsers and keep users.
AI may replace some tasks, but experts argue humans will remain essential for decision-making, with AI freeing them to focus on higher-value work.
AI summaries can be dangerously biased, especially in multilingual contexts. Hidden instructions can steer outputs to hide human rights abuses or give unsafe advice, as shown in refugee aid tests. Evaluation must lead to better safeguards.
Fomi is an AI-powered Mac app that blocks distractions by analyzing your screen to tell if you're working or procrastinating. It uses cloud AI, raising privacy concerns, but redacts personal data first.
AI-generated PRs are flooding open source, overwhelming maintainers and degrading code quality. A "guild system" (web of trust) is proposed to verify contributors and filter out bot-generated spam.
Gentoo is migrating from GitHub to Codeberg, citing "continuous attempts to force Copilot usage" and concerns over AI-generated code quality and ethics.
Activist investor Palliser Capital says Japanese toilet maker Toto is an "overlooked AI memory beneficiary" due to its advanced ceramics used in chip manufacturing, urging it to highlight this tech business.
The European Parliament disabled AI features on lawmakers' devices due to data security concerns. AI assistants send data to cloud services, raising fears of confidential info leaks. It's a temporary ban until data sharing is clarified.
AI's huge power demand drives data centers to use more fossil fuels, mainly new gas turbines, potentially adding 44M tons of CO2 by 2030, equivalent to 10M cars' emissions.