Artificial Intelligence
Google considers fees for AI-fuelled search features: FT
GOOGLE is considering charging for new “premium” features run by artificial intelligence (AI), the Financial Times (FT) reported, marking the first time it would put any of its core...
Apple explores home robotics as potential ‘next big thing’ after car fizzles
APPLE has teams investigating a push into personal robotics, a field with the potential to become one of the company’s ever-shifting “next big things”, according to sources familiar with...
Chipmaker Hailo raises US$120 million riding on AI boom
ISRAEL-BASED chipmaker Hailo has raised US$120 million in a new funding round, valuing it at US$1.2 billion, and released a high-performance generative artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the company said...
Amazon offers free credits for startups to use AI models including Anthropic
AMAZON Web Service (AWS) has expanded its free credits programme for startups to cover the costs of using major AI models, the company told Reuters in an interview, as...
AI craze drives record quarterly foreign flows to South Korean stocks
INVESTORS’ frenzy over artificial intelligence (AI) drove the largest quarterly foreign inflow to South Korean shares, contributing to a global rally in AI-related stocks.Overseas investors bought a net US$12.2...
OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool
OPENAI on Friday (Mar 29) revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners.A model...
Microsoft, OpenAI plan US$100 billion data-centre project: media report
MICROSOFT and OpenAI are working on plans for a data centre project that could cost as much as US$100 billion and include an artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer called Stargate,...
AI companies are courting Hollywood. Do they come in peace?
Artificial intelligence is coming to Hollywood — but is Hollywood ready for it? OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is meeting with entertainment industry players, including executives at talent agencies...
