Would you buy your child a ChatGPT‑powered Barbie? I’m queasy at the prospect of a real‑life Small Soldiers scenario

Mattel teaming up with OpenAI to put AI in toys might be fun, but there's a risk of unpredictable AI playmates that raises concerns. [...]

Gemini AI Ultra is Google's new ultimate 'VIP' plan for AI obsessives – here's what you get for its staggering price tag

Google just announced Google AI Ultra, and it comes with a staggeringly high price tag. [...]

ChatGPT is getting smarter, but its hallucinations are spiraling

ChatGPT is plagued with hallucinations that are becoming worse even as the models become more sophisticated [...]

You can't hide from ChatGPT – new viral AI challenge can geo-locate you from almost any photo – we tried it and it's wild and worrisome

ChtGPT's latest model is a little too good at geolocating based purely on images. [...]

You don't have to pay for Google Gemini to comment on what you're looking at on your phone anymore

Gemini Live’s visual features are now free on Android. [...]

Startup challenge seeks sustainable solutions to AI’s energy demands

A new contest is searching for solutions to a defining problem of the AI era: soaring energy consumption. The Energy Innovation for AI Startup Challenge launches amid growing concern over the environm [...]

How AI is Redrawing the World’s Electricity Maps: Insights from the IEA Report

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just transforming technology; it's also significantly changing the global energy sector. According to the latest report from the International Energy Agency (I [...]

Wordsmith Extends Series B With $14 Million to Scale AI for In-House Legal Teams

Wordsmith AI has secured a $14 million extension to its Series B financing as companies increasingly explore whether artificial intelligence can help their internal legal teams handle work that would [...]

Google DeepMind's Genie 3 can dynamically alter the state of its simulated worlds

At start of December, Google DeepMind released Genie 2. The Genie family of AI systems are what are known as world models. They're capable of generating images as the user — either a human or, [...]