France’s competition watchdog fined Google 250 million euros ($271.73 million) for breaching EU intellectual property rules in its dealings with media publishers. The watchdog raised concerns about Google’s AI service, specifically its chatbot Bard, later renamed Gemini. The chatbot was trained on content from publishers and news agencies without their notification. Google accepted the settlement…
UCLA engineers created a small wearable device to help people with speech problems, like those after laryngeal cancer surgery. The device, placed on the throat, uses muscle signals to produce accurate speech, nearly 95% precise. It’s made of silicone and magnet layers, sensing muscle motion and converting it into electrical signals through a machine-learning algorithm….
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared honest feedback on GPT-4, calling it subpar. He stressed the need for continuous improvement to meet future expectations. Though initially praised, attention shifted to GPT-5 for greater advancements in AI. Altman acknowledged GPT-4’s efforts but emphasized the ongoing growth in AI development. He cautioned about the gap between expectations and…
A 2022 study, recently mentioned in a WSJ op-ed, challenges the idea that electric cars are cleaner than gas ones, Daily Mail reported. The study by Emissions Analytics suggests that electric cars might actually release more pollution because of particles from brakes and tires, which could be up to 1,850 times more than from modern…
