December is shaping up to be a month of dueling AI announcements from OpenAI and Google.
Intel's 'botched' $20 Billion NVIDIA acquisition shines a $3 Trillion light on the chipmaker's short-sightedness and missed opportunities in AI: “It would have been Intel's most expensive acquisition”
Intel almost acquired NVIDIA but didn’t since it would have been its most expensive acquisition.
An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself.
Brenda Lee Releases AI-Generated Spanish Version Of “Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree”
Look out, Mariah: Brenda Lee is gunning for that #1 spot once again.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is tearing into Microsoft's AI Copilot
Benioff recently blasted Microsoft for doing a “tremendous disservice” to the AI industry
Brits Are 'Love Bombing' an Average Restaurant to Keep Tourists Away from Good Ones
This is certainly one way to gatekeep.
Pharos Announces $5M Seed Round To Automate Hospital Quality Reporting
Hospital quality reporting platform Pharos announced today the close of its oversubscribed $5M seed round led by Felicis with participation from General Catalyst, Moxxie and Y Combinator. Pharos will use the funds to grow its engineering team, allowing customers to report to new clinical quality registries and measure a wider range of process metrics.
14-Year-Old Was 'Groomed' By AI Chatbot Before Suicide: Lawyer
An attorney said that if a real adult had interacted with the teen like a chatbot on Character.AI had, they would “be in jail for child abuse.”
Opinion | Our Robot Stories Haven’t Prepared Us for A.I.
‘The Wild Robot’ and Data from ‘Star Trek’ are very different from our chatbots.
Fake restaurant tips on Reddit a reminder of Google AI Overview’s inherent flaws
“Spreading misinformation suddenly becomes a noble goal,” Redditor says.