AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers
As devices from toys to cars get smarter at the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers are grappling with a shortage of memory and storage needed for them to work.
Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant
More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.
DeepSeek to customise namesake chatbot for Italian users following probe
The firm agrees to a package of commitments, including tackling AI model 'hallucination' issues, with the Italian Competition Authority.
Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualised images of women and children
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualised images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.
Musk’s Grok AI generated thousands of undressed images per hour on X
Elon Musk's X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier this week.
'Never expected this': Creator of viral AI Maduro image comes forward
Prominent accounts misrepresented the image, and further manipulated versions soon spread online.
AI helps pave the way for self-driving cars
Even if Elon Musk's dream of robotaxis for everyone is a long way off, sleek electric cars powered by artificial intelligence packed the Consumer Electronics Show, promising to liberate people from the tedium of driving.
She fell in love with ChatGPT. Then she ghosted it.
The 29-year-old woman who created the "MyBoyfriendIsAI" community on Reddit isn't dating (or sexting) her AI boyfriend anymore. She found something more fulfilling.
It’s HAL out there: Tencent AI chatbot tells user to ‘get lost’ in rare angry outburst
In a moment echoing the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tencent's Yuanbao chatbot has been accused of losing its temper with a user.
From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds
Startups have for a while tried to beef up headphones beyond their basic functions, like listening to music and making phone calls.
