OpenAI’s legal battle with The New York Times about data for training its AI models is ongoing. However, OpenAI is pressing forward with agreements with other publishers, such as large news outlets from France and Spain. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced it formed agreements with Le Monde and Prisa Media to introduce French and Spanish news […]
On Tuesday, startup Anthropic released a family of generative AI models that it claims achieve best-in-class performance. Just a few days later, rival Inflection AI unveiled a model that it asserts comes close to matching some of the most capable models out there, including OpenAI’s GPT-4, in quality. Anthropic and Inflection are by no means […]
Last month, Amazon announced that it’d launch a new AI-powered chatbot, Rufus, inside the Amazon Shopping app for Android and iOS. After a few days’ delay, the company began to roll out Rufus to early testers February 1 — including some of us at TechCrunch — to help find and compare products as well as […]
If it wasn’t clear before that Google’s Gemini chatbot was rushed out the door, it is now. Gemini’s since-removed image generator put people of color in Nazi-era uniforms. The chatbot’s commentary continues to tend toward the absurd besides, like equating Hitler’s record with Elon Musk posting memes. On Android, Gemini also breaks Google Assistant’s song […]
A major study highlighted the inadequacy of several leading AI services in accurately addressing questions and concerns related to voting and elections. The examination by Proof News, a data-based reporting network, underscored that no AI model can be unconditionally reliable. Of grave concern was the frequency at which some AI services delivered inaccurate results. Proof […]
Google has extended an apology (or nearly so) for yet another embarrassing AI mistake this week. The image-creation model is called out for infusing diversity into pictures without considering historical context in a comical way. Despite being a legitimate issue, Google cites the model as being excessively sensitive. Yet, remember that the model didn’t create […]
Reddit’s future, as it fast tracks towards a public listing on the stock exchange, has more to do with its relationship with AI vendors such as OpenAI than you might initially assume. The IPO prospectus that Reddit submitted today to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission underscores the value Reddit places on its data licensing […]