At the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers warned of a global DRAM shortage driven by booming AI demand. Memory prices are soaring, boosting revenues at Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology. IDC says shortages may last into next year, forcing higher…
xAI, the startup behind Grok, said on Thursday it was restricting image generation and editing to paying subscribers as it tried to fix safeguard lapses that had allowed sexualised outputs including depictions of scantily clad children.
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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has turned off its image creation feature for non-paying users following backlash over its use to create sexualized deepfakes of women and children. Some users reportedly used Grok to generate pictures of women and children…
Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013, calling it the biggest biotech breakthrough of the century. Yet so far, there’s been only one gene-editing drug approved. It’s been used commercially on only…
SoftBank has cut its stake in Ola Electric to 13.53% after selling shares over recent months. The offloading comes as major investors trim stake amid regulatory pressure, rising competition and operational challenges. Ola’s market share and valuation also dropped sharply…
Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI surged over 12% in its Hong Kong debut, raising $558 million ahead of rival MiniMax’s listing. But analysts said profits were unlikely any time soon from either company, the first two IPOs among China’s so-called…
AI is transforming online search, with startups like OpenAI innovating faster than legacy firms, said Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy. AI-powered browsers and tools are reshaping how users access information. While cloud giants compete, Snowflake remains confident in its specialised analytics…
Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, and particularly the surging electricity usage of data centers that enable the training and deployment of the latest generative AI models. But it’s not all bad news — some AI…
India is stepping up plans to build its own graphics processors after talks between minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Nvidia executives. The discussions covered sovereign GPUs and local manufacturing of advanced AI devices. The government is also expanding subsidised access to…