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IBM launches $500M fund to develop generative AI for enterprise
7.11.2023
The new fund follows IBM’s participation in a $235M series D funding rounding in August for generative AI firm Hugging Face
Xbox to enhance game dialogues with generative AI through new partnership
7.11.2023
The company will provide an AI toolset for game developers to improve scripts, dialogue trees and quests inside games
Meta bans usage of generative AI ad creation tools for political advertisers
7.11.2023
Meta updated its help center with a note explaining that political advertisers are prohibited from using its new generative AI ad campaign creation tools
$15K to $45K — 6 AI Chatbots Weigh in With Conservative Bitcoin Forecasts for Year’s End
5.11.2023
Four months ago, Bitcoin.com News engaged with six generative AI chatbots, prompting them to forecast bitcoin’s value at the close of 2023. The collective consensus of these AI systems anticipated BTC to land between $40,000 and $50,000 by the conclusion of the year. With the year...
Northern Data Secures $600 Million Loan From Tether Amidst AI Hardware Investment Spree
3.11.2023
Northern Data Group has confirmed a €575 million ($610M) debt financing from Tether Group, a signal of heightened activity in the high-performance computing sector responding to the artificial intelligence (AI) demand surge. The firm detailed that the funding is poised to advance Northern...
Crypto Billionaire’s Nonprofit Acquires $500M Worth of AI Chips for Generative AI
1.11.2023
Crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, known as a co-founder major crypto companies like Stellar, Ripple, and Mt Gox, has launched a nonprofit with a mission to empower the development of generative AI. This nonprofit, registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) organization, recently purchased 24,000 Nvidia H100...
China sets stricter rules for training generative AI models
13.10.2023
The draft regulations emphasize that data subject to censorship on the Chinese internet should not serve as training material for these models
US Space Force pauses use of ChatGPT-like tools due to security fears: Report
13.10.2023
At least 500 Space Force staff members have been affected, according to the department’s former chief software officer
Future of payments: Visa to invest $100M in generative AI
3.10.2023
Visa says it was one of the first firms in the world to pioneer AI in payments, deploying AI-based technology for risk and fraud management in 1993
US Spy Agency Plans to Launch Generative AI Tool to Amplify Intelligence Gathering
29.9.2023
Reports indicate that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is poised to unveil a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool, akin to Openai’s Chatgpt, to significantly enhance investigative efforts. Randy Nixon, the head of the CIA’s Open-Source Enterprise division, explained that this...
Amazon to Invest up to $4 Billion in AI Firm Anthropic
27.9.2023
Amazon, the worldwide tech behemoth, has announced that it will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm that has developed Claude, a generative AI assistant. As part of this strategic partnership, Anthropic will train its models on top of Amazon silicon,...
IMF Publications’ Report Highlights Growing Risks of Generative AI in Financial Sector
12.9.2023
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its expansion into the finance sector, a new report published on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Publications web portal cautions about risks associated with the latest AI capabilities in the financial world. The Rise of Thinking Machines: Report...
Blockchain Firm Raises Millions From Andreessen Horowitz, Paris Hilton to Help Monetize AI Mashups
7.9.2023
Investors led by Andreessen Horowitz have backed a company that has set out to help content creators monetize their work in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech firm intends to employ blockchain technology to track remixes and mashups that have been spreading online since the invent...
Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Dives into Generative AI, Investing $10M in Nvidia GPUs Amidst Soaring Demand
31.8.2023
On August 29, the publicly traded bitcoin mining entity, Iris Energy, revealed its acquisition of 248 Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs) at a cost of $10 million. While the company emphasized that its primary focus remains on BTC mining, it views generative artificial intelligence (AI)...
Iris Energy buys 248 Nvidia GPUs worth $10M for generative AI & Bitcoin mining
29.8.2023
Iris Energy has invested $10 million in the latest generation Nvidia GPUs to explore generative AI while it continues to focus on Bitcoin mining
Naver Corp unveils South Korea's answer to ChatGPT and generative AI
24.8.2023
South Korean internet giant Naver Corp. has released CLOVA X, a Korean language chatbot similar to ChatGPT that can have conversations and summarize text
Pentagon forms ‘Task Force Lima’ to map generative AI for US defense
11.8.2023
Task Force Lima will look into how artificial intelligence can be used across the U.S. defense, including warfighting capabilities
Meta launches suite of generative AI music tools rivaling Google’s MusicLM
4.8.2023
Meta’s latest suite of generative AI tools allows users to input text to create musical and audio compositions, rivaling a similar tool released this year by Google
Study: Generative AI Could Add Trillions to Global Economy
31.7.2023
A new report by McKinsey & Company suggests generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could boost global economic output by trillions of dollars annually. The study, titled “The Economic Potential of Generative AI” and published June 14, 2023, analyzes the impact AI tools...
High skilled jobs most exposed to AI, impact is still unknown - report
12.7.2023
A deep dive into global employment data and trends indicates that AI could have the biggest impact on high-skill jobs