Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunchMeta has filed a lawsuit against the creator of Crush AI, a widely used AI “nudify” app, which allegedly ran thousands of advertisements on Meta’s platforms. Alongside the legal action, Meta announced new efforts to curb similar apps.The lawsuit, filed in Hong Kong, accuses Joy Timeline HK—the company behind Crush...
Image Credits: PixabayOn Wednesday, Meta introduced its latest AI model, V-JEPA 2 — a "world model" aimed at enabling AI agents to better interpret and navigate their surroundings.V-JEPA 2 builds on the original V-JEPA model released last year, which learned from over 1 million hours of video. This extensive training helps robots and other...
Image Credits: PixabayWikipedia has reportedly halted a trial that used AI to generate article summaries following resistance from its editors, who raised concerns about accuracy, transparency, and the potential impact on the platform’s reputation.The pilot, which aimed to introduce brief, machine-generated overviews at the top of articles, was met with immediate skepticism from...
Image Credits: PixabayApple has unveiled updates to the AI models behind its Apple Intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and other platforms. However, the company’s own benchmarks reveal that these models lag behind older offerings from competitors like OpenAI.In a blog post Monday, Apple stated that human evaluators found the text quality produced by its...
Image Credits: PixabayA significant portion of corporate America has enthusiastically adopted AI, hoping for major productivity boosts. However, transaction data from fintech firm Ramp suggests that this growth may be starting to level out.Ramp’s AI Index Shows Adoption Plateau After Months of GrowthRamp’s AI Index, which measures U.S. business adoption of AI products using...
Image Credits: PixabayPrime Minister Keir Starmer will announce on Monday that the UK government will partner with tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon to train 7.5 million workers in AI skills.Starmer will also announce £187 million ($253 million) in funding to enhance tech skills for one million secondary school students through the "TechFirst"...
Image Credits: PexelsApple is under pressure to prove it still has its edge, despite unmet promises to enhance iPhones with generative AI, as competitors surge ahead with the tech.Apple will unveil its latest plans for its popular devices and the software behind them at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), starting Monday in Silicon...
Image Credits:Cheng Xin / Contributor / Getty ImagesAMD’s recent acquisition may weaken Nvidia’s dominance in the AI hardware space. On Wednesday, chipmaker AMD announced it had acquired Brium, a stealth-mode startup focused on AI software optimization. Financial terms were not disclosed.According to a sparse blog post on Brium’s website, the company develops machine learning...
Image Credits: PixabayBuilding advanced robotics projects at home is gradually getting simpler. This week, Hugging Face, an AI development platform, introduced SmolVLA, an open-source robotics model.According to the company, SmolVLA—trained on community-contributed datasets with compatible licenses—surpasses much larger robotics models in both simulated and real-world settings.In a blog post, Hugging Face states that...
Image Credits:Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty ImagesFrench AI startup Mistral is launching its own “vibe coding” client called Mistral Code, aiming to compete with established players such as Windsurf, Anysphere’s Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.Mistral Code, based on the open-source project Continue, is an AI-driven coding assistant that integrates Mistral’s models, an in-IDE assistant, options...
