Financial Times: Alibaba leverages computing resources to become a leading AI investor in China; sources: cloud credits made up ~50% of Alibaba’s $800M investment in Moonshot AI — Ecommerce giant offers computing resources to fast-growing start-ups in exchange for equity — Alibaba has been leveraging … Source link
Google Chrome has been updated with fixes for a zero-day security flaw that was being actively exploited in the wild, according to the search giant. The vulnerability affects a component in Chrome that renders web content on a user’s screen, allowing attackers to take advantage of a user’s computer when a user visits a maliciously
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Wes Davis / The Verge: What to expect at Google I/O 2024: Android 15 updates, more generative AI features for Google’s apps, a new Gemini-powered “Pixie” digital assistant, and more — Google is preparing to hold its annual Google I/O developer conference next week, and naturally, it will be all about AI. Source link
Google Chrome could introduce new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to users that could help them perform certain tasks easily on the browser. One of these new features is likely to be related to performing visual lookups while browsing the web. New information that has recently surfaced online suggests that Chrome is likely to
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Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18; talks with Google to license Gemini are still ongoing — – Move is part of push to add AI features to Apple devices — Company also held talks with Google about using Gemini Source link
Counterpoint Research: Smartphone shipments in India grew 8% in Q1, 2024; Vivo leads for the first time with 19.2% of market share, followed by Xiaomi with 18.8%, and Samsung 17.5% — – For the first time ever, vivo led the market by volume in a single quarter. — Samsung led the market by value after
Anna Tong / Reuters: Sources: OpenAI plans to announce its AI-powered search product on May 13 — OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. Source link
OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The announcement date, though subject to change, has not been previously reported. Bloomberg and the Information have reported that Microsoft-backed OpenAI is working on a search
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Amaka Nwaokocha / Cointelegraph: Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi announces plans to shut down its web platform by May and partners with Coinbase to allow clients to access and withdraw funds — The plan administrator will continue to use Coinbase for upcoming distribution rounds, potentially involving recovered funds from FTX. Source link
Kevin Roose / New York Times: An account of chatting with 18 AI companions for a month: AI friendship is hollow, but chatbots could enhance human socializing if developed responsibly — Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very