Artificial Intelligence

Meta's AI Studio launches AI chatbots for Instagram creators: automated responses aim to enhance engagement while balancing automation and authenticity.

In today's episode, we discuss how Nvidia became the largest company in the world, what might slow them down, and which company is most likely to come for its AI crown. In Other News, we talk about whether Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI can compete with OpenAI. Tune into the discussion with analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.

OpenAI faces wins and losses with publishers: The Center for Investigative reporting is adding to the company’s legal troubles, but it also minted a new deal with Time magazine.

The tool can enhance ChatGPT’s accuracy in coding output, but OpenAI’s path to increase brand trust also needs progress in data privacy and consumer-facing hallucinations

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the potential of an anti-AI movement, what the future of social media warning labels looks like, where folks will be searching for things in a few years, the feelings people want ads to conjure up, the US cities with the highest rents, and more. Tune into the discussion with analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Max Willens, and vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti.

EU regulator criticizes Apple for anti-competitive behavior by disabling features, signaling Big Tech’s regulatory avoidance strategy.

AWS—Perplexity’s cloud provider—is investigating the startup for alleged content theft, potentially affecting its reputation and future in the competitive AI market.

“The speed of the technology is moving so fast that waiting on the sidelines is not an option,” Upwork CEO Hayden Brown said at Tech Brew’s “Onboarding Your Favorite New Coworker: AI” event this week.

WPP hopes to counteract in-housing trend with an AI studio: The agency’s partnership with Nvidia has created a text-to-video product for marketers tied to its data insights.

Its $2 trillion valuation is driven by cloud computing growth, AI investments, and strategic diversification despite lagging in AI productization—revealing a safe and steady path to longer-term profits.

New languages like Punjabi and Afar expand Google Translate’s reach, despite ongoing AI reliability concerns.

Almost a quarter of retailers (22%) have already deployed genAI to automate customer service, with a further 25% currently trialing it.

While this provides smarter in-car assistance, consumers may not flock to VW just for an improved infotainment system. Read online

The number of AR users will surpass 100 million next year and reach 116.0 million in 2028, per our forecast.

Artist permissions are needed for YouTube to expand its AI music tools and compete in the short-form content market.

Toys R Us offers a high-profile use case of AI video: The toy brand made an ad with OpenAI’s Sora tool, riling creatives.

Collision conference experts explore genAI: They emphasize operational efficiency, innovation, and the need for accuracy, quality control, and ethical considerations in AI implementation.

GenAI music platforms need to watch legal lines as music publishers continue their fight against misuse of copyrighted content.

56% of adults 18 to 24 in select countries have used ChatGPT, but that number decreases as people get older, according to April 2024 data from YouGov and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what Apple Intelligence promises to help users do, what a partnership with Apple means for OpenAI, and why this might be a bad move for the iPhone maker. "In Other News," we talk about the advent of the AI PC. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Yory Wurmser.