Christie’s AI art auction reportedly exceeds expectations
Nearly 6,500 artists demanded in an open letter that fine art auction house Christie’s cancel its first show dedicated solely to works created with AI. Yet, the show, Augmented Intelligence,…
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ChatGPT on macOS can now directly edit code
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform, can now directly edit code — if you’re on macOS, that is. The newest version of the ChatGPT app for macOS can take action to…
Spotify says it’s fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads
Spotify has acknowledged an issue that’s causing some of its paid Premium subscribers to encounter ads when trying to play music. In an X post published on Thursday by Spotify’s…
VW’s cheapest EV will have Rivian DNA and who is bidding for Canoo’s assets
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Founder of battery startup Our Next Energy returns as CEO following new funding
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The Hidden Risks of DeepSeek R1: How Large Language Models Are Evolving to Reason Beyond Human Understanding
In the race to advance artificial intelligence, DeepSeek has made a groundbreaking development with its powerful new model, R1. Renowned for its ability to efficiently tackle complex reasoning tasks, R1…
Outmarket AI Secures $4.7M to Revolutionize Commercial Insurance with AI-Powered Intelligence
Outmarket AI, an intelligence platform transforming commercial insurance with cutting-edge AI, has officially launched with $4.7 million in seed funding. The round, led by Fika Ventures with participation from TTV…
Alibaba Released Babel: An Open Multilingual Large Language Model LLM Serving Over 90% of Global Speakers
Most existing LLMs prioritize languages with abundant training resources, such as English, French, and German, while widely spoken but underrepresented languages like Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu receive comparatively less attention.…
OpenAI’s ex-policy lead criticizes the company for ‘rewriting’ its AI safety history
A high-profile ex-OpenAI policy researcher, Miles Brundage, took to social media on Wednesday to criticize OpenAI for “rewriting the history” of its deployment approach to potentially risky AI systems. Earlier…
Mistral adds a new API that turns any PDF document into an AI-ready Markdown file
On Thursday French large language model (LLM) developer Mistral launched a new API for developers who handle complex PDF documents. Mistral OCR is an optical character recognition (OCR) API that…