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Infinix has come to Barcelona with claims that it can achieve an "unprecedented" benchmarking score with its latest mobile gaming optimizations. It is rated to combine a new CoolMax system based on thermoelectric technology with AI to put a device with the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 SoC at the top of the AnTuTu charts.

Apple is reportedly mulling the expansion of its wearables range with rivals for devices such as the Oura Ring - not to mention the Meta/Ray-Ban glasses - then again, they may be a long way off compared to others such as next-gen AirPods. To that end, the first-gen Ring from the Cupertino giant might lag significantly behind a Galaxy Ring rumored to make an imminent debut.

Reports indicate that FSD beta v12 is more organic in its driving and behaviour. It stops and accelerates more smoothly, navigates puddles and parking lots with ease, and parks the car itself — across two parking spaces. To its credit, it appears to be a handy upgrade over FSD beta v11.

Major players in the IT industry, including Jeff Bezos and Nvidia Corp., have reportedly invested in Figure AI Inc., a startup creating human-like robots. The company is seeking to raise approximately $675 million in a funding round. The move comes as part of a rush to discover new uses for artificial intelligence.

Wandercraft has unveiled the Personal Exoskeleton enabling wheelchair-bound people with lower-body paralysis to walk again. The battery-powered exoskeleton utilizes real-time, 3D environmental mapping and adaptive AI gait to allow users to independently sit, stand, and walk around the city.

Launched alongside the beta for the Nvidia app, which will replace both GeForce Experience and Control Panel, as well as the more recent and less popular RTX Experience app, the latest GeForce Game Ready Driver brings AI optimizations that add HDR to SDR games, as well as DLSS 3 and Reflex support for Nightingale.

You can now also learn movement sequences from the best. That sounds like a quick shortcut to the laborious process of learning an instrument. But with the intelligent glove presented by researchers at MIT, even more is possible.

The heavyweight chipmaker Nvidia saw a spectacular boost in its stock market valuation on Thursday, setting a record for a single day's surge. Expectations were exceeded by the company's quarterly report, which sparked a rally fueled by hope for artificial intelligence.

Asus' new Zenbook 14 OLED is a good subnotebook that boasts a lightweight case and beautiful OLED screen in particular. During our test, however, its cooler proved to cause the biggest issues, as the single fan is often active and in addition, we noted further electronic noises coming from the laptop.

Although brands like Sony and LG are not easy prey, Samsung made it look so by achieving a 30.1% share in the global TV market last year. Since 2006, Samsung managed to sell enough TV sets to get the golden crown every time. In 2023, the brand's QLED lineup achieved an impressive 8.31 million units sold.

It's certainly no secret that ChatGPT and other AI systems are power guzzlers. And when Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, admits that this could become a problem, it's certainly worth doing the math and looking to the future.

While Samsung mostly missed out on all the genAI developments, the company now plains to emerge as a cutting-edge processor maker in the Artificial General Intelligence era. The new AGI Computing Lab opened in Silicon Valley is strategically located to facilitate collaborations with other industry giants in the U.S.

Silicon-photonics appears to be a viable solution for the 1 nm transistor threshold and engineers from the University of Pennsylvania have successfully integrated this technology in an AI processor that performs even more computations at near-lightspeed with increased power efficiency and data security.

Nokia has announced that its extended detection response (XDR) software for telecomms service provider and/or enterprise customers is to be augmented by generative AI. It will come in the form of an "assistant" based on Microsoft Azure LLMs trained on Nokia's 5G security and technology expertise, backed to make the OEM's current threat detection and resolution twice as fast as it is now.

Once among the best-known mobile device names in its native China, Meizu has now decided that it is time to "go All in" on AI, thereby finally leaving "traditional" smartphones behind. The OEM has unveiled plans for projects such as replacing the anticipated 21 Infinity flagship with its first "AI device" by the end of 2024 and taking brands such as PANDAER along for this new ride.

(Update2: Leaker predicts Zoom revolution, hints at dedicated AI chip) After the Google Pixel 8 and Samsung Galaxy S24, Xiaomi is now also explicitly advertising the power of artificial intelligence. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra is said to be the first manufacturer's smartphone with up to 60 TOPs of computational photography power for AI-based algorithms thanks to "Xiaomi AISP", for example, to significantly improve the zoom quality.

With the Spectre x360 series, HP has been offering high-quality convertibles for private customers for years. With the new Spectre x360 14, you'll get a new 120-Hz OLED panel in a new case that is convincing particularly with its quality, the cooling, and the new haptic touchpad. However, the Meteor Lake processor still has some problems with the graphics driver.

For the second time, Open AI has been reminded of its poor choice of name for its chatbot. Despite the argument that the general meaning of ‘GPT’ was too esoteric for the general public, the US PTO was quick to deny Open AI's trademark application.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has unveiled the NB-AI chatbot at the 2024 NBA All-Star Tech Summit. Demonstrated by Spurs No. 1 Wembanyama, the AI can create stylized game clips, answer questions, and more. The NBA is facing declining viewership amid low TV usage.

In Canada, an airline chatbot offered a customer a discount on its 'bereavement travel' fare, a special fare offered to "customers who need to travel because of the imminent death or death of an immediate family member". But when the passenger attempted to redeem the bot's offer, Air Canada stood in the way - wrongly.

OpenAI has inked a deal with venture capital firm Thrive Capital that has boosted its valuation to $80 billion or more, marking a nearly threefold increase in value from just nine months ago. The agreement allows employees to cash out their shares.

Sony has announced that the latest version of its aibo new fourth colorway has been made available as a limited drop in the United States. The robot dog's Espresso Edition comes with an exclusive Odd Eyes mode as well as three years' worth of access to the AI Cloud Plan necessary for it to develop a "unique" personality and 'learn' new tricks.

Apple is reportedly developing an Xcode update inspired by GitHub's CoPilot - using AI to generate code from natural language prompts, potentially expediting app development. This aligns with Apple's broader effort to integrate AI across its ecosystem, led by software chief Craig Federighi, signifying Apple's commitment to closing the AI gap with competitors.

OpenAI's latest venture, Sora, breaks new ground in AI innovation by seamlessly translating textual prompts into lifelike videos. Despite some minor imperfections, Sora's ability to generate compelling scenes, from vintage SUVs rallying up mountains to animated monsters, demonstrates its potential in visual storytelling. The model is currently available to a select few people, who are testing it for safety and risks, along with some visual artists and creators for early feedback.

The iPhone's neural engine looks to be getting a substantial boost to keep up with a host of new generative AI features exclusive to the iPhone 16. For the first time since the iPhone 12, the Neural Engine will get a core-count bump to match the new features when the A18 chip launches.

PFN has been collaborating with TSMC since 2016, yet it decided to produce its next gen AI chips on Samsung's 2 nm nodes. While TSMC currently has more 2 nm clients, PFN's switch could signal a reversal in Samsung's favor, since the Japanese company has close ties with Intel and Nvidia.

Researchers have discovered differences in AI when presented with virtual nation-building scenarios. Some AI like Claude-2.0 are biased towards non-violent solutions while others like GPT-3.5 are biased towards violent solutions in multi-national conflict simulations. Autonomous AI decision making is problematic due to biases and hallucinations.

Audacity has added AI audio editing capabilities thanks to Intel’s free OpenVINO plugins. These plugins add AI-powered noise suppression, speech transcription, music generation and remixing, and music separation to the freeware sound editor and are available for download today.

Microsoft may soon make choosing the right graphics card easier, as Windows 11 24H2, an AI-based alternative to Nvidia Deep Learning Super Sampling that is said to flexible in utilizing the hardware of various GPU manufacturers, will be launched later this year.

OK-Robot, a new AI system, enables robots to tidy up homes that are new to them. The system recognises objects and puts them in the right place. OK-Robot still struggles in very cluttered rooms, but Meta's project is much more successful in rooms that are less messy.

CheckMag Google Clips wasn't a success, but with recent advancements, updated specs, and additional features, Google might want to bring this product back to the market.

Frame is a newly launched pair of AI-enabled smart AR glasses from Brilliant Labs, featuring a discreet camera and a micro-OLED colour display projected onto the lens. Using a voice assistant and multimodal AI models, it can do a real-time online search for whatever one is looking at, as well as answer queries and translate text or audio. Priced at $349, the Frame competes directly with the likes of Meta’s Ray Ban smart glasses and the Rabbit R1.

Per the latest Windows 11 Canary build, Copilot’s functionality now cuts across text and images copied from any window, and Notepad is on its way to becoming the first system app to directly integrate with Copilot. Clearly, Microsoft is trying its hardest to make Copilot the face of AI on Windows.

10Beauty will launch an AI-powered manicure machine 'The 10' in late 2024 after pre-selling 1,000 units to Nordstrom, Ulta Beauty, and hair salons across the country. The groundbreaking machine has been in stealth development for the past 4 years. Single-use pods help maintain hygiene of each manicure and freshness of the polish.

GPTshop has announced a new AI workstation PC lineup with Nvidia Grace Hopper CPU and GPU. The first configuration available to purchase comes with a GH200 72-core Grace CPU and H100 Tensor Core GPU. It offers 576 GB of fast-access memory and 900 GB/s of NVLINK-C2C coherent memory. This AI computer starts at $43,500.

Nvidia, the leading global designer and supplier of AI chips, is setting up a new business unit to focus on creating custom chips for cloud computing companies and other businesses. The move aims to carve out a piece of the rapidly expanding custom AI chip industry.

Google has renamed its AI chatbot Bard to Google Gemini and also added new functions and improvements to its most powerful artificial intelligence: 40 languages supported, Gemini app for Android and iPhone (in the Google app for iOS) is available in the USA.

Team Green seems relentless, with more than 300% gains YoY and is now threatening to overtake Amazon's and Alphabet's market cap. Apple and Microsoft might be safe for a while, but with the ever increasing AI accelerator demand, the situation could change sooner than expected.

Apple's latest AI model is hailed as "revolutionary" due to its ability to perform tasks such as "Photoshop-style modifications" based on prompts processed using multimodal large language models (MLLMs). Accordingly, it is called MLLM-Guided Image Editing (MGIE), and is rated to "manipulate" images at the pixel level.

National University of Singapore researchers have showcased the latest prototype of their AiSee headset for the blind. Initially a University of Auckland project, the headset utilizes a camera, bone conduction speakers, and AI to speak object descriptions to assist wearers with vision impairments.

OpenAI has unveiled a new ChatGPT app for Vision Pro, which marks the advent of AI in AR. Users will able to download the ChatGPT app from the visionOS App Store for free.

With more than 2 million unique users last year, the AI-powered video creation service Pictory is now available as a powerful feature for ChatGPT users. Only available to Plus subscribers, it can quickly turn simple ideas into videos. Later this year, Pictory will also reshape PowerPoint presentations into professional videos.

False claims, misleading reports, lack of context: nothing new. Accompanied by AI-generated photos, videos and sound, however, the whole thing takes on unexpected credibility. But at least there are a few insights that can help with debunking.

As per an Android app developer, Google is planning to rebrand ‘Bard’ as ‘Gemini,’ introduce major upgrades, and even launch an app that will be available to iOS users.

OnePlus 12 has made its global debut at the end of last month. While it runs on the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 as some of the devices in the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, it didn’t introduce any fancy AI features at launch. But OnePlus is changing that, at least in China, by releasing a new update of ColorOS.

Moore's Law Is Dead reports that Microsoft has always tried to shop around before turning to AMD just to obtain a better deal. For the next gen console contract, however, Microsoft sure seems to be taking its sweet time picking a production partner, giving Intel the opportunity to try and secure a big win for its foundry business.