ByteDance Enters AI Video Market with New App
ByteDance has introduced Jimeng AI, a text-to-video application, expanding its presence in the AI video generation market. This move places ByteDance alongside other Chinese tech firms and OpenAI, the creator…
Waymo Announces New Service Areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles to meet growing customer demand, the company announced on Tuesday. This move…
Nvidia Approves Samsung’s HBM3E Chips for AI Processors
Samsung’s latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips have passed Nvidia’s tests for use in its artificial intelligence (AI) processors, according to three sources familiar with the matter. This development marks a…
EtherealX Secures $5M to Revolutionize Satellite Launches in India
Indian space startup EtherealX has secured $5 million in seed funding to develop fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, aiming to make satellite launches more cost-effective and time-efficient. Space launches have…
New Chinese Internet Satellites Aim to Challenge Starlink
China launched the first batch of its “Thousand Sails” internet satellites on Tuesday, aiming to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink. The constellation, planned to comprise more than 15,000 low-Earth orbit (LEO)…
Malaysia Aims to Enhance Semiconductor Industry with New Chip-Design Hub
Malaysia has established a chip-design hub in Selangor state to enhance its semiconductor industry and attract foreign investments. This initiative aims to upgrade Malaysia’s capabilities from traditional testing and packing,…
Microsoft Ties Employee Reviews to Security Performance
Microsoft is now prioritizing security as a fundamental aspect of employee performance reviews. The company, responding to years of security issues and criticisms, has made this shift official as of…
Chinese Tech Giants Increase Samsung Chip Stockpile Ahead of US Restrictions
Chinese technology companies, including Huawei and Baidu, as well as various startups, are actively stockpiling high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors from Samsung Electronics in anticipation of potential U.S. export restrictions,…
Musk Urged to Fix Chatbot Spreading False Election Information
Five secretaries of state are urging Elon Musk to address misinformation disseminated by X’s Grok AI chatbot about the 2024 presidential election. The chatbot falsely informed users that Vice President…
AutoFlight Secures Hundreds of Millions in Funding from Battery Giant CATL
Chinese battery giant CATL has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into AutoFlight, a developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. This investment aligns with the rapid development…
China Targets Tech Supremacy with Fudan University’s New Brain Chip Centre
China’s push for disruptive technology is gaining momentum with the establishment of a US$56 million research facility at Fudan University in Shanghai. The Neuromodulation and Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Research Centre,…
Xpeng Affiliate Raises $150 Million to Launch Flying Car
AeroHT, the flying car affiliate of Chinese EV maker Xpeng, has secured $150 million in its latest financing round. The funding aims to accelerate the commercialisation of its $200,000 flying…
NVIDIA’s AI Team in Hot Water Over Unapproved Video Scraping
NVIDIA, a $2.4 trillion company, reportedly engaged in scraping copyrighted content from YouTube, Netflix, and other sources for AI training without permission. According to 404 Media’s Samantha Cole, the company…
China’s Honor Receives Strong State Backing Ahead of IPO
Chinese smartphone maker Honor is receiving significant support from local government backers as it prepares for an initial public offering (IPO). The former Huawei unit is benefiting from research-and-development funding,…
Intel Predicts AI in Enterprise to Take Three to Five Years for Full Integration
Most enterprises are currently implementing “proofs of concept” for generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) in their data centers, yet production applications are scarce. According to Intel, this process will take…
Samsung Strike Ends, Workers Return Without New Agreements
Thousands of unionized workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea returned to work on August 5 after their strike failed to win concessions from the global tech giant. This marked…
Character.AI Founders Return to Google with DeepMind Integration
Former Google engineers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, founders of the AI startup Character.AI, are rejoining Google along with several team members. They will join Google’s AI unit, DeepMind,…
Zuckerberg and Huang Display Friendship at SIGGRAPH 2024
At SIGGRAPH 2024, a fireside chat between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took unexpected turns. Initially focused on Nvidia GPUs and Zuckerberg’s vision for AI chatbots,…
Nvidia AI Chip Delay Threatens Major Tech Giants
Nvidia‘s upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) chips could face a delay of three months or more due to design flaws, according to a report by tech-focused publication The Information on Friday.…
Suno Defends AI Model Training on Copyrighted Music as ‘Fair Use’
Suno, a music generation startup, acknowledged in a court filing on Thursday that it trained its AI model using copyrighted songs, asserting that this practice falls under the fair-use doctrine.…