Apple is Building an App Store for AI Products

Apple is reportedly working on an AI App Store for June unveiling among a host of AI products as the iPhone maker makes bold moves in the industry.

This is expected to be one of the firm’s “surprises” in…

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Microsoft Reveals ‘First’ Surface PCs with Copilot AI Button

Microsoft launched its first Surface PCs with a dedicated button on the keyboard that launches the company’s Copilot AI chatbot instantly, making good on a promise it made in January.

The ribbon-like feature, which sits on the right…

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BBC Dumps ‘Doctor Who’ AI Promos After Fans Complained

The BBC says it has stopped using AI to promote Doctor Who and does not plan to do so again after it faced a backlash from fans of the popular television program over the technology.

The broadcaster used…

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Abu Dhabi Announces Esports Island

The world’s first eSports Island, an entire island dedicated to gaming, is scheduled to take place on the Emirates island of Abu Dhabi.

Plans to build the first eSports island in history have been revealed by True Gamers for…

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Vitalik Buterin Challenges Common Views on Metaverse at BUIDL Asia

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, at the BUIDL Asia conference in Seoul, critiqued the prevailing concept of the Metaverse. He argued it’s more a brand than a product, often misinterpreted, and likened its need to a simpler form of technology.…

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Queen Mary Carries Out Investigation Into Metaverse IPs

The Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) has released a new report that explores the possible effects of the Metaverse on IP rights.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) commissioned the report, which aims…

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Claude 3 Opus Takes Top Spot on Chatbot Rankings

Anthropic’s next generation AI model Claude 3 Opus has taken pole position on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard, pushing OpenAI’s GPT-4 to second best.

Since it was launched last year, this is the first time that the Claude 3 Opus…

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Frost Giant Studios Considers AI Voices for Upcoming Game

Game developers, Frost Giant Studios is toying with the idea of using generative AI for characters of its upcoming RTS game Stormgate, successor to StarCraft.

The idea however comes at a time voice actors already spoke against SAG-AFTRA’s decision…

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Virtual Society Foundation Launches to Forge Unified Metaverse

With the support of Improbable, the Virtual Society Foundation seeks to accelerate the mass adoption of the metaverse.

The Virtual Society Foundation (VSF) has announced its official launch today, signaling a significant turning point in the development of the…

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AI Tokens AGIX, FET and OCEAN Soar On Merger Talks

AI tokens AGIX, FET, and OCEAN rose sharply over the past 48 hours as expectations of a merger involving the decentralized AI companies behind the tokens jacked up investor interest.

Fetch.ai’s FET token soared over 43%…

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Amazon Meets its $4bn Funding Pledge into Anthropic

Amazon makes an additional $2.75 billion investment into Anthropic, further strengthening its ties with the AI firm in a race for dominance in the technology.

The deal is one of the many investment partnerships between some big tech firms…

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South Korean Job Seekers in a Fix as Firms Penalize AI Resumes

Hiring managers in South Korea’s large firms are penalizing AI generated resumes leaving scores of job seekers in a predicament, according to a survey.

The study revealed managers are not happy with AI resumes for lacking originality and creativity,…

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AI ‘Apocalypse’ Could Lead to 7.9 Million Job Losses in UK, Study Finds

Up to 8 million workers in the United Kingdom could lose their jobs to AI with current government policy on the technology, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warned.

In a new report published Mar. 27, the…

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Microsoft Unveils Features to Tackle AI Hallucinations

Microsoft has unveiled a set of capabilities in the Azure AI Studio to tackle a plethora of issues including AI hallucinations, poisoning and prompt injection.

The new tools are meant to make generative AI safer and reliable for users,…

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Esports Executive Seeks Better Conditions for Female Players

Jab Escutin, the general manager of Sibol, agreed with panelists that more work has to be done to support women in sports, including esports.

In the past, esports was labeled as a male-dominated industry, both in competition…

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US University Floats AI as Replacement for Striking Workers

Boston University (BU) dean of arts and sciences, Stan Sclaroff, suggested that faculty members use generative AI tools to replace the work of striking graduate workers, The Daily Beast reports.

The BU Graduate Workers Union started its strike…

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Wilder World Launches On The Epic Games Store

Players will soon be able to explore Wiami, a virtual city where cutting-edge innovation and age-old wisdom coexist.

The Epic Games store is now offering the AAA massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Wilder World. Players can now explore Wiami,…

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China Mocks “Fractured America” in New AI Animation

The A Fractured America series on Chinese state media demonstrates how AI is starting to influence Beijing’s influence operations.

China’s state broadcaster CGTN has launched an animated series that scrutinizes the United States and portrays it as a country…

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Nicki Minaj, Kate Perry, 200 Other Artistsa Slam AI Developers for ‘Devaluing’ Music

Around 200 music artists, including Nicki Minaj, Kate Perry, Stevie Wonder, and the estates of Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra, signed an open letter calling on AI developers to stop using their work without permission.

The letter, released by…

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Metaverse Brings Two Regions in One Class at Once

University students in Miami and India are holding lectures together, thanks to the metaverse, which allows them to make presentations in class using their avatars.

The students engage with each other from their respective countries in a course that…

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Google Settles Lawsuit by Agreeing to Delete Billions of Records

Google settles privacy lawsuit by committing to erase billions of data records, ensuring users’ browsing privacy is respected.

1. To resolve a lawsuit alleging that it secretly monitored the internet activity of users who believed they were browsing incognito…

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