Risks to minors and emotionally fragile people

Italy's Data Protection Agency has blocked artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika from using the personal data of Italian users, citing risks to minors and emotionally fragile people.

Bard should be ready for public release in a few weeks 

Google's parent firm Alphabet announced the release of its Bard conversational AI service, which it said will be rolled out to "trusted users" before its public release in the coming weeks.

Re-assure investors it has not dropped the ball

Search engine outfit Google is rushing out AI-powered products and features in a live event next week in a move aimed at showing investors that it has not handed the market to Microsoft.

Gmail creator warns that AI will eliminate the search engine result page

The creator of Gmail has warned that Google could be gutted by AI as tools like ChatGPT eliminate the need for a search engine result page.

Ernie outperforms Bert in China

Baidu is set to roll out its own AI chatbot in March. It will also be embedded into Baidu's main search services, meaning users could soon get conversation-style search results.

Salesforce moves beyond its core competency 

The maker of customer relationship management software, Salesforce has made a surprise move into scientific research. 

Don't remove protection against content moderation

Search engine outfit Google has warned that a ruling against it in an ongoing Supreme Court (SC) case could put the internet at risk.

AI on chips

Software King of the World Microsoft is excited about AI and thinks AMD's new AI engine could help its cunning plans.

Trying to avoid AI cheats

Australian universities have been forced to change how they run exams and other assessments amid fears that students will use AI software to cheat.

All it needs is a three-second audio sample

Software King of the World Microsoft has announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample.