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Japan's 3 biggest carmakers eye tie-up over vehicle software
Japan's three biggest automakers are considering collaborating over vehicle software to increase development efficiency as electric vehicles gain a growing share of the market, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co aim to standardize part of their software to promote… Read
Google's AI search revamp puts publishers in a quandary
Google's use of artificial intelligence to sum up answers to search queries has publishers wondering if traffic to their websites will wither. The internet titan announced Tuesday it is introducing AI-generated answers to online queries in the United States, in one of the biggest changes to its world-leading search engine… Read
Honda, IBM tie up on development of chips, software for future cars
Honda Motor Co said Wednesday it will collaborate with IBM Corp on development of semiconductors and software for future vehicles using artificial intelligence technologies. The joint project between the Japanese automaker and the U.S. tech company is part of their effort to respond to growing demand for vehicles equipped with… Read
French art group uses brainwaves and AI to recreate landscapes
The hypercolor image of a dark hill and lava flow is pretty enough -- but its high-tech artificial intelligence origins make it special. It is the product of the brainwaves of one member of French art collective Obvious, collected in an MRI machine at the Brain Institute of the Pitie… Read
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces departure from ChatGPT maker
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, one of the original creators of the artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT, is leaving the company after nearly a decade. Sutskever was one of four board members last fall who voted to push out CEO Sam Altman from the company — only to quickly reinstate him.… Read
Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. The makeover announced at Google's annual developers conference will begin… Read
Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light
As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation. Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic… Read
Foxconn reports sharp rise in first-quarter net profit
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Tuesday reported a 72 percent jump in net profit during the first three months of 2024 as demand for artificial intelligence technology grows. The firm -- also known by its official name Hon Hai Precision Industry -- is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and… Read
SoftBank Group trims investment losses but remains in red for fiscal year
SoftBank Group trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red ink it racked up a year earlier, as its investment losses declined, the Japanese technology company said Monday. Annual sales at SoftBank rose 2.8% to 6.76 trillion yen. Losses for the fiscal… Read
OpenAI releases faster model to power ChatGPT
OpenAI on Monday released a higher performing and more efficient version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its popular generative tool ChatGPT, making it free to all users. The update to OpenAI's flagship product landed a day before Google is expected to make its own announcements about Gemini, the… Read
