Amazon’s ‘Q’ Is Less AI Conspiracy, More Corporate Chatbot

Amazon is throwing its e-commerce bulk into the AI game like an enormous capybara stampeding into the outside lane of the ongoing AI rat race. The company finally shared details of its new AI chatbot assistant dubbed “Q” at its AWS re:Invent event on T…

Sports Illustrated Allegedly Dupes Readers With Fake AI-Created Writers

Update 5:46 PM: Sports Illustrated sent us the following statement. Read more…

Both Cruise Co-founders Jump Ship After Vehicles Deemed Public Safety Hazard

Both co-founders of Cruise have resigned from the company, following a month of turbulence for General Motors’ self-driving car subsidiary. Chief Product Officer Daniel Kan resigned on Monday, according to Reuters, one day after Kyle Vogt resigned from…

Google Shopping Will Hallucinate AI Products and Then Find You Something Real to Buy

Here’s an AI tool you probably hadn’t considered. Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is getting a slew of updates this December, including a feature that lets you dream up a product out of thin air with artificial intelligence, and …

YouTube Now Sells the AI Soul of Your Favorite Musician

YouTube is licensing out the voices and styles of popular artists with its first set of AI music experiments, announced Google in a blog post Thursday. Dream Track will allow creators to make short, AI-generated songs, using the voices of artists like …

YouTube Cracks Down on Future ‘AI Drakes’ With Updated Policies

YouTube released new policy updates on Tuesday to combat AI-generated content that resembles the voice and style of music artists. Earlier this year, “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song that sounds like a track made by Drake and The Weeknd, created with gener…

Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week

If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go i…

Google Gives ChatGPT Competitor a Boost

Google’s AI ecosystem continues to grow as the company expands its partnership with Anthropic, which will now run on Google Cloud’s fastest AI-accelerating chips. This comes on the same day Google rolled out generative AI search capabilities worldwide,…

These Are Walmart’s Best Early Black Friday Deals on TVs

Black Friday is starting early at Walmart this year. Online deals start today, Nov. 8, and in-store deals kick in Nov. 10 at 6 a.m. local. If you want to take advantage of these deals to pick up a new TV, there are a ton of options during this event. Y…