Financial Times Launches Generative AI Chatbot for Subscribers Powered by Anthropic’s Claude 3 LLM The Financial Times (FT) has introduced a new generative AI chatbot called “Ask FT” for FT Professional subscribers with responses.. AI 25 Mar 4
OpenAI Hints at Alexa and Siri Rival With New ‘Voice Engine’ Trademark Filing OpenAI has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for products related to “digital voice assistants”.. AI 25 Mar 3
Tennessee Enacts ELVIS Act to Protect Artists from Generative AI Deepfakes Tennessee has passed a new law aimed at protecting the state’s artists from unauthorized deepfakes of their images and voices... AI 22 Mar 4
Character AI’s Generative AI Chatbots Learn to Speak Aloud Character AI has augmented its generative AI chatbots with vocal abilities. The new Character Voice feature enables users to actually.. AI 21 Mar 4
OpenAI Gears Up for Mid-Year Launch of GPT-5: Report OpenAI is preparing to unveil GPT-5, the next generation of its large language model, in the next few months, according.. AI 21 Mar 7
France Fines Google for $272 Million Over Generative AI Training Practices France’s competition authority has imposed a fine of $272 million on Google for allegedly failing to comply with commitments made.. AI 20 Mar 4
Robotics Startup Offers $200,000 for to Make Robots With Your Face and Voice Robotics startup Promobot is offering a big check for the right to make a robot with someone’s face and voice... AI 29 Nov 17
Smithsonian Art Museum Unveils Interactive Voice AI Sculpture A new interactive sculpture at Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building (AIB) translates spoken words into colors and lights. Artist Suchi.. AI 29 Nov 3
Open-Source Virtual Assistant Almond Renamed Genie Stanford University’s Open Virtual Assistant Lab (OVAL) has rebranded its Almond assistant as Genie. The open-source virtual assistant’s name now.. AI 26 Nov 2
Alexa Quietly Dissolves Cortana Integration Microsoft Cortana’s integration with Amazon Alexa has vanished without much fanfare more than three years after launching. The connection ended.. AI 25 Nov 2
Disneyland Will Say ‘Hey, Disney’ to Custom Alexa Voice Assistant in 2022 Disney revealed its plans to add its custom version of the Alexa voice assistant to Disneyland hotel rooms next year.. AI 24 Nov 2
Sber Creates Virtual Human to Host Russian TV Show A virtual human built by Russian tech and finance giant Sber is hosting the Markets and Investor Calendar shows on.. AI 23 Nov 3