Elon Musk is taking on Wikipedia, and he plans to use his AI chatbot Grok to do it. The tech CEO and billionaire recently shared a post on X announcing his intention to build Grokipedia and compete against Wikipedia. The announcement came in response to a post from David Sacks, a well-known tech investor and…
Google is expanding access to Opal, its AI vibe-coding app, to 15 more countries. The app, which lets you create mini web apps using text prompts, is now available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina, and Pakistan. “When we opened up Opal to users…
When you’re buying a new item of clothing, you probably don’t give much thought to the design and assembly processes the garment went through before arriving at the store. Creating a piece of apparel starts with a designer sketching out an idea. Then a pattern is made, the fabric is chosen and cut, and the…
It seems that OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be less of a single website or app you navigate to and more of a destination app where you stay for a while, drawing the functions of other websites right into the ChatGPT environment and interface, so people have fewer reasons to navigate off ChatGPT to accomplish what…
The time taken to approve clinical trials in the UK has dropped from an average of 91 days to just 41 days thanks to AI and other technology platforms, according to new findings published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP). Shorter waiting times follow “major reforms” backed by new digital platforms and AI…
OpenAI has launched new integrations that plug controls for other apps directly inside ChatGPT, letting you call them up to make a playlist in Spotify or search for local real estate listings on Zillow without leaving the chatbot. It’s a bit like the “mini” apps that messaging platforms like Telegram and Discord have embedded inside…
ChatGPT is turning its OpenAI chatbot into an app ecosystem — and travel is playing a big part in the expansion as Booking.com and Expedia offer their own interactive applications through this new platform. On Monday, OpenAI announced its plan to evolve ChatGPT into a developer-friendly environment where third parties can build and launch AI…
OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership Monday with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power for rolling out generative artificial intelligence. The Barron’s news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go…
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we explore what China will do in the field of science and technology, particularly regarding the introduction of scientific talent. For more stories…
How close are we to rebuilding the legendary Tower of Babel? China is rolling out a suite of AI tools that may soon make cross-language communication seamless. In the Bible’s Book of Genesis, humanity came together to build a tower that would reach the heavens. To disrupt their ambitious project, God introduced one simple change:…