Technology News for Wednesday 20th March 2024

1. Will All Content Soon Be Fake?

Thanks to AI, it's becoming increasingly difficult to know when we are looking at something that exists in the real world and when we're looking at a computer-generated image. The same is true for sounds and videos, as generative AI tools become ...

2. 3 Ways Apple's Rumored AI Partnership With Google Should Make Your iPhone a Lot Better

On Monday, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reported that Apple is in talks with Google to bring Gemini, its Large Language Model (LLM) that competes with ChatGPT, to the iPhone. The reports don't say that any such deal is near done, and it also suggests Apple ...

3. Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead new AI division

Microsoft has appointed the co-founder of the British artificial intelligence lab DeepMind as the head of a new AI division. Mustafa Suleyman, 39, co-founded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in ...

4. Facebook users say 'amen' to bizarre AI-generated images of Jesus

Extremely muscular cows. Sharks leaping out of a muddy sea. Shrimp Jesus: Outlandish images that appear to be generated by artificial intelligence are racking up reactions on Facebook, leaving users amused, befuddled and on guard for scams.

5. US Consumers Pay Average of $61 per Month for Video Streaming Services: Study

Streaming video services continue to face challenges like high costs, high churn rates and competition from other media — while a good chunk of U.S. audiences still questions whether the price of their subscriptions is worth it.

6. Game Developers Conference in San Francisco seeking to improve women's representation in industry

Improving the representation of women in the video game industry at all levels will be one of the discussions on diversity taking place this week at the 38th edition of the Game Developers Conference at San Francisco's Moscone Center.

7. Google's Pixel 8A Will Be Similar to the Pixel 8, Leak Suggests

Google's Pixel 8A will have a lot in common with its more expensive sibling, if a recent leak turns out to be accurate. The search giant's next budget phone is expected to run on the company's Tensor G3 processor, similar to the Pixel 8.

8. Microsoft Hires Influential AI Figure Mustafa Suleyman to Head up Consumer AI Business

Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to head up its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding to its ranks an influential figure to cement its position at the forefront of the booming AI industry. By Associated Press. |. March 20, 2024.

9. I'm cofounder of a gaming company, and this is why I think the Apple Vision Pro is going to make loneliness worse

The founder of Immersive Gamebox argues that it's up to Big Tech players to show through extensive data how VR headsets are helping us in our quest for companionship and community.

10. This triple-laser projector is an incredible deal at $700 off for Amazon's Big Spring Sale

With individual lasers producing red, green and blue, these projectors have such wide color gamuts that it can be hard to go back to anything else. That's just the projection technology that the JMGO N1 Ultra is equipped with. It shines brilliantly and ...

11. Mustafa Suleyman: the new head of Microsoft AI with concerns about his trade

Suleyman was raised in north London, the son of a Syrian taxi driver and an English nurse. He dropped out of Oxford Universityat 19 and in 2010 he co-founded the AI lab DeepMind with his friends Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg.

12. Microsoft hires influential AI figure Mustafa Suleyman to head up consumer AI business

Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to head up its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding to its ranks an influential figure to cement its position at the forefront of the booming AI industry. ByThe Associated Press. March 20, 2024, 4:25 AM.