Category: artificial intelligence

Meta purportedly trained its AI on more than 80TB of pirated content and then open-sourced Llama for the greater good

Zuckerberg reportedly pushed for AI implementation despite employee objections Employees allegedly discussed ways to conceal how the company acquired its AI training data Court filings suggest Meta took steps to unsuccessfully mask its AI training activities Meta is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement and unfair competition over the…

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I pitted Gemini 2.0 Flash against DeepSeek R1, and you might be surprised by the winner

I’ve enjoyed pitting various AI chatbots against each other. After comparing DeepSeek to ChatGPT, ChatGPT to Mistral’s Le Chat, ChatGPT to Gemini 2.0 Flash, and Gemini 2.0 Flash to its own earlier iteration, I’ve come back around to match DeepSeek R1 to Gemini 2.0 Flash. DeepSeek R1 sparked a furor…

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Google Gemini adds its personal AI researcher to your iPhone – if you have the right subscription

Google Gemini has added its Deep Research AI model to iPhones Deep Research searches the web, compiles, and reports back to Gemini Advanced subscribers The information is refined and organized into results viewable on Google Docs iPhone users who love Google’s Gemini AI assistant have a new tool to help…

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Apple is reportedly partnering with Alibaba in China for AI features, and it makes sense after DeepSeek

Apple has reportedly partnered with Alibaba to bring AI features to the iPhone in China iPhone sales have slipped in China due to a lack of AI features Alibaba’s vast consumer data and AI expertise make it an ideal partner for Apple’s plans for China DeepSeek has been at the…

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I matched Google’s new Gemini 2.0 Flash against the old 1.5 model to find out if it really is that much better

Google wants you to know that Gemini 2.0 Flash should be your favorite AI chatbot. The model boasts greater speed, bigger brains, and more common sense than its predecessor, Gemini 1.5 Flash. After putting Gemini Flash 2.0 through its paces against ChatGPT, I decided to see how Google’s new favorite…

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Meta can turn your thoughts into words typed on a screen if you don’t mind lugging a machine the size of a room around

Meta is testing a machine that decodes brain signals into words typed into a computer. The brain-typing system is up to 80% accurate but nowhere near practical. The machine is a half-ton, costs $2 million, needs a shielded room, and even slight head movements disrupt the signal. Meta is showing…

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