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The European Parliament is advocating for new regulations aimed at enhancing fairness and transparency in music streaming across the continent. Key proposals include a bill requiring streaming platforms to disclose the functioning of their recommendation algorithms and to specify when songs are generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

Numerous companies are harnessing the power of generative AI tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which can boost employee productivity by as much as 40% compared to those who don’t utilize these resources. However, only businesses with substantial engineering teams can develop their own AI capabilities. To address this gap, Australian startup Relevance AI aims to empower organizations of all sizes to create customized AI agents for various applications and functions, enhancing productivity through its SaaS-based low-code platform.

In February, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's DeepMind AI research lab, cautioned against the trend of simply increasing computational power for the AI algorithms commonly in use today, citing the risk of diminishing returns. To reach the “next level” of AI, he emphasized the necessity for groundbreaking research that provides viable alternatives to existing methodologies. Ex-Tesla engineer George Morgan echoes this sentiment, having launched his startup, Symbolica AI, with the mission to redefine AI capabilities.

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Following Amazon's recent integration of generative AI for advertisers, Google is unveiling a suite of generative AI product imagery tools for U.S. advertisers today. With the innovative AI-powered Product Studio, merchants and advertisers have the opportunity to create new product images at no cost by simply entering a description of the desired image.

YouTube has announced a new advertising initiative called "Spotlight Moments," harnessing the power of Google AI to benefit advertisers. This innovative package aims to automatically highlight the most popular YouTube videos tied to significant cultural moments—think Halloween, high-profile awards shows like the Oscars, or major sports events. Advertisers can now deliver ads within this curated content across a branded YouTube channel with playlists that dynamically update to reflect these themes.

Last year, the global cloud market encountered significant challenges, with a staggering $1.6 trillion erased from the public market cap and a dramatic 40% decline in private funding. Despite these setbacks, innovation thrived within Europe’s and Israel’s cloud ecosystems, while the tech community held its breath, pondering how much further the market could drop.

Amazon has officially launched an AI-powered shopping assistant named Rufus, designed to enhance the shopping experience for its customers. This innovative tool has been trained on Amazon’s extensive product catalog as well as relevant data from the broader internet. Starting today, Rufus will be available in beta to a select group of U.S. customers, with plans for a wider rollout in the coming weeks. Users can chat with Rufus within the Amazon mobile app to receive assistance with product discovery, comparisons, and tailored recommendations.

One of the most impressive gadgets showcased at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the Rabbit R1, which will utilize Perplexity AI’s technology to enhance user interactions, as announced by both companies. Perplexity AI revealed that the first 100,000 customers who purchase the R1 will receive a complimentary year of Perplexity Pro.

Large language models (LLMs) are at the forefront of the rapidly growing generative AI movement, enabling the interpretation and creation of human-like text from simple prompts. These prompts can range from summarizing documents to crafting poetry or answering questions using diverse data sources.

Almost a decade ago, the viral sensation "Twitch Plays Pokémon" brought together over a million players who simultaneously guided Pokémon Red's single pixelated character using their individual keystrokes. Today, as technology evolves like a Magikarp transforming into a Gyarados, a new question arises: can AI conquer the world of Pokémon?

Even before Washington restricted Nvidia’s exports of high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) to China, the country's technology giants had begun stockpiling these critical components in preparation for an intensifying tech conflict.

AMD has unveiled its Embedded+ architecture, integrating Ryzen Embedded processors with Versal SoCs to enhance AI application development for ODMs. This innovative, validated platform streamlines product design while maximizing efficiency for sectors like industrial and medical. Sapphire Technology first applies this architecture with its low-power Edge+ motherboard.

At the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Baidu's Robin Li highlighted the increasing significance of foundational models in simplifying application development, suggesting that the creation of intelligent agents is the most promising direction for AI applications.