Google Gemini’s Imagen 3 lets players design their own chess pieces
Google Labs, the experimental arm of the tech giant, has introduced a new online project that offers an entertaining variation of the game of chess.
The web experiment is named GenChess, which, as the name implies, uses Gemini Imagen 3, Google's image-generation model, allowing players to cust
This Week in AI: AI gets creative in the kitchen
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It’s nearly Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: stuffing your face to the point of comatosis. Well, that and entertaining all the unsavory relatives you
Meta’s Threads is developing its own take on Bluesky’s ‘Starter Packs’
Hoping to quell some of the momentum behind social network Bluesky, a competitor to X and Meta’s Threads, Meta is developing a feature that takes inspiration from one of Bluesky’s more popular additions: the concept of “Starter Packs,” or hand-curated lists of suggested user
OpenAI moves to trademark its o1 ‘reasoning’ models
OpenAI has filed a trademark application for its latest AI model, o1, as the firm moves to shield its IP.
On Tuesday, OpenAI submitted paperwork to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to register the trademark “OpenAI o1.” Interestingly, the documents reveal that OpenAI filed
Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for DOGE and other Trump committees
With Elon Musk playing such a high-profile role in Donald Trump's transition team, Musk's buddies, many of them Silicon Valley venture capitalists, are reportedly being tapped to help out.
For instance, VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and in particular co-founder Marc Andreessen, is repeatedl
ElevenLabs’ new feature is a NotebookLM competitor for creating GenAI podcasts
Voice AI startup ElevenLabs on Wednesday introduced a feature that lets you upload different types of content to create a multispeaker podcast for you, similar to Google’s NotebookLM.
The feature, called GenFM, can be found on the company’s ElevenLabs Reader iOS app. Currently, GenFM s
TuSimple co-founder demands liquidation, sues company for control of his shares
Xiaodi Hou, the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving truck startup TuSimple, is demanding that the board immediately liquidate the company and return all remaining funds — roughly $450 million — to shareholders “on a pure pro-rata basis, regardless of share class,” according to a lette
Audio platform Pocket FM taps into AI tools to help it expand its content catalog
India-based audio platform Pocket FM has more than 200,000 hours of content on the service. However, the company’s CEO, Rohan Nayak, believes that the platform still has room to grow in terms of creating original content and expanding its library to multiple genres and subgenres. The fastest
Raspberry Pi launches Compute Module 5 for embedded apps
Raspberry Pi is better known for its single-board computer with a ton of ports sticking out. The most recent of which is the Raspberry Pi 5, which was introduced in September 2023.
These small computers are perfect for the education market and for tech enthusiasts looking for a cheap computing dev
Eyewa now has 150 stores selling eyeglasses in the Middle East and just raised $100M to add 100 more
Helping consumers find the perfect glasses is a booming global business, spawning giants like Warby Parker in the U.S. and Lenskart in India. In the Middle East, this market is producing its own rising powerhouse: Eyewa.
Eyewa, based in Dubai and Riyadh, sells a wide range of eyewear products, inc
Ai2 releases new language models competitive with Meta’s Llama
There’s a new AI model family on the block, and it’s one of the few that can be reproduced from scratch.
On Tuesday, Ai2, the nonprofit AI research organization founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, released OLMo 2, the second family of models in its OLMo series. (OLMo
Roblox will now give users 25% more of its in-game currency if you buy Robux on its website
As scrutiny around Apple’s and Google’s app store fees ramps up around the world, Roblox is now offering users who buy its game currency, Robux, on the web and via gift cards 25% more than they would get if they purchased from an app store instead.
In essence, the company is encouragin
Elon Musk wants to block the transfer of Infowars’ X accounts to The Onion
The Onion, a satirical publication, won a bankruptcy auction earlier this month to purchase conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website, Infowars, and other related assets. However, that sale is now in limbo after a federal judge temporarily halted the deal.
On Monday, Elon Musk threw yet anothe
SpaceX gets FCC green light for Starlink direct-to-phone deal with T-Mobile
The FCC has granted SpaceX permission to go forward with plans to offer a direct-to-phone version of its Starlink satellite internet service, with T-Mobile as its provider and a few provisos in place.
The proposal dates to summer 2022, when SpaceX and T-Mobile first announced that they were pursui