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Meta sues former executive over alleged AI theft
Meta is suing its former vice president of infrastructure over allegations that he stole proprietary human resources data about the company’s top performers, and key information about its data center supply chain partners to bring to his new employer.In a complaint...
New AI copyright lawsuit targets Nvidia
Three authors, Abdi Nazemian, Brian Keene, and Stewart O’Nan, are part of a new copyright infringement lawsuit against Nvidia, the latest such suit to challenge generative AI providers’ reliance on the “fair use” doctrine to acquire copyrighted material to train their...
Healthcare pros show interest in Apple’s Vision Pro — survey
Healthcare is a huge opportunity for Apple’s Vision Pro, with up to three-quarters of US healthcare professionals open to exploring how to use the devices at work, a Tebra survey indicates.The survey of of 130 healthcare professionals and 1,003 Americans seems...
How to choose an AI-as-a-service provider
Artificial intelligence is not flash in the pan — it is here to stay. Gartner says more than 80% of enterprises will have used some form of generative AI APIs or applications by 2026. If you plan to be among those 80%, then you have to determine the best way to train...
AIs may be better at prompt optimization than humans
With prompt engineers among the workers most in demand in the wake of generative AI’s arrival in the enterprise, it was inevitable that someone would investigate whether their role, too, could be automated, or at least facilitated, by AI.And, indeed, a recent study...
The first EU app stores for iPhones explore new business models
The first two third-party European app stores to be announced offer different takes on how these stores might work: the first is a white-label service for enterprise app distribution, the second is an all-you-can-eat subscription deal.The stores are on the cusp of...
AR got its ‘killer app’: GenAI
You hear that sound? That’s the sound of augmented reality (AR) fading away as a driving concept in technology.You could blame Apple, which handed down an edict to Apple Vision Pro developers: “Refer to your app as a spatial computing app. Don’t describe your app...
Why are CIOs who anticipate the future rarely allowed to do anything about it?
Esty Scheiner was especially frustrated, even for the CEO of an AI startup. Her team had figured out a better way to deliver deepfake audio detection and met with various IT groups at key enterprises. Most agreed this is going to be an issue that needs to be dealt...
Why should Apple trust Epic Games?
Citing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union (EU) has requested “further explanations” from Apple regarding its decision to close down the developer account of Fortnite publisher Epic Games. Apple says it does not trust Epic, citing the game developer’s...
How IBM is using Adobe Firefly to reshape design
With the rollout of Adobe Firefly last year, IBM made generative AI (genAI) image creation available to thousands of designers.It didn’t take long for the tool to make an impression, said Billy Seabrook, global chief design officer for IBM’s consulting arm.Firefly was...
Sam Altman’s pledges about AI responsibility don’t mean much — experts
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, filed last week in California state court, accuses the defendants of forgetting core parts of OpenAI’s stated mission to develop useful and non-harmful artificial general intelligence. Altman has since moved to...
OpenAI: Musk’s control issues at heart of ongoing rift
Elon Musk's intent to take control of OpenAI and merge it with Tesla are at the center of the fight between the controversial Tesla founder and the AI startup he helped get off the ground, but which is now being financed by Microsoft.That's what OpenAI argued in a...