L’Oréal’s AI-Driven Innovations Transform Beauty Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of many of our activities, as discussed by Nicolas Hieronimus during a conference call about L’Oréal Group’s fourth-quarter results for 2023. He emphasized that AI will play a significant role in our world, driven by data. L’Oréal’s data platform holds an enormous 10 petabytes of data, which … Read more

AI Agents in Minecraft: Simulating Human-like Behaviors and Social Dynamics

The experiment took place on the open-world gaming platform Minecraft, where up to 1,000 software agents simultaneously used large language models (LLMs) to interact with each other. Without further input from their human creators, they developed a remarkable range of personality traits, preferences, and special roles when prompted by a text. The work of AI … Read more

The Future of AI: Evolving Beyond Data Limits and Towards Human-Like Thinking

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever recently spoke at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) in Vancouver. In his talk, he suggested that the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) might soon undergo a fundamental change. He stated, “We have reached the maximum amount of data, and there will be no more. We must work with … Read more

AI Advancements and Trends Shaping the Future of Smartphones in 2025

One of the smartphone trends for 2025 is clear: AI continues to make inroads. The year 2024, like the previous year, was marked by AI. Smartphones, especially those with Google’s Android, and notebooks have become smarter with the help of generative artificial intelligence. However, the development of AI devices has just begun, as evidenced by … Read more

Elon Musk’s Legal Battle with OpenAI: Profit vs. Non-Profit Vision

OpenAI has released more details about the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk. OpenAI is now primarily associated with CEO Sam Altman, but the company was originally founded through a collaboration of several AI experts and tech leaders, including Elon Musk. However, the initial cooperation has since deteriorated, and Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. … Read more

AI Developments: From Meta’s Legal Moves to Innovative Tools and Industry Changes

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has reached out to the California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, requesting intervention to halt OpenAI’s transition from a non-profit to a for-profit organization. Zuckerberg argues that it is inappropriate to use assets built for charitable purposes for profit. Elon Musk supports this position and is already engaged in legal proceedings … Read more

Google Cloud Enhances AI Capabilities with NotebookLM Plus and Agentspace Tools

Google Cloud is expanding its AI notebook capabilities with a new version called NotebookLM Plus. This enhanced version is designed for power users and will be part of Google Workspace and Google Workspace for Education. While the free version of NotebookLM is already quite powerful, the Plus variant offers additional features and capabilities. NotebookLM Plus … Read more

Meta’s Innovative AI Developments: Video Watermarking, Virtual Agents, and Enhanced Content Generation

Meta hat kürzlich eine Reihe neuer Entwicklungen im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) vorgestellt, die das Potenzial haben, die Art und Weise, wie wir mit digitalen Inhalten und virtuellen Agenten interagieren, grundlegend zu verändern. Eine der bemerkenswerten Innovationen ist das Meta Video Seal, ein Wasserzeichen-System für KI-generierte Videos. Dieses Wasserzeichen ist unsichtbar für das menschliche … Read more

Apple’s AI Summarization Feature Faces Accuracy Challenges

Apple’s AI, known as Apple Intelligence, has been summarizing iPhone notifications, but not always accurately. The BBC recently complained to Apple about this feature in iOS 18 because the system incorrectly summarized a headline from the British media outlet. According to a screenshot shared by the BBC, Apple Intelligence incorrectly shortened a headline about a … Read more

Apple Enhances Data Privacy with Homomorphic Encryption in iOS 18

Apple is addressing the challenge of combining impressive yet data-intensive AI features with privacy-friendly practices. The company plans to tackle this issue using a unique type of encryption known as homomorphic encryption. In a statement from October 24, Apple explained its approach to integrating machine learning with homomorphic encryption to process data confidentially. Some features … Read more

Year-End Updates: AI Developments, Holiday Shipping Deadlines, and Network Outage Compensation

The end of the year is approaching, as highlighted by the release of annual recaps from major platforms like Spotify Wrapped and Playstation Wrap-Up. As the year wraps up, we at t3n Weekly will also be taking a short break and will return on January 13, 2025. Until then, we wish everyone happy holidays and … Read more

Securing AI-Powered Chatbots with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Systems

AI-powered chatbots are becoming increasingly popular as assistants in tasks such as writing, searching, and processing information, as well as more complex activities like software development. However, one drawback of AI chatbots is the extensive training required. Due to cost constraints, it is often not feasible to train chatbots on proprietary texts. Continuously updating the … Read more

Exploring Generative AI Implementation in German Businesses

Wie weit sind deutsche Unternehmen bei der Nutzung von generativer KI? Diese Frage hat der Fachdienst heise KI PRO untersucht. Die Ergebnisse des “KI-Barometers 01/2025” werden am 14. Januar in einem Webinar vorgestellt. Die Teilnehmer erhalten einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand und die Trends bei KI-Projekten in deutschen Unternehmen. Heise KI PRO präsentiert ausgewählte … Read more

AI’s Growing Role and Challenges in Job Applications

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly assisting with tasks in our daily work lives, even before we start a new job. A study by the HR website Remote surveyed 4,000 managers worldwide about how many applicants use AI for their resumes and other application documents. The results were striking: In the past six months, 77% of … Read more

AI Enhances Weather Forecasting but Can’t Replace Traditional Models Yet

Wie wird das Wetter im Winter? Laut einem Experten des Deutschen Wetterdienstes (DWD) kann künstliche Intelligenz (KI) bei der Wettervorhersage unterstützen. Ein neues KI-Modell von Deepmind, einer Tochtergesellschaft von Google, könnte genauere, schnellere und verlässlichere Wetterprognosen ermöglichen. Ein DWD-Experte erklärt jedoch, dass KI-Modelle in bestimmten Bereichen noch nicht mit klassischen, physikalisch-basierten Modellen mithalten können. Daher … Read more