The KI assistant Grok is now available as a standalone app for iOS in some countries, including Australia. Users can download the free app from xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk. As of January 2, 2025, the app is not available in the German App Store. According to media reports, there are plans to … Read more
High-ranking executives in companies are increasingly targeted by “hyper-personalized” phishing emails, crafted using AI generators. This warning comes from the British insurance company Beazley and other firms, as reported by the Financial Times. The situation is getting worse, says Beazley’s security chief, referring to targeted attack attempts that are based on scraping “vast amounts” of … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly playing a role in education. Currently, tools like ChatGPT are primarily used by students to complete homework. However, students often trust the answers without verifying the underlying information. This poses significant risks, as students may adopt incorrect knowledge and train future AI with faulty data. The decline in research skills … Read more
Apple had a strong year on the stock market, with its company value rising by about 40 percent. Although the company temporarily lost its crown as the most valuable company in the US markets to Microsoft and Nvidia, it ended the year at the top with a value of 3.79 trillion US dollars. The question … Read more
Alibaba’s Vision-Language Model, Qwen-VL, will soon be offered at a significantly reduced price, with a decrease of 85%. This information comes from a WeChat post by Alibaba Cloud, as reported by CNBC. It indicates that the price war over AI models has begun. Not all better models are becoming more expensive; in fact, due to … Read more
AI search engines gather information from various websites to generate answers. It’s not surprising that false or misleading information can influence search results. Obvious misinformation is relatively easy to spot. However, it becomes more challenging when false information or instructions are hidden within websites. The AI search may respond, but the person seeking an answer … Read more