Cybercriminals promised a free, AI-based video editor in a social media campaign. However, those who fell for the offer ended up installing info-stealer malware. On social media, the campaign organizers advertised the supposed AI video editor with such posts. IT security researchers from Malwarebytes analyzed that instead of the expected video editor with AI features, … Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can take over many boring tasks, providing acceptable results. Tasks like answering simple questions, describing images, and analyzing PDFs are some examples. However, the whole process usually happens online, requiring the user to visit a website and input prompts. Often, there is little room for customization. Google’s AI, Gemini, can be used … Read more
For two years now, there has been Copilot, the AI coding assistant from GitHub. GitHub conducted an extensive study on code quality, showing that code created with AI assistance passes more unit tests and has fewer errors. Reviewers also rated it as more readable and reliable. GitHub tasked 202 Python developers, each with at least … Read more
The Heise Group has been successfully using generative AI in their daily work for two years. In a webinar on December 10 at 4 PM, experts will provide exclusive insights into how AI technologies, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), are used in practice. In 2024 alone, more than two person-years have been freed up by … Read more
The AI boom has become a goldmine for the chip company Nvidia, and the business continues to grow. In the last quarter, revenue jumped by 94% compared to the previous year, reaching $35.1 billion. Profit more than doubled to $19.3 billion. However, investors had hoped for an even better forecast for the current quarter, causing … Read more
Abbey is a tool that allows users to gather various types of content, such as documents, websites, notes, and videos, into one place and use AI to ask questions about them. This tool is particularly useful for students who want to collect all their course materials and notes in one place and search through them … Read more
Anna Kalinowsky, Dr. Volker Zota, and Malte Kirchner discuss various topics in this edition of the show. One of the main topics is the rapid growth of Bluesky, a social network similar to Twitter. Bluesky has quickly gained popularity, reaching 20 million accounts. The discussion explores how Bluesky differs from other social networks, what contributes … Read more
A major German credit agency experienced a data leak, affecting the credit data of nearly eight million consumers. An activist bypassed the identification process and accessed credit reports of people in Germany. Meanwhile, Chinese AI developers have released a new AI model called DeepSeek-R1, which is open-source and aims to be more accurate than other … Read more
The Chinese AI and investment company High-Flyer has released a new AI model called DeepSeek-R1, designed to compete with Western AI models such as OpenAI’s o1. These AI models are trained to think through complex problems more thoroughly before providing an answer. According to the developers, the performance of the officially named “DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview” AI model … Read more
The beta version of Rufus was released in the USA in February 2024 and has been available in Germany since November. Rufus is an Amazon assistant designed to help users with product comparison and selection. However, Rufus quickly reaches its limits as a consultant. According to Amazon, this “AI-based shopping assistant” is trained using the … Read more
In 2016, people began venturing outside to catch and train Pokémon using their smartphones. Pokémon Go was the game that popularized the concept of Augmented Reality (AR) on a large scale. Although the initial excitement has faded, the game still enjoys some popularity today. What most players of Pokémon Go didn’t realize was that they … Read more
For many years, Amazon offered its Alexa devices at relatively low prices, but commercially, the smart speakers often did not meet the company’s expectations. Many customers used the intelligent speakers mainly to control their music systems or hear jokes, rather than using them for shopping, which would have increased Amazon’s revenue as the company hoped. … Read more
Microsoft 365 will receive several updates in the coming months. During its developer conference Ignite, Microsoft revealed its plans for upcoming features for Microsoft 365 and Copilot. The AI assistant Copilot is set to receive multiple updates to ease daily tasks in personal and work life. Microsoft has introduced twelve new features for Copilot in … Read more
In the early days of digitalization, copyright violations were mainly about photocopies or music recordings. Today, the situation is much more complicated. The battle with large AI companies is now primarily fought by lawyers. In Europe, if someone uses the works of others not just for inspiration but copies parts of them, they need permission … Read more
The growing impact of AI on energy consumption is becoming clear to more people. Analysts from Goldman Sachs predict that the energy demand for AI data centers will increase by 160% by 2030. According to Gartner, this could lead to up to 40% of existing AI data centers facing operational limitations due to power shortages. … Read more
