OpenAI, a leading AI company, has its headquarters in San Francisco and is now expanding its presence by opening a new office in Zurich, Switzerland. This new branch will include three AI experts who previously worked at Google DeepMind. These experts are Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai. According to OpenAI, they are prominent … Read more
After the surprising dismissal of CEO Pat Gelsinger on Monday, Intel is searching for a successor. According to consistent media reports, the board of directors is considering some external candidates: Lip-Bu Tan from Cadence Design Systems, who left the board in the summer after disagreements over Intel’s direction, and Matt Murphy, CEO of chip manufacturer … Read more
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity AI, recently shared on a social media platform that he is considering developing a device priced under $50, designed to provide reliable answers. Srinivas describes Perplexity not as a search engine but as an answer engine. The new device is expected to be purely audio-based, allowing … Read more
PDF-to-Brainrot converters transform boring PDFs into exciting TikTok-style videos. These converters create short videos summarizing PDF content using Gen Z and Gen Alpha language. The words spoken by AI are displayed prominently in the video, with ASMR clips or Minecraft gameplay in the background. There is a growing interest in these converters, with several options … Read more
Intel hat seit vielen Jahren mit Schwierigkeiten zu kämpfen. Im Jahr 2024 ist die Aktie des Unternehmens um mehr als 48 Prozent gefallen. Im August 2024 fiel der Aktienwert von 27,72 Euro auf unter 18 Euro, und der Marktwert des Unternehmens sank auf unter 100 Milliarden US-Dollar. Obwohl sich die Aktie etwas erholt hat, bleibt … Read more
Google hat kürzlich die Oberfläche der Gemini-App vereinfacht, was auch das Verschwinden des Karussells mit Beispielen für Anfragen an den KI-Chatbot zur Folge hatte. Dieses könnte jedoch bald mit einer neuen Funktion zurückkehren, die einigen Nutzern aus der Google-Suche bekannt sein könnte. Berichten zufolge enthält die Beta-Version der App den Button “Auf gut Glück!”. Dieser … Read more
ChatGPT, ein KI-Tool, zeigt ein bemerkenswertes Verhalten: Es kann keine Informationen über eine Person namens “David Mayer” geben. Verschiedene Theorien versuchen, dieses Verhalten zu erklären. Eine Möglichkeit ist die Verwechslung mit einem gesuchten Verbrecher in den USA, was einen unschuldigen David Mayer in Großbritannien betrifft. Andere Erklärungen könnten rechtliche Gründe wie DSGVO-Anfragen sein. Technische Ursachen … Read more
Generative AI has a greater impact on the job market than previous automation processes, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It mainly affects regions and areas where technology has previously automated few jobs. Researchers do not expect a decrease in the number of jobs. AI affects jobs in … Read more
Recently, while walking through the forest, even before enjoying a sandwich break on a park bench, an idea for a new project suddenly came to me. I wanted my two children to be able to visualize their current mood using a “mood barometer”. A needle, driven by a servo motor, would indicate the current mood … Read more
Recently, while walking through the forest, even before enjoying a sandwich break on the park bench, an idea for a new maker project struck me. My two children should be able to visualize their current mood using a “Mood Barometer.” A pointer, driven by a servo motor, would show the current mood on a scale … Read more
In elections in Germany, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could lead to an increase in misinformation and influence on social media. Gerard de Melo, an AI researcher at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, expressed concern that people might receive completely false information and images generated by AI. This topic was discussed by experts from … Read more
Generative language models like ChatGPT can answer almost any question instantly and are easy to use. However, upon closer inspection, some issues become apparent. One major issue is hallucinations: the models sometimes generate incorrect information. When a model lacks specific information, it fabricates details, presenting them convincingly enough to seem plausible. For example, an early … Read more
Only six percent of companies in Germany are optimally prepared for Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to a study by the US telecommunications company Cisco. Last year, the figure was seven percent. Additionally, 29 percent of German companies are still well-prepared for AI. In international comparison, Germany is falling behind. In terms of the proportion of … Read more
Intel, a major US chip company, has unexpectedly retired its CEO, Pat Gelsinger. Gelsinger, who has been with Intel for over 40 years, has significantly influenced the company. His sudden departure has raised questions about whether it signals panic within the company. Intel has recently reported a net loss of two billion US dollars in … Read more
When Pat Gelsinger was asked after his initial departure from Intel in 2009 what differentiated his new employer EMC from Intel, he said: “Intel is more like a military organization.” This still holds some truth today: If the battle is lost, the general must go, and if a company’s numbers are not right, the CEO … Read more
