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The New York Times

The four-second videos were blurry, choppy, distorted and disturbing. But they were a clear sign that artificial intelligence technologies would generate increasingly convincing videos in the months and years to come. Just 10 …

CNET

Another day, another generative AI update. Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind has previewed Gemini 1.5 Pro, an upgraded model of Google’s renamed Bard chatbot Gemini. Gemini got its new name less than a week ago along with the release of the premium, …

BBC News

Four video games – and the firm was frustratingly careful not to name them – will be opened up to alternative platforms for the first time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said. He gave a …

CNBC

OpenAI, which burst into the mainstream last year thanks to the popularity of ChatGPT, is bringing its artificial intelligence technology to video. The company on Thursday introduced Sora, its new generative AI model. Sora …

CNET

They literally clip onto the side of your ears and feature an open design with micro speakers that fire sound into your ears while still being able to hear what’s happening around you. At $299, they’re …

ABC News

In a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that four Xbox games will no longer be exclusive. That means players should be able to access them on other companies’ platforms.

Fortune

On Thursday, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, released a new product that can create incredibly lifelike videos based on nothing more than the words that a user types into a box. The video clips—which include an AI-generated woman walking down the …

CNBC

Microsoft will release four specified video games on alternative consoles, presumably both the Sony PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, Microsoft announced. Xbox fans have expressed their frustration over the prospect of exclusive Xbox games …

Reuters

Feb 15 (Reuters) – Microsoft-backed OpenAI is working on a software that can generate minute-long videos based on text prompts, the company said on Thursday. The software, called Sora, is currently available for red teaming, which helps identify flaws …

IEEE Spectrum

Solid electrolytes offer a key benefit over the liquid variety—they don’t blow up. Of course, until now that improved safety came at the price of reduced performance. Specifically, solid electrolytes are typically worse at conducting lithium ions through …