Elon Musk appears to be readying a new project to enter the AI arena against Microsoft and OpenAI.
Why it matters: His plans could involve harnessing together technology from at least two of his companies — Tesla and Twitter — "to some degree," according to Musk.
The first U.S. national cyber director is returning to Paladin Capital Group as a strategic adviser, the venture capital firm first shared with Axios.
The big picture: Chris Inglis stepped down from his White House position in February. His new gig at Paladin, a VC firm focused on cyber and advanced technologies, marks the first of what could be several private sector gigs for Inglis during what he's calling his "nominal retirement."
Microsoft used its Build developer conference on Tuesday to announce that it is bringing an AI-assisted "copilot" directly into its Windows operating system.
The big picture: Microsoft has already announced plans to put OpenAI's technology into nearly every major product in its portfolio — including its Bing search engine, Edge web browser, and Office apps such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint. It also offers a number of cloud-based AI services through Azure.
In adding generative AI tools to Photoshop, Adobe isn't advancing the state of the art in terms of deepfakes — but it is putting the ability to make convincing fakes into far more hands.
Why it matters: Concerns are running high that the technology to alter images in deceptive ways is advancing far faster than the ability of humans or machines to detect such fakes.
FTX and Tesla, once seen as shining examples of innovation and opportunity, took two of the biggest reputational hits in this year's Axios Harris Poll 100 brand reputation survey.
Why it matters: Amid a crypto collapse and Musk madness, Americans have grown wary and weary of big ideas and powerful moguls who they feel have overpromised and underdelivered.
Final Fantasy’s developers are looking to mix the long-running series with “Game of Thrones” for the franchise’s 16th numbered installment, one that’s a little more bawdy and a lot more profane.
Driving the news: Final Fantasy returns next month radically different, as some of gaming’s biggest series take some massive swings.
Why it matters: The suit, which names Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen as the defendant, alleges that the ban of the Chinese-owned app over security concerns would violate the First Amendment and other laws.
The European Union issued its largest fine ever for violations of its data privacy law on Monday, slapping Meta with a $1.3 billion (1.2 billion euro) penalty for transferring the personal data of European users to the U.S., Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Monday.
Why it matters: The fine tops the previous largest data privacy fine of 746 million euro against Amazon in 2021 for data protection violations.
With backing from his father, a young gamer has filed a potential class action lawsuit against Nintendo over “immoral” microtransactions in the company’s Mario Kart Tour mobile game.
Why it matters: The heat is now on Nintendo, as it’s been on other big game companies, over one of the most lucrative and controversial ways to make money in the industry.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being tapped to address the impacts of climate change.
Driving the news: Google's latest announcement is one example. Countries across Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and South and Central America can now use its AI-enabled platform that displays flood forecasts.
Gemini's tussle with Digital Currency Group over debts unpaid appear to be coming to a head.
Driving the news: The crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss said that Barry Silbert's DCG did not pay roughly $630 million due last week, according to a statement published Friday on Gemini's website.
Machine learning can bring us cancer diagnoses with greater speed and precision than any individual doctor — but it could also bring us another pandemic at the hands of a relatively low-skilled programmer.
Why it matters: The health field is generating some of the most exciting artificial intelligence innovation, but AI can also weaponize modern medicine against the same people it sets out to cure.
China's government told operators of "critical information infrastructure" to stop buying Micron Technology's products Sunday and claimed the U.S. chipmaker threatened national security.
Driving the news: The Cyberspace Administration of China's claims, which a U.S. Commerce Department spokesperson in a statement to media Sunday evening said had "no basis in fact," followed a security review of the Idaho-based firm.
