North Korea's Kim oversees test of new 'AI Suicide Drones'
North Korea's Kim oversees test of new 'AI Suicide Drones'

North Koreas Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of new suicide and reconnaissance drones featuring AI technology, state media said Thursday (March 27), adding to concerns over Pyongyangs deepening military cooperation with Russia. Pyongyang unveiled its attack drones in August, with experts saying the...

Judge greenlights newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft
Judge greenlights newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft

A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can proceed with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using their stories to train artificial intelligence chatbots. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of New York on Wednesday...

DeepSeek narrows China-US AI gap to three months
DeepSeek narrows China-US AI gap to three months

China has significantly reduced its AI development gap with the U.S. to just three months in some areas, thanks to firms like DeepSeek optimizing chip usage and algorithm efficiency, according to 01.AI CEO Lee Kai-fu. DeepSeek made waves in January by launching an AI reasoning model trained with...

OpenAI updates advanced voice mode for ChatGPT
OpenAI updates advanced voice mode for ChatGPT

OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real-time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more personable and interrupt users less frequently. Manuka Stratta, an OpenAI post-training researcher, announced the changes in a video posted...

Disney to create Star Wars Robot 'Newton' with Nvidia and Google AI
Disney to create Star Wars Robot 'Newton' with Nvidia and Google AI

Nvidia made a splash at GTC 2025 with its announcement of Newton, a new physics engine designed to simulate real-world robotic movement. Created in collaboration with Google DeepMind and Disney Research, the engine is set to power Disneys next generation of entertainment robots, reports...

OpenAI and Meta in talks with Reliance industries for AI collaborations
OpenAI and Meta in talks with Reliance industries for AI collaborations

According to a report from technology news website The Information on Saturday, both OpenAI and Meta Platforms have engaged in separate talks with Indias Reliance Industries about possible collaborations to expand their artificial intelligence services in the country. A possibility being...

Tencent debuts T1 reasoning model amid China's AI race
Tencent debuts T1 reasoning model amid China's AI race

Chinese tech giant Tencent on Friday night launched the official version of its T1 reasoning model, stepping up competition in Chinas increasingly crowded artificial intelligence sector. The upgraded T1 model offers faster response times and enhanced capabilities for processing extended text...

Meta to launch generative AI assistant in the EU
Meta to launch generative AI assistant in the EU

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Thursday that it will introduce its generative artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, in the European Union starting this week, over a year after its debut in the US, reports BSS. Its taken longer than we would have liked to...

Adobe launches AI agents for online marketing tools
Adobe launches AI agents for online marketing tools

Adobe announced on Tuesday that it is launching AI-powered agents designed to assist consumers in navigating brand websites. While Adobe is widely recognized for consumer apps like Photoshop, it also offers a range of B2B software tools for online marketing, which accounted for a quarter of its...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils new Rubin AI chips at GTC 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils new Rubin AI chips at GTC 2025

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang kicked off the companys artificial intelligence developer conference on Tuesday by telling a crowd of thousands that AI is going through an inflection point. At GTC 2025 dubbed the Super Bowl of AI Huang focused his keynote on the companys advancements in AI and his...

As AI reshapes hospital care, human nurses push back
As AI reshapes hospital care, human nurses push back

The next time you schedule a medical check-up, you might receive a call from someone like Anaa reassuring voice helping you prepare for your appointment and answering urgent queries. With a soothing, friendly manner, Ana is designed to put patients at ease, much like many nurses across the U.S....

China’s Baidu unveils two new AI models amid rising competition
China’s Baidu unveils two new AI models amid rising competition

Chinas Baidu announced on Sunday the launch of two new AI models, including a reasoning-focused model that claims to rival DeepSeeks latest offering, as the competition in the AI sector intensifies. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek recently made waves by introducing models comparable to top U.S....

OpenAI and Musk agree to fast tracked trial over for-profit shift
OpenAI and Musk agree to fast tracked trial over for-profit shift

OpenAI and Elon Musk have decided to speed up a trial regarding OpenAIs shift to a for-profit model. This is the latest development in a public legal battle between Musk, the worlds richest person, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI jointly proposed a trial in December,...

OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents
OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents

OpenAI has introduced a range of AI tools designed to assist developers in creating dependable and effective agents. These agents, according to OpenAI, are systems capable of autonomously carrying out different tasks on behalf of the user. The newly launched tools, built using the companys own AI...

Meta starts testing its first in-house AI Chip
Meta starts testing its first in-house AI Chip

Meta has begun testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence (AI), created to reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia, according to Reuters on Tuesday. The Facebook parent company has begun a small deployment of the chip and plans to ramp up production for...

China could end crude oil imports in 20 years, NPC deputy Liu Hanyuan predicts
China could end crude oil imports in 20 years, NPC deputy Liu Hanyuan predicts

China is on track to eliminate its reliance on imported crude oil within two decades as it ramps up renewable energy capacity and storage, according to National Peoples Congress (NPC) deputy Liu Hanyuan. Speaking in Beijing ahead of the annual two sessions plenary meeting, Liu, chairman of solar...

Microsoft developing AI reasoning models to rival OpenAI
Microsoft developing AI reasoning models to rival OpenAI

Microsoft has been working on creating its own artificial intelligence reasoning models to rival OpenAI and may offer them for sale to developers, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person involved in this initiative. The Redmond, Washington-based company, a major backer of OpenAI, has...

Google introduces AI-exclusive version of its search engine
Google introduces AI-exclusive version of its search engine

Google introduced an experimental version of its search engine that replaces the traditional 10 blue links with an AI-generated summary on Wednesday. This new feature, available to Google One AI Premium subscribers, can be accessed through the search results page by selecting the AI Mode tab,...

Hundreds of US diplomats oppose USAID cuts
Hundreds of US diplomats oppose USAID cuts

Hundreds of diplomats at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have written a letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio protesting the dismantling of USAID, saying its demise would undermine U.S. leadership and security and create a power vacuum which China and...

Apple unveils new iPad Air with AI features
Apple unveils new iPad Air with AI features

Apple on Tuesday launched new versions of its iPad Air, enhancing the mid-tier tablet with its M3 chip and artificial intelligence capabilities in a bid to spur upgrades among customers. The revamped lineup starts at $599 for the 11-inch model, and the 13-inch variant at $799. Pre-orders open...

Google sheets upgrades with Gemini AI for smarter analysis
Google sheets upgrades with Gemini AI for smarter analysis

Google is integrating Gemini AI into Google Sheets, giving users a powerful new way to analyze data, identify trends, and create advanced visualizations faster. The feature, now available to all Google Workspace business users, enables AI-driven insights directly within spreadsheets. With...

OpenAI launches GPT-4.5 with improved EQ and smarter conversations
OpenAI launches GPT-4.5 with improved EQ and smarter conversations

OpenAI has launched GPT-4.5 as a research preview worldwide. The company claims that this model is more capable of recognizing patterns, making connections, and generating creative insights than previous AI models. Apart from this, GPT-4.5 is also claimed to have a more refined personality,...

MoFA refutes Trump’s allegation linking $29m
MoFA refutes Trump’s allegation linking $29m

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has refuted the claim that the USAID awarded an organization in Bangladesh with $29 million which is owned by only two individuals, reports BSS. Recently, US President Donald Trump made the remark about Strengthening Political Landscape (SPL) Project in...

AI-powered cardiologist at Shanghai hospital
AI-powered cardiologist at Shanghai hospital

Chinas first AI-powered cardiologist is easing pressure on doctors at a busy Shanghai hospital, where demand for cardiac care is growing, reads a SCMP report. Developed by the Fudan University-affiliated Zhongshan Hospital and the Shanghai Academy of Artificial Intelligence for Science, the...

AI robots: A potential solution to Japan’s aged care crisis
AI robots: A potential solution to Japan’s aged care crisis

In Tokyo, an AI-driven robot named AIREC demonstrated its caregiving abilities by assisting with patient movementsa crucial task in elderly care. Developed with government funding, AIREC is a potential solution to Japans rapidly aging population and severe caregiver shortage. Japan faces a...

Supreme Court assists 28,611 people with legal service
Supreme Court assists 28,611 people with legal service

The Supreme Court Legal Aid program has provided legal services to 28,611 people at government expense, according to a report published by the National Legal Aid Services Organization, reports BSS. The report covers legal assistance provided from 2009 to January 2025, highlighting the...

China’s DeepSeek AI models expand into home appliances
China’s DeepSeek AI models expand into home appliances

Chinas joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper - extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startups artificial intelligence models. Hangzhou-based DeepSeeks large language models upended...

New AI model accurately tracks brain ageing speed
New AI model accurately tracks brain ageing speed

Researchers have developed a revolutionary method to measure how fast the brain is ageing, offering new insights into cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), introduces a 3D convolutional...