AI & Robotics

Samsung put much of the marketing punch of its CES 2024 event behind the idea of making AI for all, using the transformational force of AI in the cause of democratizing technology. It was a familiar theme of the day at the press day for the big tech trade show in Las Vegas, where AI has become a horizontal wave that is changing all companies and industries. Samsung CEO JH Han said at a press event…

AI companies are racing to master the art of video generation. Over the last few months, several players in the space, including Stability AI and Pika Labs, have released models capable of producing videos of different types with text and image prompts. Building on that work, Microsoft AI has dropped a model that aims to deliver more granular control over the production of a video. Dubbed…

Getty Images, the company known for selling stock imagery for digital and print content, today pushed its AI efforts ahead by launching a dedicated image generation service for its subsidiary iStock. Dubbed Generative AI by iStock, the offering gives designers and business users access to a text-to-image generator that produces ready-to-use visuals from simple text prompts. However, the…

Takashi Kiryu, president of Square Enix, dropped a letter about his plans to ring in the new year. In it, he didn’t announce any dramatic changes, but he explained his interest in both investing in the Japanese company’s core business and expanding into new areas like films, TV, XR and AI. Square Enix is one of the biggest triple-A game companies in Japan and it typically forecasts its…