According to a new policy statement from the U.S. Copyright Office, generative AI could be eligible for copyright protection.
But, there’s a catch: Proof of human authorship (a prerequisite reaffirmed by the Copyright Office a year ago) is still required, with applications evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
If the applicant can show that generative AI was used, but then a human did something to…
This week was a big one for A.I. nerds. Some of the biggest names in tech showed off their latest and greatest creations in natural language generation, the technology that powers many of the new chatbots and text generators. Google rolled out a bunch of new products for…
Responsible AI is a must for achieving AI at scale
March 16, 2023
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: The quest for Nirvana: Applying AI at scale.
When it comes to applying AI at scale, responsible AI cannot be an afterthought, say experts.
“AI is responsible AI — there’s really no differentiating…
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: The quest for Nirvana: Applying AI at scale.
Enterprise companies have experimented with artificial intelligence (AI) for years — a pilot here, a use case there. But company leaders have long dreamed of going bigger, better and faster when it comes to AI.
That is, applying AI at scale.
The goals of this quest may vary. Maybe…
Since NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter to the Red Planet almost 22 years ago, the spacecraft has looped around Mars more than 94,000 times. That’s about the equivalent of 1.37 billion miles (2.21 billion kilometers), a distance that has required extremely…
NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on Venus
March 16, 2023
Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity has been observed on the surface of Venus for the first time. Scientists made the discovery after poring over archival radar images of Venus taken more than 30 years ago, in the 1990s, by NASA’s Magellan mission. The…
Google’s Travel website to stop creating trip summaries
March 16, 2023
From 2016–2019, the Google Trips app made for a great little utility that grouped together travel details and stored everything offline. Some of that functionality lived on in google.com/travel after the Android and iOS client was deprecated, but trip summaries are now going away this year.
According to a notice on google.com/travel, “Trip summaries won’t be available anymore beginning May…
Google has discontinued the Glass Enterprise Edition
March 16, 2023
Google has announced today that it will no longer be selling its Glass Enterprise Edition 2 headsets, with support set to be discontinued later this year.
After the commercial failure of its original Google Glass headsets, the company segued the AR product into a solution…
After years of demand, Minecraft is finally coming to Chromebooks with the “Bedrock Edition” available in early access starting today, but you’ll need to fork over a bit more to get access.
Launching today on limited Chromebook models, Minecraft “Bedrock Edition”…
After testing in October, Google Messages looks to be widely rolling out a redesign of read receipts with icons replacing words (sent, delivered, and read).
Update 3/15: Google has updated its support documentation to explain the new Messages Read Receipt icons:
Timer: Your message is being sent.
Single check: Your message has been sent.
Double check: Your message has been…
