Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Little Umbrella, an emerging pioneer in AI-powered social games, has raised $2 million in funding after the success of its Death by AI social game. Investors include Virtual Reality Fund (VRF), a16z speedrun, Mark Pincus’s Workplay…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Last year, the saying going around the game industry was Survive until 25. The hope was that things would get better after a very rough year for game layoffs and player doldrums. Now we might start…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More DeepSeek-R1 has surely created a lot of excitement and concern, especially for OpenAI’s rival model o1. So, we put them to test in a side-by-side comparison on a few simple data analysis and market research tasks. …

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI has released a new proprietary AI model in time to counter the rapid rise of open source rival DeepSeek R1 — but will it be enough to blunt the latter’s success? Today, after several days…

OpenAI has argued in an Indian court that removing the training data behind ChatGPT service would clash with its legal obligations in the United States. The statement was issued in response to a lawsuit filed by Indian news agency ANI, which accused the AI business of using its content without permission. The Microsoft-backed AI giant…

OpenAI, the powerhouse behind ChatGPT, is ramping up efforts to dominate the enterprise market with a suite of AI tools tailored for business users. The company recently revealed its plans to introduce a series of enhancements designed to make AI integration seamless for companies of all sizes. This includes updates to its flagship AI agent…

When it comes to movies buzzing with Oscar potential, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is a standout this awards season. The visually stunning drama transports viewers to the post-World War II era, unravelling the story of László Tóth, played by Adrien Brody. Tóth, a fictional Hungarian-Jewish architect, starts over in the United States after being forced…

OpenAI has unveiled Operator, a tool that integrates seamlessly with web browsers to perform tasks autonomously. From filling out forms to ordering groceries, Operator promises to simplify repetitive online activities by interacting directly with websites through clicks, typing, and scrolling. Designed around a new model called the Computer-Using Agent (CUA), Operator combines GPT-4o’s vision recognition…

DeepSeek is grappling with service disruptions and restricting new account sign-ups to combat what it describes as “large-scale malicious attacks.” The Chinese firm’s chat app, which recently soared to the top of Apple’s App Store, issued a notice on its website stating that only users with China-based phone numbers (+86) would be permitted to register…

Ericsson has launched Cognitive Labs, a research-driven initiative dedicated to advancing AI for telecoms.  Operating virtually rather than from a single physical base, Cognitive Labs will explore AI technologies such as Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), Active Learning, and Large-Scale Language Models (LLMs).  According to Ericsson, these innovations form the backbone of the company’s solutions for…