Author: Art Ryan

At Enterprise Connect, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will unveil its vision for agentic AI collaboration, along with new AI-powered collaboration solutions designed to create futureproofed experiences for customers, employees and IT teams. Cisco is driving toward a future where AI anticipates customer and employee needs, addresses challenges, fulfils intent and further enhances productivity for all. New agentic AI innovations include the general availability of the Webex AI Agent for enhanced customer experience. Additional solutions announced across Collaboration Devices and the Webex Suite include new workflows in AI Assistant for Webex Suite to streamline employee experiences, Webex Calling Customer Assist, and AirPlay on Cisco Devices for…

Samsung Electronics must adopt a “do-or-die” mindset, its chairman told executives, to confront the challenges posed by artificial intelligence that are upending the industry, Yonhap news reported on Monday. South Korean giant Samsung has been struggling to meet Nvidia’s requirements as rival SK hynix has become the U.S. titan’s main supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips for its AI graphics processing units (GPU). The world’s largest memory-chip maker already acknowledged in October that it was facing a “crisis”, and admitted questions had arisen about its “fundamental technological competitiveness and the future of the company.” “Samsung is facing a do-or-die survival issue. We need to reflect…

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang takes the stage this week for the company’s annual software developer conference, he will defend his nearly $3 trillion chip company’s dominance as pressure mounts on its biggest customers to rein in the costs of artificial intelligence. Nvidia’s conference comes after China’s DeepSeek spooked U.S. markets with a competitive chatbot it alleged took less computing power than rivals to create. Nvidia’s (NVDA.O), opens new tab stock dropped because selling computing power in the form of chips that cost tens of thousands of dollars apiece is what helped Nvidia’s revenue more than quadruple over the past three years to $130.5…

Artists from around the world are showcasing their work in Qatar at “Ai or Nay? Artificial vs. Intelligent,” an exhibition running until May 15 at Doha’s Media Majlis Museum at Northwestern University. The show features more than 20 installations by international artists exploring themes of artificial intelligence, creativity and identity. Among the contributors is Doha-based Bangladeshi artist Farjana Salahuddin, whose interactive installation “Patterned Deserts: Where AI and Traditions Meet” is a key highlight. The experiential piece invites visitors to run their fingers through sand, encouraging them to reflect on the dynamic relationship between human creativity and technological advancement, Salahuddin said.…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is opening up a world of possibility for businesses across all sectors. Supporting a host of professional services, from data processing and research to content creation and ideation, it’s become the ultimate labour and money saving tool, and its potential is only just beginning to be tapped. For marketing agencies, this is an exciting development, enabling faster service, greater insight, and reduced outsourcing. However, it also brings one significant challenge: pricing. Why? Because if you currently use the established time/effort-based pricing model, AI is going to slash your income. The problem with AI and pricing For decades,…

Follows budget injection of $21.6 million. The former chief technology officer of Microsoft Australia Lee Hickin is to lead the federal government’s “reshaped” National AI Centre. Lee Hickin, National AI Centre In his new role as National AI Centre director, Hickin will oversee the centre’s development of AI policy, covering “safe and responsible” use of AI and its adoption by small businesses. Microsoft confirmed Hickin’s departure in order to take up the full-time position at the centre. Hickin has spent a total of 18 years at the vendor over two separate stints. He spent five years as Microsoft Australia’s CTO…

Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images, including from images published by Getty Images and other well-known stock media outfits. Last week, Google expanded access to its Gemini 2.0 Flash model’s image generation feature, which lets the model natively generate and edit image content. It’s a powerful capability, by all accounts. But it also appears to have few guardrails. Gemini 2.0 Flash will uncomplainingly create images depicting celebrities and copyrighted characters, and — as alluded to earlier — remove watermarks from existing photos. As several X and Reddit users noted, Gemini 2.0 Flash won’t just remove…

The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you prepare for your appointment and answer any pressing questions you might have. With her calm, warm demeanor, Ana has been trained to put patients at ease — like many nurses across the U.S. But unlike them, she is also available to chat 24-7, in multiple languages, from Hindi to Haitian Creole. That’s because Ana isn’t human, but an artificial intelligence program created by Hippocratic AI, one of a number of new companies offering ways to automate time-consuming tasks usually performed…

LinkedIn has published a new report which looks at how B2B brands are incorporating AI into their day-to-day process, and the benefits that they’re gleaning via the latest AI tools. And given that LinkedIn itself has gone all-in on AI, adding it into virtually every element of the app, it will come as no surprise to find that this report is very pro-AI, though it is based on direct feedback from 1, 250 sales professionals, so it is reflective, despite that very evident angling. You can download LinkedIn’s full “The ROI of AI” report here, but in this post, we’ll take a look at…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp in an interview with Nikkei called on Japan and the United States to speed up cooperation on artificial intelligence in defense, saying the two countries should develop an AI-powered targeting system together. Karp said Japan could provide hardware while US companies supply the software infrastructure. “If I were in charge of Japan, what I would do is build an AI targeting system with America that’s co-managed,” he was cited as saying. “That brings the countries together, and it also asserts dominance,” Karp added. His remarks followed claims by Chinese startup DeepSeek that it had built AI…

Artificial intelligence can transform medicine in a myriad of ways, including its promise to act as a trusted diagnostic aide to busy clinicians. Over the past two years, proprietary AI models, also known as closed-source models, have excelled at solving hard-to-crack medical cases that require complex clinical reasoning. Notably, these closed-source AI models have outperformed open-source ones, so-called because their source code is publicly available and can be tweaked and modified by anyone. Has open-source AI caught up? The answer appears to be yes, at least when it comes to one such open-source AI model, according to the findings of…

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, begins Monday and runs till Friday in San Jose. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the news as it happens — and we’re expecting a healthy dose of announcements. CEO Jensen Huang will give a keynote address at the SAP Center on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific, focusing on — what else? — AI and accelerating computing technologies, according to Nvidia. The company is also teasing reveals related to robotics, sovereign AI, AI agents, and automotive — plus 1,000 sessions with 2,000 speakers and close to 400 exhibitors. Here’s how to watch the Nvidia GTC…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is known to increase productivity, decrease human error, and expedite the development of human resources. The market is being inundated with new AI capabilities to solve pressing business issues, such as employee expectations. By comprehending the unique needs, desires, and preferences of each employee, AI-powered solutions assist in creating individualized employee experiences that promote engagement. Likewise, automation of the labor market has inched a notch higher as China takes the fight to the US on game-changing artificial intelligence innovations. That’s evident with the launch of Manus, the world’s first AI agent, which operates autonomously without human intervention.…

Four departments in China jointly released a notice to standardize the identification of synthetic content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) on Friday, a move an industry observer said will address concerns of deep counterfeiting and scientific dishonesty. Whether AI-generated content is properly labeled will be one of the criteria that internet application service providers must meet to gain approval before listing or launching their applications, according to the notice. The notice – jointly compiled by four departments in China, namely, Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, National Radio and Television Administration -…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is known to increase productivity, decrease human error, and expedite the development of human resources. The market is being inundated with new AI capabilities to solve pressing business issues, such as employee expectations. By comprehending the unique needs, desires, and preferences of each employee, AI-powered solutions assist in creating individualized employee experiences that promote engagement. Likewise, automation of the labor market has inched a notch higher as China takes the fight to the US on game-changing artificial intelligence innovations. That’s evident with the launch of Manus, the world’s first AI agent, which operates autonomously without human intervention.…

China’s Baidu (9888.HK), opens new tab said on Sunday it has launched two new artificial intelligence models, the multimodal ERNIE 4.5 and a new reasoning-focused model called X1, as it vies to stand out in a fiercely competitive AI race. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s roll-out of AI models which it says is on par with, or even better than, industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, has roiled the industry and re-energised the global AI race. Source: https://www.reuters.com/

The Russo brothers, who will helm the next two Avengers films set for release in 2026 and 2027, have shared their thoughts on artificial intelligence‘s emerging role in filmmaking. As directors who have consistently embraced technological innovation throughout their careers, from guerrilla-style television production to blockbuster superhero spectacles, Joe and Anthony Russo have offered a measured perspective on AI’s potential impact on the creative process. Their views have come at a pivotal moment for the entertainment industry, which is grappling with rapid technological change amid concerns from writers, actors, and other creative professionals about the implications of AI for their crafts. In a recent conversation with The…

After the launch of Gemini 2.0, the US tech giant Google has updated its Gemini AI app with more advanced features. Its users can now explore advanced features such as an upgraded research assistant, deeper personalization, and expanded connectivity with Google apps, all of which are available at no cost. The company has announced the news on its X post, stating that, “Today, we’re making big upgrades to the performance and availability of our most popular Gemini features and adding a new feature that will make Gemini even more personal and helpful.” The post also includes a video that demonstrates how Gemini…

The crypto world is buzzing, and it’s not hard to see why. Lightchain AI (LCAI), a cutting-edge AI-powered blockchain token, is gearing up for a major milestone that has investors, AI enthusiasts, and tech-savvy users on the edge of their seats. Following growing excitement in the blockchain community, the team at LCAI has announced that they will confirm their Centralized Exchange (CEX) listings in the coming month—a critical step in making LCAI more accessible to the wider crypto market. If you’re interested in the AI revolution or looking to catch the next big thing in the crypto space, this announcement is…

Kaito AI, an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aggregates crypto data to provide market analysis for users, and its founder Yu Hu, were the victims of an X social media hack on March 15. In several now-deleted posts, hackers claimed that the Kaito wallets were compromised and advised users that their funds were not safe. According to DeFi Warhol, the hackers opened up a short position on KAITO tokens before posting the messages in the hopes that users would sell or pull their funds, which would have crashed the price and created profits for the threat actors. The price of the KAITO…