Liza Minnelli surprises fans with first new music in 13 years, adding vocals to an AI-created deep house track 'Kids, Wait Til You Hear This'. The track features an Art Garfunkel song using AI-generated piano backing, heralding 'new tools in service of expression'.
AI is transforming financial services, with organizations leveraging AI to increase revenue, decrease costs, and improve critical functions. The use of open source models is key, with 83% saying it's important, as financial institutions fine-tune AI capabilities for competitive advantage.
AI researchers warn of potential disruption in 2028 US election by human-imitating AI agents, posing a threat to democracy. Maria Ressa and top experts highlight the rise of malicious "AI swarms" in social media, a new global disruptive threat.
Government forced to admit errors in approving AI datacentre on greenbelt land, leading to embarrassing climbdown. Former deputy PM Angela Rayner's decision overruled due to inadequate consideration of climate impact.
Government consultation on banning social media for under-16s should also consider access to generative AI for young people. AI-driven technologies, including chatbots simulating friendship, raise urgent questions about safeguarding young minds online.
PDI Technologies uses AI to consolidate data for efficient business operations. PDIQ, powered by RAG system on AWS, streamlines knowledge access for employees.
Jamie Dimon warns of potential civil unrest due to rapid AI advancements, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang believes tech will create more jobs than it destroys. Dimon emphasizes the need for government and business support to help displaced workers adapt to the changing landscape.
PhD candidate Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, charged with planning terrorist act at Gold Coast event. Allegedly aimed to replace government with 'cybernetics' powered by artificial intelligence.
In 2029 LA, Chris Pratt stars as a cop fighting RoboJustice in a futuristic thriller directed by Timur Bekmambetov. AI-driven justice system puts Pratt's character on trial, raising questions about the power of AI in society.
AI's rapid expansion is reshaping the global economy, creating jobs across industries from energy to healthcare. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sees AI as a five-layer cake driving job creation and economic benefit, emphasizing the importance of purpose-driven work in the AI era.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory enhances AI agents by capturing and surfacing experience-level knowledge through episodic memory. This helps agents adapt, learn from past experiences, and improve over time, leading to significant enhancements in task success rates.
Economists fear AI investment bubble and South China Sea tensions amid Trump's attacks on Federal Reserve's independence. Commonwealth Bank's chief economist warns of new economic era with different rules.
State mental health services are lacking, prompting individuals like Viola di Grado to turn to AI therapists for help in a society unsure of the boundaries of digital therapy. The intimacy of AI therapy falls between real psychotherapy and casual advice sharing, sparking a new kind of conversation.
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now support multimodal retrieval, enabling search across text, images, audio, and video. This eliminates the need for complex custom infrastructure and allows for unified workflow across different media types.
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is a hyperactive, techno anime adaptation of a Japanese folk tale with emojis exploding all over the screen. The film follows Iroha, a talented musician living in a virtual reality world, TikTok-ified with stickers and high-energy visuals.