Artificial Intelligence

Lee Soo-man met French President Emmanuel Macron after giving a speech at the France Music Week Summit in Paris. Macron asked him to set up an A2O office in France to boost cultural ties and support creators in the age of AI.

Uber is making a major push into the AI services sector, expanding its data labeling business just as the industry undergoes a dramatic shakeup following Meta’s $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI.

Popular social media platform Reddit is reportedly considering the adoption of World’s iris-scanning orbs as part of its user verification system.

OpenAI removed its Jony Ive partnership video and blog post after a court order tied to a trademark dispute over the name “io.” A hearing device company called iyO claims the name is too similar, but the deal between OpenAI and Ive is still moving forward.

Huawei Technologies is preparing to introduce its Ascend 910C artificial intelligence processor, a chip designed to rival Nvidia’s flagship H100 GPU, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Alipay and Meizu completed the first smart glasses-enabled e-wallet payment outside mainland China, using Meizu’s StarV Snap glasses and AlipayHK. The glasses scanned a QR code and used voice commands with AI support to authorise the payment.

xAI faces legal pressure over its use of gas turbines at its Memphis AI hub, highlighting growing concerns over the environmental and health impacts of Big Tech’s race to scale computing power.

Genius Group, a Singapore-based AI education company listed on Nasdaq, has expanded its corporate Bitcoin holdings by more than 50%, reflecting a growing trend of institutional adoption of Bitcoin as a treasury asset.

Meta is launching new smart glasses with Oakley and Prada as it expands into wearable tech. The company is also working on more advanced versions with displays and planning future AR devices.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman has offered a notably specific estimate—but how does it compare to assessments from other experts in the field?