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Healthcare pros show interest in Apple's Vision Pro — survey
Up to 75% of US healthcare professionals are open to exploring the use of Vision Pro devices at work, survey claims.
AR got its ‘killer app’: GenAI
Generative artificial intelligence puts the 'smart' in smart glasses. Here’s why your face is the best place for AI.
Sam Altman’s pledges about AI responsibility don’t mean much — experts
The warp-like speed of generative AI development has critics warning of unintended consequences.
Researchers, legal experts want AI firms to open up for safety checks
More than 150 researchers, ethicists, legal experts and professors signed onto a letter asking generative AI companies to open up their technology to outside evaluations for safety reasons.
Heads on: Apple’s Vision Pro delivers a glimpse of the future
Yes, the cutting-edge headset is a stunning entertainment device. But beyond that, it clearly shows promise for the business world as well.
Google can’t guarantee its Gemini genAI tool won’t be biased
Google's new text-to-image generator displayed glaring biases after only three weeks online. After taking the tool offline last week, the company said it will never be 100% sure the same issues won't resurface.
The ROI in AI (and how to find it)
The number of companies experimenting with the automation capabilities of generative AI platforms is expected to double. But do the hoped-for financial returns justify the high costs of the technology?
What to do with your Vision Pro
If you’ve got one of Apple’s Vision Pro headsets, you should be exploring what feeds the emerging ecosystem rather than sitting back watching wall-sized TV.
AI chip sales are driving stock markets to new records
Nvidia's unprecedented leap in revenue from higher chip sales for AI and cloud use speaks volumes about the future of the technology and its impact on the economy.
The highest-paid IT skills — and why you need them on your resume
Not surprisingly, generative AI skills topped a list of capabilities companies are seeking in new hires.
Apple’s iMessage gains industry-leading quantum security
Apple, already preparing for the next generation of threats, is introducing upgraded encryption to protect iMessage against future attacks using quantum computers.
Apple’s Vision Pro isn’t a full-fledged Mac replacement — yet
Though Apple is touting its high-tech headset as the world’s first 'spatial computing' platform, for most people it’s more like a technologically advanced proof of concept.
OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video tool's impact will be ‘profound’
OpenAI is not the first to offer generative AI technology that can transform a text prompt into realistic video, but its tool appears to be among the most advanced to date.
How RAG makes generative AI tools even better
Retrieval augmented generation, or 'RAG' for short, creates a more customized and accurate generative AI model that can greatly reduce anomalies such as hallucinations.
Google turbocharges its genAI engine with Gemini 1.5
Only a week after releasing Gemini 1.0, Google has pushed out for testing its latest multimodal AI model; it offers long-context understanding through a context window that can accept more than one million context tokens.
Apple's Vision Pro and the coming healthcare revolution
Spatial computing will usher in 'transformative change' across multiple industries, with special implications for medical care and delivery.
Tech spending shifts to meet AI demand, forces a 'reshuffling of skills' for workers
With AI 'sucking the air out of almost non-AI investments in the whole tech world,' companies are cutting what they believe are unnecessary jobs — and replacing them with AI-skilled workers.
