Author: Advanced AI Editor
Nvidia has slammed the brakes on production of its controversial H20 AI chip after Beijing urged Chinese firms to dump the US hardware on alleged security risks — a move that rattled investors and sent shockwaves through the global chip industry. The chip giant ordered suppliers Samsung Electronics and Amkor Technology to halt manufacturing this week following China’s crackdown on the scaled-down processor designed for its market, according to The Information. Nvidia shares slipped 1.1% in early trading Friday as Wall Street digested the latest blow to its China business, which pulled in $17 billion last year. The freeze raises…
Pope Leo XIV has voiced sharp criticism of corporate pay structures, singling out Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other business leaders as examples of the widening gap between executives and ordinary workers. The pontiff warned that excessive wealth concentration could erode societal values and fuel global polarization. Pope Leo XIV’s comments seem to be guided by a misunderstanding of what Elon Musk’s pay package entails, and the net positive it would result to TSLA shareholders and the world as a whole. Pope Leo XIV’s comments In his first interview since becoming pope in May, Leo XIV, the first US-born head…
LA Louver, one of Los Angeles’s longest-running galleries, will close its physical space in Venice, California, after 50 years and pivot to private dealing. It is the third notable gallery with a Los Angeles presence to close this year, after Blum and Clearing. Tanya Bonakdar Gallery also closed its LA space this summer, though that enterprise continues to operate out of its base in New York. For half a century, LA Louver ran its gallery out of Venice, where it maintained a star-studded roster that today counts artists ranging from Edward and Nancy Kienholz to Frederick Hammersley, from Alison Saar…
YouTube is rolling out a slew of new AI tools to its millions of creators — which the video platform is positioning as unlocking more creativity and fun. Among the features: YouTube has started integrating Google DeepMind’s Veo 3 Fast generative AI model for video into YouTube Shorts, to let users create video backgrounds or clips with sound using text prompts — for free. In addition, YouTube will adding new Veo-powered capabilities to let creators apply motion, restyle videos and add props (or other objects) to scenes. And it has a new speech-to-song tool that can turn dialogue into a…
OpenAI’s revenue share with Microsoft may see a significant drop by 2030. The Information reported shortly after the ChatGPT creator signed a deal to renegotiate its relationship with the tech giant that OpenAI expects its revenue sharing with Microsoft and other commercial partners to drop to about 8% by 2030 from the current 20%. The adjustment could add up to more than $50 billion in additional revenue for the AI startup, the report said, without specifying whether it was an aggregate or annual figure. Microsoft and OpenAI began restructuring their multi-billion-dollar partnership through a newly signed, non-binding memorandum of understanding…
Turning everyday videos into catchy soundtracksAs the world’s largest creative playground, YouTube is where trends are born and where you can draw inspiration from. Imagine hearing a line of dialogue that sparks an idea—a funny phrase, a memorable quote, or a one-of-a-kind sound—and you want to remix it into a new sound. With our new Speech to Song remixing tool, you’ll be able to do just that, quickly turning the dialogue from eligible videos into catchy soundtracks for your next Short.Check it out for yourself. Listen to the original video, and how Speech to song helped transform it using Lyria…
Pope Leo XIV has voiced sharp criticism of corporate pay structures, singling out Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other business leaders as examples of the widening gap between executives and ordinary workers. The pontiff warned that excessive wealth concentration could erode societal values and fuel global polarization. Pope Leo XIV’s comments seem to be guided by a misunderstanding of what Elon Musk’s pay package entails, and the net positive it would result to TSLA shareholders and the world as a whole. Pope Leo XIV’s comments In his first interview since becoming pope in May, Leo XIV, the first US-born head…
Published on September 16, 2025 by Joseph K Biru Cao and Yiqing Wang, two graduates from MIT, recently developed a new desktop 3D printer called FOODres.AI.The system combines artificial intelligence, object recognition, and additive manufacturing to convert household food waste such as fruit peels, coffee grounds, and leftover rice into coasters, containers, and even small decorative items. Unlike most at-home 3D printers that rely on plastics or resins, FOODres.AI showcases how unconventional organic materials can be adapted for 3D printing by consumers at home.The printer itself utilizes a custom three-axis extrusion system paired with a heating and mixing module that…
WorkFusion, a startup that has developed AI agents for financial crime compliance, has raised $45 million in funding, the company told Crunchbase News exclusively. Founded in 2010 out of MIT Labs, New York-based WorkFusion pivoted a few years ago from general automation and intelligent document processing to focus on its AI agents for financial crime compliance, according to CEO Adam Famularo. Originally, WorkFusion “was trying to automate pretty much anything for anybody,” he said. “It would use any one of its baseline technologies to do that work. But the problem was that you can’t scale something like that,” Famularo recalls.…
On Tuesday, Google announced a new open protocol for purchases initiated by AI agents — automated software programs that can shop and make decisions on behalf of users — with backing from more than 60 merchants and financial institutions. Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems and vendors, providing a traceable paper trail for each transaction. In a post announcing the protocol, Google executives emphasized their commitment to openness. “We are committed to evolving this protocol in an open, collaborative process, including through standards bodies, and invite the entire…