Google slips, Microsoft's new friend, and $675 million for humanoid robots: AI news roundup
Google’s CEO said its AI chatbot Gemini’s serving up images of racially diverse Nazis was “completely unacceptable.” Microsoft went to France to flirt with an OpenAI rival. And an AI humanoid robot startup announced a $675 investment that included big names like Nvidia and Jeff Bezos.
Check out the slideshow above for those and more highlights from another busy week in AI news.
Google AI Gemini’s ‘problematic’ responses are ‘completely unacceptable,’ CEO says
After Google’s generative AI tool Gemini stirred controversy with historically inaccurate images like racially diverse Nazis, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the app’s responses in a memo to Google staff and called the responses “unacceptable.”
Microsoft is partnering with OpenAI’s French rival
Microsoft and French AI startup Mistral AI announced Monday (Feb. 26) a multi-year partnership focused on commercializing the startup’s flagship models and scaling up its AI development and deployment.
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI’s French rival is under EU scrutiny
Microsoft’s multi-year partnership with French AI startup Mistral AI is now under scrutiny from the European Union as part of the bloc’s broader efforts to look into the impact of agreements between“large digital market players and generative AI developers and providers,” on competition in the European market.
An AI humanoid robot startup raised $675 million — including from Microsoft and OpenAI
We might be getting closer to having human coworkers. Figure, an AI company developing humanoid robots that can carry out general work tasks, raised a $675 million Series B funding round Thursday, earning a $2.6 billion valuation. The company counts Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Jeff Bezos among its investors.
The AI craze has companies even ‘more overvalued’ than during the 1990s dot-com bubble, economist says
With tech companies and stocks buzzing amid a tight race in AI development, one economist is warning that the current AI hype has surpassed the 1990s dot-com era bubble.
OpenAI is reportedly being probed about whether it misled investors
OpenAI can’t stay out of the news — or the eyes of regulators. The AI startup is reportedly under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to determine if the company’s investors were misled.
AI chatbots are nowhere near ready for this year’s elections
Over 50 countries representing half the world’s population are holding elections this year — and experts are warning people against turning to AI chatbots for election information.
Taiwan’s premier AI chipmaker is heading to Japan amid the U.S.-China chip wars
Taiwanese chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) opened its first factory in Japan, expanding its global reach amid rising chip competition between the United States and China.