The downtown Seattle skyline. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Five months after releasing its “responsible AI plan” providing guidelines for the municipality’s use of artificial intelligence, the City of Seattle has tapped the brakes on the tech’s official deployment for city employees. Mayor Katie Wilson last month paused the planned citywide rollout of Microsoft Copilot, as first reported Monday in …

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threw out a lot of numbers — mostly of the technical variety — during his keynote Monday to kick off the company’s annual GTC Conference in San Jose, California. But there was one financial figure that investors surely took notice of: his projection that there will be $1 trillion worth of orders for Nvidia’s Blackwell and …

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday expressing concern over the Pentagon’s reported decision to give Elon Musk’s company xAI access to classified networks. “Grok, the controversial AI model developed by xAI, has provided disturbing outputs for users, including giving users ‘advice on how to commit murders and terrorist attacks,’ generating antisemitic content, …

Shawn Shen believes that AI will need to remember what it sees in order to succeed in the physical world. Shen’s company Memories.ai is using Nvidia AI tools to build the infrastructure for wearables and robotics to be able to remember and recall visual memories. Memories.ai announced a collaboration with semiconductor giant Nvidia at its GTC conference on Monday. Through …

Jordan strongly condemns Iranian attack on UAE killing civilian in Al Bahya Source link

Sony’s upgraded PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) tech is rolling out as part of the PlayStation 5 Pro system update that’s available today. The company had teased last month that this update was in the works. These improvements should be a better reflection of why you might pay a premium price for the more powerful console if you value peak …

xAI, which is already facing multiple investigations around the world over widespread reports that Grok repeatedly created sexualized images of children, is now facing a class action lawsuit. Three teenagers, who allege that photos of them were used by Grok to generate child exploitation material, have filed a class action lawsuit against xAI in California. According to the lawsuit, one …

The electrical grid has changed more in the last decade than the preceding five. Solar, wind, and batteries have pushed power generation away from monolithic producers. But fundamentally, the grid still suffers from the same challenges. “The problem on the grid is a peak problem. Most of the time you’re okay, you have plenty of power. But in those peak …

Just months after announcing DLSS 4.5 at CES, NVIDIA has unveiled its next major upscaling technology, DLSS 5. The company is doubling-down on AI for this next iteration, claiming DLSS 5 “infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and materials” using a real-time neural rendering model when it arrives this fall. So what does this mean in practice? In an on-stage demo …

Sharjeel Inam Memon, Sindh Senior Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, has announced the launch of a new electric bus route in Karachi under the People’s Bus Service to improve connectivity and expand the city’s public transport network. In a statement, the minister said the new route starting operation from today and will run between Gulshan-e-Maymar and Tower. He …

Apple has acquired MotionVFX, a company that develops plugins, templates, and advanced capabilities for Apple’s Final Cut Pro video editing software. The financial terms of the deal are unknown. “We are extremely excited to share that MotionVFX is joining the Apple team to continue to empower creators and editors to do their best work,” MotionVFX said in a message on …

Elon Musk’s company, xAI should be held accountable for allowing its AI models to produce abusive sexual images of identifiable minors, three anonymous plaintiffs argued in a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court. The three plaintiffs, who are aiming to turn this into a class action lawsuit, are seeking to represent anyone who had real images of them as …

EU imposes further restrictive measures against 16 individuals, 3 entities over serious human rights violations in Iran Source link

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used the company’s keynote at Nvidia GTC on Monday to introduce DLSS 5, a new version of the chipmaker’s AI graphics tech designed to make video games more realistic while using less compute power.  The new DLSS 5 system combines traditional 3D graphics data with generative AI models that can predict and fill in parts of …

Washington state’s Legislative Building, which houses the Legislature. (GeekWire Photo / Brent Roraback) Washington state lawmakers last week approved what’s known as the “millionaires tax,” a landmark shift for a state that has long been a tax-friendly destination for entrepreneurs and high earners. GeekWire spoke with legal experts and wealth advisors to learn more about how the tax may impact …