Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple, which many had considered very conservative in its approach to AI, quietly released frameworks and model libraries designed to run on…
Google is ending the year with a big update for Pixel devices
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Google is bringing some sophisticated new AI smarts to the Pixel 8 Pro today, but it’s not stopping there. The company is also…
Microsoft is investigating a Windows issue that’s renaming printers to HP LaserJet
Image by Jess Weatherbed / The Verge Microsoft says it’s investigating a new issue in Windows 10 and Windows 11 where printers are randomly being renamed to HP LaserJet ones.…
How AI is fooling the photography world
Boris Eldagsen “Promptography” is what Berlin-based artist Boris Eldagsen calls his creative process. He inputs highly specific and deliberate text prompts into generative AI programs like DALL-E or Midjourney and…
Google’s Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro — and eventually to Android
The Pixel 8 Pro is the first Gemini-capable phone — but it won’t be the last. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Gemini may be the biggest, most…
Google’s Bard chatbot is getting way better thanks to Gemini
Bard has access to Google’s apps and now its best large language model, too. | Image: Google While OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become a worldwide phenomenon and one of the fastest-growing consumer…
Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4
Gemini was designed from the beginning to be about much more than just text. | Image: Google Google has been an ‘AI-first company’ for nearly a decade. Now, a year…
Facebook and Instagram accused of creating a ‘marketplace’ for child predators in new lawsuit
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, allowed Facebook and Instagram to become a “marketplace for predators in search of children,” a new lawsuit…
Squid Game: The Challenge gets a second season — and a video game
Squid Game: The Challenge gets a second season. | Image: Netflix In the least surprising move ever, Netflix has greenlit its popular Squid Game: The Challenge for a second season…
Apple wants iPhone 16 batteries to come from India, not China
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 is manufactured both in China and India. (credit: Apple) Apple wants batteries for its latest generation of iPhones to be made in India, as part…