Training artificial intelligence models is costly. Researchers estimate that training costs for the largest frontier models will exceed $1 billion by 2027. Costs are incurred through hardware, including large data centers, energy needs and salaries for research and development staff. The massive training price tag limits the labs and researchers that can afford to work with this technology.Training artificial intelligence models is costly. Researchers estimate that training costs for the largest frontier models will exceed $1 billion by 2027. Costs are incurred through hardware, including large data centers, energy needs and salaries for research and development staff. The massive training price tag limits the labs and researchers that can afford to work with this technology.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Tech giants Apple and Google announced Monday a multi-year partnership that will see Apple’s next-generation artificial intelligence features, including its Siri chatbot, powered by Google’s Gemini technology.Tech giants Apple and Google announced Monday a multi-year partnership that will see Apple’s next-generation artificial intelligence features, including its Siri chatbot, powered by Google’s Gemini technology.Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
Would you follow a chatbot’s advice more if it sounded friendly?Would you follow a chatbot’s advice more if it sounded friendly?Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream.When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream.Robotics[#item_full_content]
It was cute. But it was still a lie. Gemini invented a news outlet that doesn’t exist and named it fake-example.ca (or exemplefictif.ca, in French).It was cute. But it was still a lie. Gemini invented a news outlet that doesn’t exist and named it fake-example.ca (or exemplefictif.ca, in French).Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
Artificial intelligence boosters predict that AI will transform life on Earth for the better. Yet there’s a major problem: artificial intelligence’s alarming propensity for sociopathic behavior.Artificial intelligence boosters predict that AI will transform life on Earth for the better. Yet there’s a major problem: artificial intelligence’s alarming propensity for sociopathic behavior.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics Show, using cameras and microphones to watch and listen through the day like a vigilant personal assistant.Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics Show, using cameras and microphones to watch and listen through the day like a vigilant personal assistant.Business[#item_full_content]
Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show were adamant about being careful to ensure that their fun creations infused with generative artificial intelligence don’t turn naughty.Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show were adamant about being careful to ensure that their fun creations infused with generative artificial intelligence don’t turn naughty.Electronics & Semiconductors[#item_full_content]
When Aaron Tan began his Ph.D. in mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto in 2019, leading a robotics startup in Silicon Valley was the furthest thing from his mind.When Aaron Tan began his Ph.D. in mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto in 2019, leading a robotics startup in Silicon Valley was the furthest thing from his mind.Robotics[#item_full_content]
AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it’s human against machine.AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it’s human against machine.Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
