Neowin News Feed for: Genai

Most AI-powered mainframe migration vendors expected to fail by 2030, Gartner warns

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:42:01 +0000

Many companies pay a handsome sum to maintain old COBOL code, but relying on generative AI to transition these massive systems is creating a perfect storm. Read more...

This startup is helping gaming companies sell their data to world model labs

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:46:01 +0000

AI startup Origin Lab just raised $8M to turn video game worlds into training data goldmines for next-gen robots and world models. Read more...

Microsoft announces potential game-changer feature for Word and PowerPoint

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed a new feature that may make the lives of many document authors using PowerPoint and Word a lot easier. Read more...

Google shares a massive list of 1,000+ generative AI use cases

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:40:01 +0000

If you ever wondered what you can do with generative AI, Google has published a list of 1,000+ real-world use cases. Read more...

Last Chance for Free: A Practical Approach to Building Generative AI Apps eBook worth $60

Sponsored — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:00:02 +0000

Whether you're a cloud engineer, software developer, business leader, or simply an AI enthusiast, Gen AI on AWS is your gateway to mastering generative AI development on AWS. Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg's AI dream team seems to be falling apart

Usama Jawad — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:22:02 +0000

Trouble seems to be brewing over at Meta HQ with many new hires reportedly resigning days after joining, and internal politics at an all-time high. Read more...

Microsoft is teaching Copilot new tricks

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:32:01 +0000

Microsoft is planning to make Copilot even smarter in the coming months, allowing it to integrate with more of your workflows. Read more...

Physical AI and Agentic AI projected to push the global chip market past $1 trillion

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:50:02 +0000

The global chip market is expected to double in revenue by 2030 as agentic AI and upcoming physical AI spread their roots. Read more...

Apple and Alibaba partner up to bring support for Apple Intelligence in China

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:44:01 +0000

Apple and Alibaba have worked together to bring Apple Intelligence features to mainland China, where iPhone sales have recently slumped. Read more...

One in four laptops shipped in 2024 was GenAI capable, says report

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:58:01 +0000

GenAI PCs are on the rise, with over 25% market penetration. Their presence is expected to rise even further in 2025. Read more...

Amazon ups investment in AI firm Anthropic to $4 billion

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:16:02 +0000

Amazon has increased its funding for Anthropic to $4 billion. As part of this invesment, Amazon has a minority stake in Anthropic and Anthropic is using Amazon's cloud infrastructure. Read more...

AI PCs to make up almost half of PC shipments in 2025

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:36:02 +0000

The analyst company Canalys is predicting that AI-capable PCs will make up 40% of PC shipments in 2025. It said these PCs will also be about 10-15% more expensive than other computers. Read more...

GenAI PCs and smartphones to capture a fifth of their respective markets this year

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:36:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has said that GenAI smartphones and AI PCs will capture 22% of the market share in their respective markets by the end of 2024. This will boost the capabilities of devices. Read more...

Google launches new AI image-generation model ImageFX, brings updates to MusicFX and TextFX

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:22:02 +0000

Google has introduced a new image-generation model called the ImageFX, powered by Imagen 2, which helps generate high-quality images using prompts. It also shared improvements to other AI tools. Read more...

CEO of TikTok's parent warns about company's slow adoption of AI

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:44:01 +0000

ByteDance's CEO has admitted that the company fell behind when it comes to generative AI. Liang Rubo said that the company has been growing recently and that this made it more bureaucratic. Read more...

GenAI could make software much less buggy by 2028 with better unit tests

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 05:48:01 +0000

Generative AI will be creating most unit tests of software projects in just four years, according to the analyst firm IDC. This could lead to the creation of better tests and consequently better apps. Read more...

Google Bard will open up to teenagers this week in most countries

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:06:01 +0000

Google Bard is being opened up to teenagers in most countries. In most jurisdictions this means kids 13+ can use Bard but some countries will have higher minimum ages. It opens up this week. Read more...

Microsoft says multi-modal GPT-4 Turbo with Vision coming soon

Paul Hill — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that GPT-4 Turbo with Vision is coming to Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Studio. It has also renamed the Copilot Copyright Commitment for Azure OpenAI Service customers. Read more...

xAI to unveil its chatbot to a limited group on Saturday

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:22:01 +0000

Elon Musk has said that xAI will be launching its chatbot to a limited number of users on Saturday. Musk didn't give details but claimed the chatbot excels in some areas compared to the competition. Read more...

Major world powers sign up to the Bletchley Declaration on AI

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:30:01 +0000

World powers have come together at Bletchley Park in the UK to sign the Bletchley Declaration which says that countries should cooperate to reduce any risks posed by artificial intelligence. Read more...

LinkedIn launches AI chatbot to help you land your next job

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:46:01 +0000

LinkedIn has launched a new chatbot that aims to be a job seeker coach for users. LinkedIn is using GPT-4 as the base for the bot but has made improvements to latency so it responds quickly. Read more...

Consumer group warns ChatGPT and Bard can professionalize scams

Paul Hill — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:40:01 +0000

Which? has warned that it's relatively easy to get ChatGPT and Bard to craft text for scam emails and text messages. Its warning comes just days before the UK is set to host a summit on AI safety. Read more...

NVIDIA is working with Foxconn to ‘accelerate the AI industrial revolution'

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:12:01 +0000

NVIDIA and Foxconn have decided to work together to accelerate the AI industrial revolution, the companies said. Foxconn will use NVIDIA's hardware to develop a wide range of products for consumers. Read more...

Anthropic rolls out Claude 2 AI to users in 95 countries

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:52:01 +0000

Anthropic has launched its Claude 2 LLM for people in 95 countries. It was only available in the US and the UK until Tuesday. Claude 2 can process very large documents and answer questions about them. Read more...

Enterprise GenAI spending to increase 73% annually for the next five years

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:04:01 +0000

Enterprise generative AI spending will experience blistering compound annual growth of 73% between now and 2027, according to IDC. Spending in 2027 will reach $143 billion up from $16 billion in 2023. Read more...