TECH - Google's AI Controversy Apple's Shift In Focus And Musk's Legal Battle Against OpenAI: This Week In AI | Benzinga
This week was a whirlwind in the tech industry, with controversies, strategic shifts and legal disputes taking center stage. We saw Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google in hot water due to Gemini AI’s missteps, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) abandoning its electric car project to focus on generative AI and Elon Musk‘s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Let’s delve into the details.
Google’s Gemini AI Fiasco
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai publicly addressed criticism surrounding its Gemini AI chatbot, which has been generating historically inaccurate images and text. Pichai deemed these errors “completely unacceptable”, recognizing the issue for the first time since the controversy broke out. The AI inaccurately generated racially diverse images of Nazi-era German soldiers and misrepresented Google’s co-founders, leading to its temporary disablement. Read the full article here.
Apple Puts Brakes on EV Project
Apple has decided to abandon its electric vehicle (EV) development project, popularly known as Titan, shifting much of its workforce towards the company’s generative AI division instead. The news was broken to almost 2,000 employees on Tuesday, although the number of layoffs remains ...