This time, sporting a bit of a new look in a recent interview, Kojima has said he sees AI as a boon that can help cut out what he describes as "tedious" tasks, helping developers to lower costs and produce games faster. In an interview with Wired Japan ( h/t Dexerto), Kojima described "a future where [he stays] one step ahead; creating together with AI,"
As Imelda May explores her relationship with the Irish language in a new TV series, she tells Kirsty Blake Knox about being embarrassed to speak it, the time Meat Loaf told her to f*** off, and why AI is terrifying for artists 'The music industry is in absolute bits. It's in absolute bits," singer Imelda May says. We are talking about a video May recently shared on one of her social media pages.
Dreamforce is, by this point, a bona fide tradition in San Francisco. Tens of thousands of people flock to South of Market each autumn to don lanyards, strap on winning smiles and plunge into a branding extravaganza. For three days, the Moscone Center, the Metreon mall and an entire block of Howard Street are remade in Salesforce's image. The tech conference also draws a mass of journalists like me, hoping to see how CEO Marc Benioff and his guests will peddle their new tools and technologies.
NEW YORK - From new opportunities offered by AI to an increased focus on video storytelling, news remains a key way for brands to connect with consumers despite concerns that some may turn away from controversial or sensitive content. That was the main message of the inaugural "NewsFronts" event hosted by marketing services company Stagwell Global on Oct. 16 to bring together news organizations with potential advertisers.
Taiwan's leading computer chip maker, TSMC, said Thursday that its net profit surged nearly 40% in the last quarter, boosted by the surge in use of artificial intelligence.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. is the world's biggest semiconductor manufacturer. It reported a net profit of a record 452.3 billion new Taiwan dollars ($15 billion) in the July-September quarter, higher than analysts' forecasts.
"We see Tesla shares as a must-own. The disruptive force of AI will wreck multitrillion-dollar industries, starting with auto. Under Musk's leadership, the company is comfortable taking risks. It has manufacturing scale and supply chain expertise that robotics startups possess more by proxy. It can rapidly improve and scale autonomy in driving, the first major manifestation of AI in the physical world."
Netflix Inc. ( NASDAQ: NFLX) is the largest streaming media company in the world, with 300 million subscribers and an annual revenue run rate of almost $50 billion. Amazon.com Inc. ( NASDAQ: AMZN) has a subscriber count near 200 million. Netflix is in the business to make money from streaming. Amazon is in the business, in large part, to help it gain Prime members, which drives its e-commerce business more than anything else.
Meta Platforms is likely to deliver one of the most closely watched quarterly reports of the upcoming earnings season. With the company spending heavily to transition the social media giant into a more artificial intelligence (AI)-focused operation, investors will have all the more reason to focus on the " Magnificent Seven" stock. Investors might recall the 20% gain in the stock following the release of the February 2024 numbers.
The initiative, part of a series of recent contracts with technology companies, seeks to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ability to monitor people through their social media to levels that threaten to violate constitutional rights. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a solicitation seeking private companies to deploy at least 30 analysts to ICE monitoring centers in Williston, Vermont, near Canada, and in Santa Ana, California. The request is for a round-the-clock surveillance operation using the latest technology, including artificial intelligence, to support efforts to increase deportations.
Three experts in the power of technology to drive economic growth have been awarded this year's Nobel prize in economics. Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University secured half of the 11m Swedish kronor (867,000) prize, with the rest split between two other academics: Philippe Aghion of the College de France, Insead business school and the London School of Economics; and Peter Howitt of Brown University.
Since it takes after its sibling, the rotatable Yamaha MOTOROiD:Λ motorcycle can also bring back itself to its original position without the rider's help. It uses AI to control its movement, and the system adjusts the vehicle's balance and turns as well as collects data on how it performs on the road so it can improve itself. In this case, the vehicle learns from its own patterns and, on top of that, learns from the cruising habits of its owners.
German Minister for Digital Affairs Karsten Wildberger emphasizes that Europe's call for digital sovereignty should not be confused with protectionism. According to him, Europe must develop its own digital infrastructure. This is to reduce dependence on American technology companies. That does not mean that cooperation with the United States should be ruled out. In an interview with Reuters, Wildberger explains that Germany and the European Union can no longer be mere spectators or customers in the digital sector, but must play an active role themselves.
Ellison, the founder of the tech giant Oracle, is quickly emerging as the new face of oligarchic power in the U.S. Oracle has become an AI powerhouse at the same time Ellison and his son David have acquired Paramount and its vast media empire. With Donald Trump's recent executive order, Ellison and Oracle will also now oversee TikTok's algorithms, shaping a platform that reaches 150 million U.S. users.
The smart home revolution has reached a thrilling crescendo this October, with technology finally catching up to our most ambitious visions of connected living. Gone are the days when smart devices felt like awkward additions to your space; today's innovations blend seamlessly into your daily routine while delivering unprecedented functionality. From AI-powered cleaning solutions to health-monitoring mirrors, the latest wave of smart home gadgets doesn't just automate tasks-it anticipates your needs, learns from your habits, and creates environments that respond intuitively to your lifestyle.
Few names in automotive history carry the weight of Pininfarina. The studio has shaped some of the world's most iconic cars - from Ferraris to Alfa Romeos - blending emotional design with aerodynamic precision. With the Turbio, Pininfarina moves into uncharted territory, merging its hand-drawn elegance with AI-assisted engineering. The design team leveraged machine learning and generative modeling to refine the car's proportions, downforce, and weight distribution, using algorithms to simulate thousands of variations before arriving at a final form.
Consumer spending, while solid, is slowing, as tariffs are being imposed worldwide. The United States is finally responding to tariffs imposed upon it, and a host of additional factors are fanning the flames of another 2025 correction. Job gains have plummeted, as much of the data is perceived to be inaccurate. To be frank, it is high time that a correction similar to the one earlier this year comes in to help cleanse the market of the recklessness ignited by artificial intelligence almost three years ago.
Sceptics long saw this as just an amusing theory, an intriguing piece of sci-fi speculation. Yet science generally and AI specifically are now advancing at such a breakneck pace that some people are speculating that the Singularity is real and is almost upon us. Be that as it may, galloping technological change is throwing up new ethical problems almost faster than we can write them down, let alone solve them.
