An Apple tease, Microsoft’s cloud soars, Nvidia’s big threat, and Taylor Swift deepfakes: The week in AI news

Graphic: Images: Gonzalo Fuentes, Shannon Stapleton, Rick Wilking, Dina Sakr

It was another busy week in artificial intelligence news, from word of a coming Apple announcement to Taylor Swift AI deepfakes taking over the internet.

Check out the slideshow above to see what you might have missed.

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We are one step closer to knowing what Apple is developing on the generative AI front.

Satya Nadella is in charge of the company helping to lead the generative AI industry.

Photo: Shannon Stapleton (Reuters)

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO.

Photo: Rick Wilking (Reuters)

Nvidia—which roughly translates to “envy” in Latin—has been having its AI moment. The chip maker’s stock is up almost 30% year-to-date, closing at $624.65 on Monday, Jan. 29.

Hello, can you see me?

Image: Dina Sakr (Getty Images)

Mark Zuckerberg is on a mission to make the metaverse happen. In the last three months ending Dec. 31, Meta’s Reality Labs division hit $1 billion for the first time — while also recording $4.65 billion in losses. To be sure, the VR headsets still make up a slither of Meta’s overall revenue, which continues to be driven by the company’s ad business.

Talking cars.

Photo: Benoit Tessier (Reuters)

More automakers want you to talk to your car.

Could GPT-4 aid in developing biological weapons?

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OpenAI’s most advanced AI model, GPT-4, doesn’t pose a risk of helping people create biological threats, according to early research from the company. But that doesn’t mean we’re in the clear.

Taylor Swift, a pop star.

Photo: Mario Anzuoni (Reuters)

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