Axios

The arrival of on-device artificial intelligence could radically reshape the app/app-store model that has ruled the tech industry in the smartphone era. Traditionally, Apple and Google have dominated the mobile era by controlling the two major smartphone ecosystems and their associated app stores.

Writing a manifesto predicting a glorious AI-driven future has become a mandatory ritual for artificial intelligence (AI) leaders. The compulsion to share utopian AI roadmaps might mean that these CEOs and investors see breakthroughs right around the corner in their lab—and they want to make sure the world knows just how close we are to nirvana.

Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users opens a whole new Pandora's box in an artificial intelligence world already full of them. Generative AI has largely been used to create content at the behest of individual users, but now Facebook's parent company says it will proactively surface AI-generated posts based on users' interests. Meta said it will generate some images based on a user's interests and others that feature their likeness "so you can be the star of your own story and share your favorites with friends." The move is a logical next step for Meta, whic

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A California effort to regulate artificial intelligence has divided the tech world, with some trying

The long-standing tension between censorship versus safety online is coming to a head as CEOs start