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Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Video creation is still the frontier of generative AI, and OpenAI leads the pack with its Sora AI video generator. The generator, which launched last month during the 12 days of OpenAI, has caused quite a buzz because of its highly realistic output quality.  On Wednesday, OpenAI shared with ZDNET that there are … Read more

NASA and its partners have published the first wave of information about the samples collected in the OSIRIS-REx mission. “The findings do not show evidence for life itself, but they do suggest the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system, increasing the odds life could have formed on … Read more

Time flies when you’re floating through the cold, inhospitable environs of space. It’s been seven years since SpaceX first test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The Feb. 6, 2018 launch shot SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster into space. The cherry-red sports car is still out there and even suffered from a case of … Read more

Humans aren’t the only animals that lose their lunch. Just look at your family dog or cat—or, for that matter, the ancient upchuck recently found by a fossil hunter in Denmark. Scientifically speaking, the find is regurgitalite—or the stony remains of an animal’s stomach contents. It is a remarkable fossil specimen that, like other trace … Read more

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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot, swiftly rose to the top of app stores this week, and it’s just as swiftly rising in priority for data protection watchdog agencies worldwide.  DeepSeek’s privacy policy has many aspects that might concern users, but governments are particularly interested in the fact that the company’s data is stored in China … Read more

American teens have lost their faith in Big Tech, according to a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit offering reviews and ratings for media and technology, which more recently includes AI products. In the study released Wednesday, the organization surveyed over 1,000 teens on whether major technology companies like Google, Apple, Meta, TikTok, … Read more

What you need to know The first update for the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 (version 3.144) is rolling out, spotted by a Reddit user. Google hasn’t announced the update or shared a changelog yet, so it’s unclear what’s new. The update is being rolled out in stages and takes about 10 minutes to install … Read more

I have fond memories of the card-based Google Now service from when it was introduced in 2012. As Google’s original assistant, I thought it would suddenly boost my smartphone to a new level, providing context-aware information when needed. It wasn’t perfect, but it did its best to keep me on top of the few things … Read more

OpenAI says it has evidence suggesting Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used its proprietary models to train a competing open-source system through “distillation,” a technique where smaller models learn from larger ones’ outputs. The San Francisco-based company, along with partner Microsoft, blocked suspected DeepSeek accounts from accessing its API last year after detecting potential terms of … Read more