As is sometimes the custom, Apple may have snagged yet another company that specializes in artificial intelligence to help move it closer to its technological milestones. Apple is reported to have acquired Datakalab, a Paris, France-based startup specializing in both AI compression as well as computer vision technology. Per French business magazine Challenges, the acquisition […]
Every so often, Apple goes shopping for businesses or technologies it believes will be useful down the road. The company acquired Canada-based DarwinAI earlier this year as part of an effort to build out its AI team. DarwinAI created AI technology for inspecting components during the manufacturing process, and it also had a focus on […]
Following rumors of using OpenAI’s writing technology in its productivity applications, Microsoft is apparently now preparing to invest $10 billion into the AI company, which produces the popular text tool, ChatGPT. The investment is part of a larger funding round that involves other investors, sources close to the story told Semaphor on Tuesday. It’s currently […]
A series of reports has indicated that Apple is possibly backing out of the idea of acquiring game studio Electronic Arts (EA). The move follows months of what may have been negotiations between the two companies since May of this year. Additional rumors cite that Amazon may be looking to purchase EA, although reportage by […]
This could be incredibly cool once it’s out of beta. Epic Games on Monday announced its new “RealityScan” app, which will allow people to use their iPhone camera to scan objects and turn them into high-fidelity 3D models. The app, which is currently in beta, was developing using properties from Capturing Reality, a photogrammetry company […]