IT at Tokio Marine means continuous learning — and many hats

IT at Tokio Marine means continuous learning — and many hats

The insurance industry is known for being slow and steady, but at Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS), a dogged emphasis on growth, diversity of thought, and continuous learning has helped accelerate an IT culture predicated on innovation and career mobility. As a shared services organization supporting the Tokio Marine family of insurance providers, the…

OpenAI expands multi-modal capabilities with updated text-to-video model

OpenAI expands multi-modal capabilities with updated text-to-video model

OpenAI has released a new version of its text-to-video AI model, Sora, for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users, marking another step in expansion into multimodal AI technologies. The original Sora model, introduced earlier this year, was restricted to safety testers in the research preview phase, limiting its availability. The new Sora Turbo version offers significantly…

China launches anti-monopoly probe into Nvidia amid rising US-China chip tensions

China launches anti-monopoly probe into Nvidia amid rising US-China chip tensions

China has initiated an investigation into Nvidia over alleged violations of the country’s anti-monopoly laws, signaling a potential escalation in the ongoing tech and trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, reported Global Times. The probe, announced by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), aims to assess whether the US chipmaker breached conditions tied to its…

Cloudflare Radar Year in Review 2024: big source of traffic is AI crawlers

Cloudflare Radar Year in Review 2024: big source of traffic is AI crawlers

The internet is increasingly where we live today. In fact, global internet traffic grew 17.2% this year alone, according to Cloudflare. The network provider has released its fifth annual internet radar report, offering insights into connectivity, security, outage frequencies, device usage, and a multitude of other trends. Not surprisingly, Google, Facebook, Apple, TikTok, and Amazon…

Microsoft’s Copilot Vision assistant can now browse the web with you

Microsoft’s Copilot Vision assistant can now browse the web with you

Microsoft’s Copilot Vision feature is now available for users to test in a limited preview. Built natively into Microsoft’s Edge browser, Copilot Vision analyzes and understands the contents of web pages you visit. You can then ask the AI assistant for information and guidance about what appears on screen.  “It is a new way to…

How to get Volt (Voltstanding) in Type Soul – Destructoid

How to get Volt (Voltstanding) in Type Soul – Destructoid

If you’re a Quincy seeking an ability that will give you the edge against any opponent, you need to unlock Voltstanding. As a Roblox game based heavily on the Bleach anime series, there’s a lot to love about Type Soul’s progression system, especially with each faction’s ultimate abilities. Those in Quincy have a special ability…

Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?

Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?

On Monday, Reddit announced it would test an AI-powered search feature called “Reddit Answers” that uses an AI model to create summaries from existing Reddit posts to respond to user questions, reports Reuters. The feature generates responses by searching through Reddit’s vast collection of community discussions and comments. When users ask questions, Reddit Answers provides…

Apple’s iPhone SE 4 will matter very much indeed

Apple’s iPhone SE 4 will matter very much indeed

It might not be the biggest-selling or most expensive product in Apple’s basket, but a very important part of Apple’s future will be defined by the upcoming iPhone SE upgrade in 2025. That’s because it is expected to bring in a new Apple-made 5G modem, impressive camera improvements, and support for Apple Intelligence. And all of those…

Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly

Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly

On Monday, OpenAI released Sora Turbo, a new version of its text-to-video generation model, making it available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers through a dedicated website. The model generates videos up to 20 seconds long at resolutions reaching 1080p from a text or image prompt. Open AI announced that Sora would be available today…