March 14 (Reuters) - The startup OpenAI on Tuesday said it is beginning to release a powerful artificial intelligence model known as GPT-4, setting the stage for human-like technology to proliferate and more competition between its backer Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google. OpenAI, which created the chatbot sensation ChatGPT, said in a blog post that its latest technology is "multimodal," meaning images as well as text prompts can spur it to generate content. The text-input feature will be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers and to software developers, with a waitlist, while the image-input ability remains a preview of its research. The highly-anticipated launch signals how office workers may turn to ever-improving AI for still more tasks, as well as how technology companies are locked in competition to win business from such advances. Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday announced a "magic wand" for its collaboration software that can draft virtually any document, days before Microsoft is expected to showcase AI for its competing Word processor, likely powered by OpenAI.

The GPT-4 upgrade paves the way for a more advanced version of the ChatGPT technology that mimics human intelligence. OpenAI, a firm backed by Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google, announced on Tuesday that it is releasing a strong AI model called GPT-4. In a blog post, OpenAI, the company behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT, described its latest technology as "multimodal," meaning it can respond to picture and text cues when asked to generate content. ChatGPT Plus subscribers and developers can use the text-input option after joining a waitlist while the image-input capability is still testing. The long-awaited release shows how more office workers may turn to constantly developing AI for more and more activities and how technology firms compete for a piece of the AI market.

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is one of the fastest-growing industries today, with a projected market size of over $300 billion by 2025. As more and more companies embrace AI to drive growth and innovation, investors are looking to capitalize on this trend by investing in AI stocks. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at the top 10 AI stocks to buy in 2023. Google's parent company, Alphabet, is a leader in AI technology. The company has invested heavily in AI, with its Google Brain project and DeepMind acquisition.

Senior Microsoft executives on Tuesday unveiled plans to use AI capabilities to improve its struggling online search engine Bing, and its internet browser Edge. It's hoping to offer more competition to market leader Google's Search function and Chrome web browser. The announcement comes as the new artificial intelligence writing program ChatGPT enjoys widespread public attention following its launch last November. Microsoft had been a partner and 9% stakeholder of the OpenAI non-profit that created ChatGPT since 2019, but in late January it made another major investment in the group -- reportedly as much as $10 billion (roughly €9.3 billion) -- to increase that presence. Its redoubled interest in OpenAI is thought to be a bid to counter some of the wider research operations of Google's Alphabet Inc. parent company.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Waymo has applied for the final permit it needs in California before it can sell fully autonomous rides, the company told Reuters on Tuesday. A decision on its application, which was submitted Monday to the California Public Utilities Commission, could take months. General Motors Co's (GM.N) Cruise is the only company with the permit so far and has charged for driverless rides in San Francisco since June. The two rivals are frontrunners in the slow-moving effort to demonstrate that autonomous transport can become a widely available and profitable service, with San Francisco's hills, weather and clogged roads making it a key proving ground. GM plans to expand to more cities next year.

Inc (AMZN.O) is planning to roll out warning cards for software sold by its cloud-computing division, in light of ongoing concern that artificially intelligent systems can discriminate against different groups, the company told Reuters. Akin to lengthy nutrition labels, Amazon's so-called AI Service Cards will be public so its business customers can see the limitations of certain cloud services, such as facial recognition and audio transcription. The goal would be to prevent mistaken use of its technology, explain how its systems work and manage privacy, Amazon said. The company is not the first to publish such warnings. International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N), a smaller player in the cloud, did so years ago.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug 16 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google is combining the eyes and arms of physical robots with the knowledge and conversation skills of virtual chatbots to help its employees fetch soda and chips from breakrooms with ease. The mechanical waiters, shown in action to reporters last week, embody an artificial intelligence breakthrough that paves the way for multipurpose robots as easy to control as ones that perform single, structured tasks such as vacuuming or standing guard. Google robots are not ready for sale. They perform only a few dozen simple actions, and the company has not yet embedded them with the "OK, Google" summoning feature familiar to consumers. While Google says it is pursuing development responsibly, adoption could ultimately stall over concerns such as robots becoming surveillance machines, or being equipped with chat technology that can give offensive responses, as Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) and others have experienced in recent years.

A self-driving car seems like some amazing stuff in a science fiction movie. Thankfully, today's technology revolution makes it possible to own or experience such vehicles. Recently, Baidu launched a new model Apollo RT6, a robotaxi/self-driving cab in China. Nearly one million rides have already been taken in China via robotaxis in almost ten cities. However, this new model is supposed to be the next big thing in the car market.

Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies. Beyond Google, Alphabet consists of mostly moonshots and investments: Google X, Calico, Nest, Ventures, Fiber, and Capital. Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved into the mainstream of business, driven by advances in cloud computing, big data, open-source software, and improved algorithms.

Machine learning ("ML") has been gaining precedence over the past few years as organizations are rapidly implementing ML solutions to increase efficiency by delivering more accurate results as well as providing a better customer experience. Notably, when it comes to automation, ML has become a driving force as it involves training the Artificial Intelligence ("AI") to learn a task and carry it out efficiently, minimizing the need for human intervention. In any case, ML was already witnessing rapid adoption and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year helped in accelerating that demand, as organizations began to rely heavily on automation to carry out their operations. Markedly, ML is gradually becoming an integral part across various sectors as the trend of digitization is picking up. Notably, ML is finding application in the finance sector as among other usages, it helps in better fraud detection and enabling automated trading for investors.