Shopify boosts its commerce platform with ‘Magic’ image editor and other AI enhancements
Shopify has unveiled over 100 new updates to its commerce platform, with artificial intelligence emerging as a key theme. The company introduced new AI-powered capabilities aimed at helping merchants work smarter, sell more, and create better customer experiences. The headline feature is Shopify Magic, which applies different AI models to assist merchants in various ways, […]
FCC moves to outlaw AI-generated robocalls
In a press release, the FCC proposed ruling AI-generated voice cloning tech in robocalls as fundamentally illegal to aid in the crackdown on fraudulent activities. Even though robocalls are inherently illegal, some automated calls are necessary and legal. It is only when they are found to be breaking the law that authorities can intervene. […]
AI Can Design Totally New Proteins From Scratch—It’s Time to Talk Biosecurity
The era of custom proteins has arrived, thanks to AI, with the potential to revolutionize medicine, bioengineering, and sustainability. However, concerns about biosecurity and regulation accompany this groundbreaking technology.
How Guns N’ Roses Used AI to Create Wild New Music Video ‘The General’
In their latest music video for “The General,” iconic hard rock band Guns N’ Roses has integrated generative AI, collaborating with Creative Works London to create uncanny, dreamlike imagery using Stable Diffusion. Dan Potter, the creative director, trained a supporting neural network on the studio’s previous work for the band, accelerating the visual process exponentially. […]
Dynatrace ventures into AI observability with new solution, covers entire LLM stack
Dynatrace, a Massachusetts-based company, announced its expansion into the artificial intelligence space with the launch of Dynatrace AI Observability, aiming to provide tools for closely monitoring generative AI systems as they are increasingly adopted by enterprises. The AI Observability solution integrates with Dynatrace’s core analytics platform, offering insight into the entire lifecycle of AI […]
Figure AI in talks with Microsoft and OpenAI for funding
Figure AI is aiming to secure $500 million in funding, with Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI leading the investment. The company’s aim is to develop humanoid robots that can eliminate unsafe and undesirable jobs, particularly in industries facing severe labor shortages such as manufacturing, shipping and logistics, warehousing, and retail. Robots are already being […]
Synthesia launches LLM-powered assistant to turn any text file or link into AI video
London-based startup Synthesia has launched an AI video assistant that can turn text-based sources into synthetic videos within minutes, aiding enterprise teams in creating internal and external content videos. The AI video assistant simplifies the video creation process by eliminating the need for manual scriptwriting and layout design, using generative AI to synthesize source […]
Mistral CEO confirms ‘leak’ of new open source AI model nearing GPT-4 performance
The open source AI community was taken on a rollercoaster ride when a new open source large language model (LLM) called “miqu-1-70b” surfaced on HuggingFace, appearing to rival the top-performing Mistral 8x7b and OpenAI’s GPT-4. The model’s exceptional performance noted by users and experts sparked speculation and curiosity. However, the mystery was unraveled when Mistral’s […]
Databricks acquires team behind natural language data notebook Einblick
Databricks has continued its acquisition streak by acquiring Einblick, a natural language data science notebook provider, to enhance its data storage and analysis offerings. The acquisition aims to empower enterprises to simplify complex data problems into natural language queries and further augment and build out Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. Einblick’s innovative technology integrates AI to […]
Loneliness and suicide mitigation for students using GPT3-enabled chatbots
Adept Fuyu-Heavy: A new multimodal model
Adept Fuyu-Heavy introduces the world’s third-most-capable multimodal model, designed for digital agents, excelling in multimodal reasoning, and maintaining strong performance on traditional benchmarks. Adept aims to build Useful General Intelligence and has successfully scaled up the Fuyu architecture, overcoming challenges associated with image modeling. Fuyu-Heavy outperforms other models in various benchmarks, showcasing both language modeling […]
New education features to help teachers save time and support students
In a bid to improve education, Google has introduced an array of new Chromebooks and over 30 Google for Education features at the Bett exhibition. From using AI in the classroom to creating interactive video activities, the focus is on enhancing productivity and personalizing learning. The updates also emphasize greater connectivity across platforms and products, […]
Feds kick off National AI Research Resource with pilot program live today
The National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) is set to launch as a pilot project, striving to democratize access to AI resources and expertise, and keep the U.S. competitive in the global tech scene. With a coalition of U.S. agencies and major tech companies involved, the NAIRR initiative will offer diverse AI resources to qualified researchers […]
Autonomous synthesis robot uses AI to speed up chemical discovery
In a groundbreaking development, the University of Amsterdam has created an autonomous chemical synthesis robot, RoboChem, which incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly accelerate chemical discovery. The robot outperforms human chemists in terms of speed, accuracy, and ingenuity, producing impressive results while working autonomously around the clock. Its integration with AI-driven machine learning allows it […]
Google adds AI to Android Auto to reduce driver distraction
Google is set to revolutionize the driving experience with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) features to Android Auto, aimed at minimizing distractions for drivers. The new functionality will include the ability to summarize and suggest responses for long messages or chats, provide estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on Google Maps route, and enable […]
New Texas Center Will Create Generative AI Computing Cluster Among Largest of Its Kind
The University of Texas at Austin is making a significant investment in artificial intelligence (AI) by launching the Center for Generative AI, powered by a new GPU computing cluster named Vista, which is among the largest in academia. The cluster will focus on biosciences, health care, computer vision, and natural language processing and aims to […]
Gmail: Google is reportedly adding an AI voice feature
Google’s AI-assisted email drafting feature, “Help Me Write,” may soon support voice commands, allowing users to dictate email prompts on the Gmail mobile app. The feature uses generative AI to assist users in drafting emails and is currently available through the Labs testing ground for new AI features. Google has been actively introducing AI-related features […]
Tomorrow.io’s radar satellites use machine learning to punch well above their weight
Tomorrow.io has released the groundbreaking results from its first two radar satellites, demonstrating competitive performance with larger, traditional weather forecasting technology through machine learning. The innovative approach utilizes small, modern Ka-band radar satellites weighing only 85 kilograms each, showing comparable or superior accuracy and precision to NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite and ground-based systems. […]
Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages
The article discusses Google’s introduction of Bard, an AI assistant that will analyze private messages on Android smartphones. Bard will analyze the content of messages, including sentiment and relationship dynamics, in order to personalize responses. This raises concerns about privacy and data security, particularly as the data will be sent to the cloud for processing […]
Nvidia’s Big Tech Rivals Put Their Own A.I. Chips on the Table
Amazon’s $4 billion investment in Anthropic, a San Francisco-based start-up focusing on artificial intelligence, was driven by its interest in building specialized computer chips to compete with Nvidia, a dominant force in the A.I. chip market. The expansion of generative A.I. has revealed the heavy reliance of big tech companies such as Amazon, Google, […]