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Why Meta’s V-JEPA model can be a big deal for real-world AI

Meta’s AI chief, Yann LeCun, is championing the development of machine learning systems that can autonomously explore and comprehend the world with minimal human intervention. Meta’s latest advancement, the V-JEPA model, short for Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture, aims to replicate human and animal abilities in predicting and anticipating object interactions by learning from raw […]

Tenstorrent partners with Japan’s LSTC to create 2nm AI accelerator chips

Tenstorrent, an AI chip company led by industry veteran Jim Keller, has entered into a significant partnership with Japan’s Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC) to develop a cutting-edge two-nanometer AI Accelerator. This collaboration aims to revolutionize AI performance by combining Tenstorrent’s expertise in RISC-V CPU technology and chiplet technology with LSTC’s edge AI accelerator vision. […]

Google Blocked Gemini From Generating Images of Humans, But It Still Does Clowns

Google faced a turbulent situation with its AI, now called Gemini, as it drew criticism for generating racially and historically inaccurate images, including depicting Nazis as people of color. In response to the backlash, Google disabled Gemini’s ability to produce images of people. Despite this restriction, the AI is still willing to draw clowns, which […]

Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Investment Arm Targets Generative AI in Robotics

Amazon is intensifying its focus on robotics with the announcement of its Sequioa system that streamlines warehouse operations with a unified robotic workforce. Now, through a billion-dollar fund led by Franziska Bossart, Amazon plans to invest in startups merging AI and robotics technology, particularly emphasizing the potential of generative AI in advancing automation.   Generative […]

GitHub launches ‘Copilot Enterprise’, an AI coding assistant for businesses

GitHub, a prominent platform for open source software development, has unveiled a new offering called GitHub Copilot Enterprise, designed to assist large enterprises in leveraging artificial intelligence for their coding projects. This AI assistant can provide code suggestions, answer queries, and summarize changes tailored to an organization’s codebase and standards. The introduction of this product […]

A startup – Now Media – sets out to fight misinfo with blockchain tech

Now Media, a new startup, is introducing a blockchain-based tool called Sovereignty to equip media organizations in the fight against disinformation. The platform aims to provide digital media outlets with verification tools that leverage Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 technology to authenticate content on the blockchain. By doing so, users can access a transparent and unchangeable […]

DeepMind taps the power of its AI to accelerate quantum computers

Google DeepMind and UK-based Quantinuum have collaborated to advance the development of quantum computers by tackling a crucial challenge: reducing the number of T gates, which are vital but resource-intensive components in quantum circuits. Through their joint effort, they introduced AlphaTensor-Quantum, an AI model that combines deep reinforcement learning with tensor decomposition to optimize T-count. […]

Qualcomm unveils AI and connectivity chips at Mobile World Congress

Qualcomm made a splash at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona by unveiling a suite of cutting-edge AI, 5G, and Wi-Fi devices. These innovations, including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon X Elite, aim to revolutionize intelligent computing and enhance various industries and consumer experiences.   At the event, Qualcomm emphasized the importance […]

Robo Dog based on German Shepard can bound up stairs. Meet Tecno 1

Chinese firm Tecno debuted their robot dog, the Tecno Dynamic 1, at the Mobile World Conference 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. This cutting-edge cybernetic canine, modeled after a German Shepherd, features a coolant system mimicking a real dog’s movements, presented in a sleek black design that exudes a futuristic aesthetic. The robot dog impressively showcases abilities […]

AI chip race: Groq CEO takes on Nvidia, claims most startups will use speedy LPUs by end of 2024

Nvidia’s recent staggering earnings results, soaring 265% from a year ago, have captivated the tech world. However, don’t overlook Groq, a Silicon Valley-based startup making waves with its innovative AI chips for large language model (LLM) inference. Groq experienced a viral moment when CEO Matt Shumer showcased their tech providing lightning-fast answers through a public […]

Google adds AI writing help to Chrome

Google Chrome M122 introduces a new “Help Me Write” feature aimed at improving users’ short-form content creation. The AI tool analyzes the context of the webpage being visited to offer relevant suggestions when writing sales listings, short emails, or brief reviews. By extracting details from the page, such as in the case of a gardening […]

Robot dog learns to open doors with its leg. Now there is nowhere to hide

In Switzerland, a team from ETH Zurich has pushed boundaries in robotics by teaching a robotic dog, the ANYmal, to perform tasks using its legs rather than arms. Led by Philip Arm, the researchers employed a machine learning model to instruct the robot in activities such as opening doors, pressing buttons, and carrying objects like […]

Armenia’s 10web brings AI website-building to WordPress

Generative AI is revolutionizing website design, with tools like Wix and innovative startups such as Relume streamlining the process. Enter 10web, a company from Armenia, which aims to simplify WordPress website creation using text prompts. WordPress, despite powering 40% of websites globally, is complex for beginners due to its open-source nature. 10web integrates advanced AI […]

Self-driving taxi service Waymo’s expanions plans are put on pause

Waymo, a self-driving taxi service based in California, encountered a setback when its application to expand its robotaxi operations in Los Angeles and San Mateo counties was suspended for 120 days by the California Public Utilities Commission’s Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division (CPED). This suspension hampers Waymo’s plans for future expansion, although its current operations […]

Stellantis CEO says there’s still life in Waymo deal for self-driving delivery vans

Stellantis and Waymo are enhancing their partnership to focus on developing commercial self-driving Ram delivery vans, as CEO Carlos Tavares revealed in a recent interview. The collaboration, first announced in 2020 but subsequently eclipsed, is being revitalized with a particular emphasis on resolving the challenge of package delivery from the vehicle to the customer. Tavares […]

Google Just Released Two Open AI Models That Can Run on Laptops

Google has been making significant moves in the AI space in an effort to catch up with competitors like Microsoft and OpenAI. In recent weeks, Google has announced several new releases aimed at accelerating its product development. This includes the introduction of Gemini Ultra and Gemini Pro 1.5 under the Gemini brand, as well as […]

How Android Auto will use AI to summarize incoming text conversations

Google recently introduced new AI features for its Assistant, coinciding with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S24. The smartphone comes with AI-enhanced capabilities like Magic Editor, Circle to Search, and live language translation.   One of Google’s new Assistant features is the ability to summarize lengthy messages and group chats when connected to Android […]

Google DeepMind jumps back into open source AI race with new model Gemma

Google DeepMind has introduced Gemma, a set of 2B and 7B open-source models created using the same technology as the recent Gemini models. The Gemma models are accompanied by pre-trained and instruction-tuned variants and will be available under a permissive commercial license along with a new Responsible Generative AI toolkit. Google is offering toolchains for […]

ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users

OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant experienced a glitch that caused it to provide bizarre and nonsensical responses, prompting users to describe it as “having a stroke” and “going insane”. Users and shared their experiences on the r/ChatGPT subreddit, expressing confusion and concern over the AI’s erratic behavior.   While ChatGPT lacks consciousness, users resorted to human-like […]

Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking

Intel, the largest chipmaker in the US, is making a strategic comeback by leveraging generative AI and US government concerns about China’s technological advancements. The company is expanding its foundry business to manufacture chip designs for other companies, aiming to compete with global leaders like Taiwan’s TSMC. Microsoft has already committed to using Intel’s foundry […]

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