How Nvidia co-founder plans to turn Hudson Valley into a tech powerhouse greater than Silicon Valley
Curtis Priem donated over $75 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for a quantum computer, aiming to turn the Hudson Valley into a tech hub. [ more ]
Nvidia announces AI-powered health care 'agents' that outperform nurses - and cost $9 an hour
Nvidia and Hippocratic AI collaborate to develop AI healthcare agents outperforming human nurses on video calls and costing less per hour.
Hippocratic's agents, powered by Nvidia, excel in forming human connections with patients through low-latency conversational reactions and surpass competitors like OpenAI's GPT-4. [ more ]
OpenAI is making significant progress with cutting-edge models like GPT-5, but there's uncertainty about the sustainability of this progress amidst the high stakes and investments in AI development. [ more ]
News Corp and OpenAI signed a significant content licensing deal worth over $250 million, allowing OpenAI to use News Corp's content for AI training and development. [ more ]
The next AI winter could be caused by users' trust issues-and 'mindful friction' can keep it from happening
AI in the workplace should act as a co-pilot, not on autopilot, with a need for next-level controls and designing products that consider both AI capabilities and human judgment. [ more ]
Microsoft brings out a small language model that can look at pictures
Microsoft introduced Phi-3-vision, a multimodal language model focusing on both text and image comprehension, specifically for mobile devices. [ more ]
UK authority calls for integral data protection in AI amid increasing breaches
The UK's ICO received over 3,000 cyber breach reports in 2023, emphasizing the urgent need for robust data protection measures, especially in AI development. [ more ]
UK opens office in San Francisco to tackle AI risk | TechCrunch
Establishing a second location in San Francisco, the AI Safety Institute aims to get closer to the epicenter of AI development for collaborative initiatives and talent access. [ more ]
IBM's Dario Gil: This year we'll have the first Spanish-language AI model with use cases'
Dario Gil leads the effort to develop the first major Spanish-language AI model using the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and IBM's AI expertise.
The project focuses on an open and collaborative framework for AI-model training, utilizing data from various public sources to showcase an initial version by the year-end. [ more ]
Google I/O 2022 will focus on AI development and new features like Gemma and Gemini models, Search enhancements, and more AI integration in Google apps. [ more ]
Exploration-focused training lets robotics AI immediately handle new tasks
Reinforcement learning algorithms like MaxDiff RL are tailored for robots to improve learning efficiency and application in real-world scenarios. [ more ]
The top programming languages to learn if you want to get into AI
Python is the leading programming language for AI development due to its popularity, ease of learning, integration with AI frameworks, and community support. [ more ]
Taylor Swift, Adele, and Bad Bunny's music returning to TikTok, thanks to a new UMG deal
Artists from Universal Music Group, including popular names like Taylor Swift and Drake, are returning to TikTok after a new licensing agreement was reached. [ more ]
Enhancing Developer Experience for Creating Artificial Intelligence Applications
Large language models like LLMs such as ChatGPT revolutionized AI approach, reducing complexity and costs significantly for developers without needing AI expertise. [ more ]
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Microsoft's FOMO on Google AI drove funding of OpenAI
Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott expressed concern about a capability gap between Microsoft and competitors like Google and OpenAI in AI development. [ more ]
Hyundai collaborates with China's Baidu on car autonomy, AI & more
The collaboration between Hyundai, Kia, and Baidu aims to develop technologies for connected cars, highlighting the increasing importance of autonomy and AI in the automotive industry. [ more ]
World leaders call for ban on 'killer robots,' AI weapons
The rise of military artificial intelligence is compared to the Oppenheimer moment, urging for a ban on 'killer robots' to ensure human control. [ more ]
Amazon pours additional $2.75bn into AI startup Anthropic
Amazon invests $2.75bn more in Anthropic, totaling $4bn investment. Collaboration focuses on AI development. Anthropic to use AWS as cloud provider and Amazon's custom chips. [ more ]