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A crucial team at Google that reviewed new AI products for compliance with its rules for responsible AI development faces an uncertain future after … http://dlvr.it/T27Fqh

A new study suggests startups are actually responsible for much more innovation than established firms. But Big Tech can just buy it up. Google invented Google Maps. Apple gave us the iPod. Microsoft introduced PowerPoint. In each case, these technologies began elsewhere—as an idea generated by a … http://dlvr.it/T26Tj7

I’ve been asked if generative AI systems are always slow. Of course, I reply, “Slow, as compared to what?” The response I always get is funny. … http://dlvr.it/T25TpN

Code Llama 70B can generate and debug larger programming strings than Meta’s previous models. Meta’s latest update to its code generation AI model, Code Llama 70B, is “the largest and best-performing model” yet. Code Llama tools launched in August and are free for both research and commercial use. … http://dlvr.it/T24K92

A little over a year ago, no one was talking about generative AI. Now, it’s the dominant topic of top-level events like CES and the World Economic Forum. A lot has changed in that year, of course, driven by the collective enthusiasm for tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E. Millions of us are now using it … http://dlvr.it/T23jRw

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major artificial intelligence systems to disclose their safety test results to the government. The White House AI Council is scheduled to meet Monday to review progress made on the executive … http://dlvr.it/T231xR

The past two years have been a whirlwind of changes at Netflix — and it’s all to transform the company into a revenue-driving machine that outlives other streamers. For about a decade, it seemed like Netflix wouldn’t stop growing. The company became synonymous with the idea of streaming itself: cozy … http://dlvr.it/T21Y27

Last year was, by all accounts, a bloodbath for the tech industry, with more than 260,000 jobs vanishing — the worst 12 months for Silicon Valley since the dot-com crash of the early 2000s. Executives justified the mass layoffs by citing a pandemic hiring binge, high inflation and weak consumer … http://dlvr.it/T207ss

Apple is on a roll when it comes to having its hand forced by state entities and governing bodies: Alternative payment methods, stripping features from existing hardware, allowing alternate app stores and genuine browser default competition – everywhere you turn it seems to be satisfying some … http://dlvr.it/T1y5PV

The world of artificial intelligence is on the cusp of another significant leap forward as OpenAI, a leading AI research lab, is diligently working on … http://dlvr.it/T1y5C7

A new survey from cnvrg.io, an Intel company, reveals that enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions remains low, even as generative AI grabs headlines. Despite the buzz, the pathway to production remains fraught with hurdles, from infrastructure to skill gaps. The 2023 ML … http://dlvr.it/T1y4x3

Tesla Inc. investors haven’t had a stretch this bad in a long time. Shares of Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle giant have dropped 26% this month, wiping … http://dlvr.it/T1xK5k

Tech layoffs are accelerating, according to the data. The surge in staff cuts comes after reductions in human capital slowed so much in the back half of 2023 that we wrote that “tech layoffs are all but a thing of the past.” At the time, reported layoffs had been trending down for months and months … http://dlvr.it/T1x8Mc

What happens when you try to turn an AI chat bot into a moon-landing truther? A group of scientists at AI giant Anthropic recently found out. The test the researches deployed was part of a series of experiments designed to answer the question: if an AI model was trained to lie and deceive, would we … http://dlvr.it/T1vCgt

OpenAI is always making slight adjustments to its models and pricing, and today brings just such an occasion. The company has released a handful of new models and dropped the price of API access — this is primarily of interest to developers, but also serves as a bellwether for future consumer … http://dlvr.it/T1tWmJ

Nadella’s cooking! Microsoft achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday, entering the ranks of three trillion-dollar companies alongside Apple. The surge in Microsoft's valuation, making it the second-largest company by market capitalization, is attributed to its strategic emphasis on all things … http://dlvr.it/T1sy7P

Eric Schmidt has long been bullish on military drones, and now he's putting his Google money to work building them. Google brought Eric Schmidt on as … http://dlvr.it/T1sxqK

The hype around the so-called Metaverse seems to have died down a bit. Even Facebook, which changed its name to Meta to emphasize its new mission, … http://dlvr.it/T1sxMZ

Mark Hay and Ethan Ding want to make every corporate decision a data-driven one. Ambitious? For certain. But the two engineers, who met a few years ago during the pandemic, are nothing if not optimistic. Hay and Ding are the co-founders of TextQL, a platform that connects a company’s existing data … http://dlvr.it/T1qSS6

Hong Kong CNN — One of Europe’s most valuable companies is restructuring 8,000 jobs as it joins a growing list of firms shifting their focus to artificial intelligence. SAP (SAP), the enterprise software giant, announced Tuesday that it would spend €2 billion ($2.2 billion) this year on the … http://dlvr.it/T1qS2S

Prompting is the way we get generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to talk to us. It is an art form in and of itself as we seek to get AI to provide us with ‘accurate’ answers. But what about variations? If we construct a prompt a certain way, will it change a model’s decision (and impact … http://dlvr.it/T1pdf0

It's well-known that data centers consume a staggering amount of energy, with about 1-1.5% of all global electricity usage thought to be dedicated to … http://dlvr.it/T1lFMv

In a recent study using data from the US National Children Study, screen time for babies and toddlers may be linked to further developmental risks including atypical sensory-processing behaviors. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story. http://dlvr.it/T1kqYs

The days of the iPhone’s NFC capabilities being limited to just Apple Pay are coming to an end. Apple is open to allowing rivals to use the iPhone wireless tap-to-pay system. But only in the European Union. The change is the result of antitrust charges brought by the EU. An iPhone and Apple Pay can … http://dlvr.it/T1hPb2

In a campaign speech in New Hampshire, the former U.S. President called central bank digital currencies "government tyranny." Former U.S. President … http://dlvr.it/T1ZST8

We’re likely years from a unifying vision for AI hardware. Smartphones offer an interesting case study as to why. Tab’s stoic white pendant. Rabbit’s nostalgic orange walkie-talkie. Humane’s Star Trek lapel pin. While 2022 and 2023 brought us the rise of ChatGPT and other AI software, 2024 is shaping … http://dlvr.it/T1ZSJ2

New AI can make it look like anyone can say anything at any point in time, even if they would never say such things. http://dlvr.it/T1Xk0Z

Last week, OpenAI unveiled its GPT Store for third-party creators of custom chatbots (GPTs) to list and ultimately monetize their creations. But the company isn’t done making news in the first month of 2024. Late in the day on Monday, OpenAI published a blog post detailing how it plans to implement … http://dlvr.it/T1VbGJ

One of the biggest announcements that OpenAI made at its first developers day conference was GPTs. In the simplest terms, it's your very own ChatGPT … http://dlvr.it/T1TClT

XREAL’s new AR glasses, air 2 ultra, arrive at CES 2024 and feature 3D environment sensors that let users built their own 3D apps and spaces. http://dlvr.it/T1PMq9

A new research paper by the generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC shows that some AI systems can be taught to engage in deceptive … http://dlvr.it/T1NblD

Nuclear fusion power was supposed to be a dream come true. As soon as we discovered that you could smash little atoms together to make bigger atoms … http://dlvr.it/T1NDxd

When it comes to a brain-computer interface, Elon Musk’s Neuralink isn’t the only show in town. Clinatec also showed off its research at CES Unveiled during CES 2024. The research organization brings together multidisciplinary experts to treat neurological diseases and restore motor functions for … http://dlvr.it/T1LxCQ

Microsoft closed out Friday as the world's most valuable publicly traded company, pushing its long-time rival Apple off the top spot. The tech giant hit a market cap of $2.89 trillion while Apple's fell slightly to $2.87 trillion. Much of Microsoft's success has been credited to it embracing AI, led … http://dlvr.it/T1Lx6R

At CES 2024, where interesting partnerships between big tech companies were announced, Walmart and Microsoft’s strategic partnership to bring … http://dlvr.it/T1KD6j

Massive AI training datasets, or corpora, have been called “the backbone of large language models.” But EleutherAI, the organization that created one of the world’s largest of these datasets, an 825 GB open-sourced diverse text corpora called the Pile, became a target in 2023 amid a growing uproar … http://dlvr.it/T1GrDR

New research published in Frontiers in Psychology has found that artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT was able to outperform humans on an emotional … http://dlvr.it/T1Gr54

Google laid off hundreds of employees across multiple divisions including engineering and services late Wednesday. The affected divisions include voice-activated Google Assistant as part of the knowledge and information product team restructuring; and the Devices and Services PA (DSPA) team that … http://dlvr.it/T1G3yv

Microsoft continues to ride the AI-investment wave, rising to a record and overtaking Apple as the world's most-valuable tech company. Updated at … http://dlvr.it/T1G3fM

EU to Check Whether , Microsoft’s Investment in OpenAI , Falls Under Merger Rules. On January 9, the European Union announced an investigation to determine if Microsoft's massive investment in OpenAI violates the bloc's merger regulations. On January 9, the European Union announced an investigation to determine if Microsoft's massive investment in OpenAI violates the bloc's merger regulations. TechCrunch reports that the news comes after turmoil at OpenAI which saw the board of directors oust the company's founder and CEO, Sam Altman. . TechCrunch reports that the news comes after turmoil at OpenAI which saw the board of directors oust the company's founder and CEO, Sam Altman. . The surprising decision triggered an aggressive response by Microsoft, which offered to hire Altman and any other OpenAI staffers looking to leave the generative AI company. The surprising decision triggered an aggressive response by Microsoft, which offered to hire Altman and any other

The use of AI in consumer-facing businesses is on the rise — as concern for how best to govern the technology over the long-term. Pressure to better govern AI is only growing with the Biden administration’s recent executive order that mandated new measurement protocols for the development and use … http://dlvr.it/T16Sb7

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024 Every year, we look for promising technologies poised to have a real impact on the world. Here are the advances that … http://dlvr.it/T16SGg

After making the world’s largest quantum chip (and cryogenic fridge), Big Blue is taking a more modular approach to build an error-corrected computer. The world’s largest quantum computer system is quietly humming away, doing god knows what, in the middle of a low-slung conference room, just off the … http://dlvr.it/T16S0D

The Magnificent Seven stocks roared in 2023 as generative artificial intelligence took the tech industry by storm. Strong AI positions boosted Nvidia … http://dlvr.it/T1637R

"There may be yet another AI winter, and perhaps even a full scale tech winter, just around the corner." Winter Is Coming Famed roboticist Rodney … http://dlvr.it/T154Z1

Microsoft recently launched a new version of all of its software with the addition of an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that can do a variety … http://dlvr.it/T0xGh7

A former product manager at Google said the tech giant suffered from a management bureaucracy filled with small fiefdoms that weighed the company down over decisions that senior leaders failed to make. Jonathan Bellack, who worked at Google for 15 years after it acquired his employer DoubleClick in … http://dlvr.it/T0xGV9

Networking is a personal exercise in sharing your stories and ideas and active listening with a dash of vulnerability. Networking looks different this year than at any other time in the history of the business universe. We can engage in new business relationships with the push of a button. From … http://dlvr.it/T0tclh

Apple has recently introduced the Ferret 7B, a sophisticated large language model (LLM) that represents a significant step forward in the realm of … http://dlvr.it/T0qyT6