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Agriculture is a cornerstone of human civilization, a testament to our ability to harness nature for sustenance. Yet, this age-old industry faces many challenges that hamper productivity, impact livelihoods, and threaten global food security. By 2050, we must produce 60 percent more food to feed a … http://dlvr.it/T4tXfT

March 29 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab and OpenAI are working on plans for a data center project that could cost as much as $100 billion and include an artificial intelligence supercomputer called "Stargate" set to launch in 2028, The Information reported on Friday. OpenAI did not … http://dlvr.it/T4rxGG

“Chicken-free chicken” start-up Sunfed has had its valuation slashed to zero by major investor Blackbird Ventures, and its products are no longer … http://dlvr.it/T4rx7B

Venture capital firm Accel, an early investor in the data labeling startup Scale AI, is in talks to lead a new round of funding that would raise the … http://dlvr.it/T4rVKy

The Dutch government has committed €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) to enhance infrastructure, education, and housing in the Eindhoven region, where ASML … http://dlvr.it/T4q9SK

A new raft of AI-powered startups wants to disrupt the financial advice industry. Their pitch: Pay a flat fee once in a while when you need advice, … http://dlvr.it/T4pShM

It's all about the vibes. If you asked the general public what the best AI model was, chances are good most people would respond with ChatGPT. While … http://dlvr.it/T4mKmB

Amazon is betting on artificial intelligence. The ecommerce and tech giant is investing $2.75 Billion dollars into San Francisco based A.I. startup Anthropic. Amazon previously invested $1.25 Billion into the company last September, committing to up to $4 billion in total funding. http://dlvr.it/T4mKY9

Gene Munster thinks Apple will add a dose of AI across its suite of software, with iOS 18 in the spotlight in particular.This article Tim Cook's AI … http://dlvr.it/T4mKNF

We previously reported on the news of e-commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon’s plan to invest $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic. Today, Amazon announced it has finalized that investment at the full planned amount, putting in another $2.75 billion atop the $1.25 billion it originally … http://dlvr.it/T4k62R

For much of the COVID-19 pandemic until very recently, there was a new, jargon-laden product category dominating news headlines: NFTs. What exactly … http://dlvr.it/T4jCQ5

Neuralink's first human patient has spoken out about how much the innovative device has changed his life. Noland Arbaugh, 29, is the first person to … http://dlvr.it/T4jC66

Claude 3 Opus, the next-generation artificial intelligence model from Anthropic has taken the top spot on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard, pushing … http://dlvr.it/T4jBvT

The company said it's not making it difficult for users to switch to competing products. It never blocked competitors' apps and services, and it doesn't employ anticompetitive tactics preventing users from breaking out of its "walled garden," Apple said in response to the antitrust lawsuit filed … http://dlvr.it/T4jBZR

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“It’s venture money, not adventure money.” That was the loving response a dear friend once got from a VC while pitching an idea. But when we are in the hype cycle phase of a new technology, that caution goes out the window. VCs, after all, have to deploy all the capital they raised, and the cost of … http://dlvr.it/T4f1pq

Apple is actively seeking partnerships to enhance its generative AI capabilities. According to recent reports, the company will use Ernie 4.0, a … http://dlvr.it/T4f1Dj

Researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have brought together two Nobel prize-winning research concepts to … http://dlvr.it/T4cQR2

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Starbucks announced that it is sunsetting Odyssey, the 18-month experiment that uses collectible non-fungible tokens as the anchor of a loyalty program. According to two people familiar with the matter, Polygon Labs paid $4 million to collaborate with the coffee giant in 2022. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie weighs in on Starbucks' failed attempt at entering the crypto space. http://dlvr.it/T4YPWf

It’s been barely two years since OpenAI came public with ChatGPT and we’ve already progressed to the point where generative large language models are at risk of becoming quaintly outdated. Leading this cycle of creative destruction are AI agents which promise to radically change our current … http://dlvr.it/T4XJ2W

Hogan Lovells partner Liz Boison answers five rapid-fire questions from CoinDesk including takeaways from the SEC's inquiry into the Ethereum Foundation, the role of crypto in the upcoming Presidential election, and why it's unlikely for crypto legislation to be passed this year. "This Congress already has its dance card pretty full up between now and the election," Boison said. http://dlvr.it/T4XHtt

The Department of Justice case will hang over Apple for years The Department of Justice suing Apple has made headlines around the world, with initial … http://dlvr.it/T4XHkh

Neuralink is just one player in an emerging market for brain chips, devices that help people telepathically control computers and more. WSJ goes inside a brain surgery to see how the implants work. Photo: Hannah Yoon http://dlvr.it/T4TWcD

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When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPTs, custom chatbots powered by OpenAI’s generative AI models, onstage at the company’s first-ever developer conference in November, he described them as a way to “accomplish all sorts of tasks” — from programming to learning about esoteric scientific subjects … http://dlvr.it/T4NmbC

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is in talks with American venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and potentially … http://dlvr.it/T4Mdpd

Jump to comments sectionPrint this page Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Google’s DeepMind and chief executive of artificial intelligence start-up … http://dlvr.it/T4LnRG

From a "zombie self" to the reshaping of cities and nanobots in your blood stream, here are nine ways things might be different 40 years from … http://dlvr.it/T4KyGm

Developers and researchers can use the ‘weights and architecture’ that power X’s Grok chatbot for free in their own projects. On March 11th, Elon Musk said xAI would open source its AI chatbot Grok, and now an open release is available on GitHub. This will allow researchers and developers to build … http://dlvr.it/T4KFLt

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Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. Last week, Midjourney, the AI startup building … http://dlvr.it/T4B1Z9

If China does the unexpected and allows TikTok to be sold, there are big questions as to who would want to buy it and for how much. The big picture: … http://dlvr.it/T49qgN

Tesla is finally starting to roll out Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v12 to customers — another “mind-blowing” update, according to CEO Elon Musk. However, as usual, everyone should be really careful when using FSD Beta. FSD Beta v12 has been one of the most anticipated updates to Tesla’s controversial … http://dlvr.it/T49qSt

Toronto-based AI chip startup Taalas has emerged from stealth with $50 million in funding and the lofty aim of revolutionizing the GPU-centric world … http://dlvr.it/T49KMv

New Delhi CNN — As TikTok fans in the United States worry about losing access to the wildly-popular social media app, there are lessons they can learn from a country on the other side of the world. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban. … http://dlvr.it/T45sx7

If your robotics startup is looking to raise, there’s close to a 100% chance you’re going to get two questions from potential investors: 1) How are you incorporating generative AI? and 2) Have you consider building a humanoid? The first is easy enough to answer. If you’re running a robotics firm in … http://dlvr.it/T45sjN

Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI … http://dlvr.it/T44p9P

The tech-wide reckoning that began in 2022 and ran throughout into 2023 has continued into this year. And while 2024’s losses are not at that scale, they’re still significant, driven by big names like Pixar, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and TikTok. It remains to be seen if this year’s layoff trends … http://dlvr.it/T44RRm

BRUSSELS—European lawmakers approved the world’s most comprehensive legislation yet on artificial intelligence, setting out sweeping rules for developers of AI systems and new restrictions on how the technology can be used. The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to give final approval to the law … http://dlvr.it/T43b2Z

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Fintech giant Stripe revealed in its annual letter published Wednesday that it surpassed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023, up 25% from … http://dlvr.it/T42gpm

The popular AI image generating service Midjourney has deployed one of its most oft-requested features: the ability to recreate characters consistently across new images. This has been a major hurdle for AI image generators to-date, by their very nature. That’s because most AI image generators rely … http://dlvr.it/T410tt

If you are searching for a way to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to help you build programs or applications, you might be … http://dlvr.it/T3wW5P

This week Apple made the long-awaited landmark move to allow other companies to launch app stores on iPhones. The tech giant was forced to act by EU politicians concerned about it having a market monopoly. The decision is being watched closely around the world and was initially celebrated as an … http://dlvr.it/T3sY8X

Apple Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) dream of revolutionizing the car industry has come to an abrupt end after a decade of work and billions of dollars … http://dlvr.it/T3s1B5

Stellar Search’s Stelios Pardalakis digs behind the AI headlines to survey how retailers are achieving real hyper-personalization, right now. Anyone … http://dlvr.it/T3mR8w

One of the most exciting developments in AI is the rise of generative AI. This technology is transforming how we approach creative tasks, data … http://dlvr.it/T3mQxG

Plus, you’ll soon be able to buy your own wearable glucose monitor. The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) limits the power of big platform holders, but it may have also created a new revenue stream (and some drama) for those same big names. Google has followed Apple’s lead in imposing extra … http://dlvr.it/T3lKNN

In a breakthrough that paved the way for unlimited carbon-free energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers successfully tested a novel high-temperature superconducting magnet capable of generating a world-record 20-tesla magnetic field strength, a crucial milestone for enabling … http://dlvr.it/T3d0RC