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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has announced an exciting "12 Days of OpenAI" event, unveiling a new feature or model every weekday for the next two weeks. This event promises to showcase cutting-edge AI advancements, some of which have been hinted at in the past but remained unavailable
Media
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that you can now follow fediverse accounts directly on Threads. While the feature is limited in scope, it marks another step in Threads’ journey toward full interoperability with the fediverse, a decentralized social network ecosystem. View on Threads How It Works The integration allows
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Google has introduced Veo, a generative AI video model now available in private preview via Google's Vertex AI platform. Unveiled in May 2024, Veo enables businesses to create high-quality 1080p videos from text or image prompts, offering various visual and cinematic styles. While the preview doesn't
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a new AI supercomputer, "Ultracluster," powered by its custom Trainium2 chips, aiming to challenge industry leader Nvidia. This initiative includes the "Ultraserver," designed to connect 64 Trainium2 chips, offering enhanced performance and cost efficiency for AI model training. AWS'
Energy
Meta Platforms Inc. is actively seeking proposals from nuclear energy developers to supply between 1 and 4 gigawatts of nuclear-generated electricity for its U.S. data centers, aiming for operational capacity by the early 2030s. This initiative aligns with Meta's commitment to environmental sustainability and addresses the escalating
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
As 2024 comes to a close, Clement Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, a $4.5 billion AI startup, has unveiled bold predictions for the artificial intelligence industry in 2025. Known for his insightful forecasts, Delangue anticipates major public protests against AI, disruptive market changes, and groundbreaking advancements in technology. Here’
Business Insights
On Monday, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unexpectedly announced his retirement after serving less than four years. While officially framed as a retirement, reports indicate that the company’s board of directors forced him out, citing dissatisfaction with the speed of Intel’s recovery efforts. This leadership shake-up leaves Intel at
Marketing
OpenAI has appointed Kate Rouch as its first Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), aiming to enhance its presence in the artificial intelligence sector. Rouch, who will commence her role on December 10, brings extensive experience from her tenure as CMO at Coinbase and over a decade at Meta, where she led
Semiconductors
Apple has revealed its use of Amazon Web Services' (AWS) custom artificial intelligence (AI) chips for services such as search, and it is exploring the potential of Amazon’s Trainium2 chip for pretraining its proprietary AI models like Apple Intelligence. This announcement came during Apple’s rare public acknowledgment
Medicine
Diagnostic medicine is taking a step into the future with an innovation straight out of cyberpunk fiction. Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have unveiled groundbreaking technology: temporary electronic tattoos capable of monitoring brain activity. This advancement could one day make diagnosing neurological conditions faster, more comfortable, and
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Amazon has introduced the Nova family of AI models, designed to generate text, images, and videos. This suite includes: * Amazon Nova Micro: A text-only model optimized for low-latency responses at minimal cost. * Amazon Nova Lite: A multimodal model offering fast processing for text, images, and videos at a very low
Semiconductors
Jeff Bezos has invested in Tenstorrent, a Canadian AI chipmaker led by Jim Keller, a renowned figure in semiconductor design. This investment is part of Tenstorrent's recent Series D funding round, which raised over $693 million, valuing the company at $2 billion. Other participants in this funding round