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Poe the AI Story Bear, a new $50 toy from Skyrocket, uses OpenAI and ElevenLabs technology to create and tell customized stories based on children's input. The bear can generate stories in 30 languages using app-based options, with safety features to prevent inappropriate content and no direct internet access.
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab S10 tablets will sport keyboard covers with a new AI button, replacing the Lang key, for swift access to AI features—and these covers will work with current Tab S9 models too.
AI's a double-edged sword for cybersecurity: while teams use it to automate tasks, nearly half of pros fear it's their biggest risk, with data leaks and model hacking topping the worry list, alongside AI-powered threats from bad...
AI chatbots are taking over restaurant phone duties in big US cities, fielding most calls about bookings and policies, but customer responses are mixed as these digital helpers handle up to 1,000 monthly inquiries at some...
AI models now let robots like Stretch tackle new tasks with 90% success, skipping extra training and potentially making home-helper bots more affordable by teaching them everyday chores like opening doors and grabbing stuff.
Mistral 7B, a new 7 billion parameter language model, outperforms larger models like Llama 2 (13B) and Llama 1 (34B) across various benchmarks. The model uses grouped-query attention and sliding window attention for efficient...
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OpenAI's latest language model, o1 (nicknamed Strawberry), uses a "think, then answer" approach that significantly improves its performance. On challenging tasks in physics, chemistry, and biology, o1 performs similarly to PhD...
CuPy is a Python library that supercharges NumPy and SciPy with GPU acceleration, letting you run code on NVIDIA CUDA or AMD ROCm for major speed boosts, while also offering low-level CUDA features and easy installation options.
MemoRAG boosts RAG performance by using a memory model to grasp massive datasets globally, handling up to 1M tokens, generating precise clues, and speeding up context pre-filling, outperforming standard RAG in tasks like Q&A and...
AI image generators create realistic photos from text prompts in seconds. Google's ImageFX leads with high-quality free outputs, while paid options like Midjourney offer premium results. These tools enable easy creation of custom...
LinkedIn's updated privacy policy now lets users opt out of AI training, which uses personal info, posts, and usage data, though the company says it already minimized personal data use in this process.
AI voice hosts are becoming increasingly common at restaurants across the US. These systems can answer basic questions, handle reservations, and provide information about the restaurant 24/7. Companies like Maitre-D AI, Newo,...
Social media platforms are being flooded with bizarre AI-generated content, known as "AI slop," which is becoming a lucrative venture for creators, platforms, and middlemen. This trend is driven by platform incentives for viral...
AI-generated images are becoming more prevalent online, making it crucial to distinguish real from fake. Five key ways to spot AI-generated images include examining texture inconsistencies, looking for anatomical errors, using AI...
OpenAI's new o1 reasoning models, designed to "think before they speak," are capable of solving complex math, science, and coding problems. However, users attempting to induce hallucinations or mention terms like "reasoning...
Generative AI adoption is set to surge, with Gartner predicting 80% of organizations will have solutions in production by 2026. Databricks has launched the industry's first Generative AI Engineer Associate certification to...
"Venezuela Retweets" is a new AI-powered news show featuring virtual anchors, created by Venezuelan journalists to dodge government scrutiny and deliver verified news in short, shareable clips across social media in both Spanish...
Over 50 major tech companies, led by Meta, have published an open letter urging EU regulators to reform AI regulations. The letter argues that Europe's current approach is stifling innovation and competitiveness, calling for...
FastAPI is gaining popularity among data scientists for building machine learning APIs. It allows quick development of backend services using Python decorators and type hints. Key benefits include fast development, automatic...
NVIDIA's Tensor Cores, specialized units for matrix operations, have dramatically boosted GPU performance for deep learning, offering increasing throughput and precision support across generations, with the upcoming Hopper...
Deepfake financial scams are hitting businesses hard, with a Deloitte survey revealing 26% of companies targeted, 15% experiencing one attack, and 11% facing multiple incidents in the past year, while most expect these scams to...
WordLlama, a new open-source language model on Hugging Face, delivers efficient natural language processing for various applications, balancing accessibility and performance while using fewer computational resources than many...
AI firms are getting creative with GPU scarcity, tweaking software and training methods, while big players like Meta and XAI are snatching up hundreds of thousands of high-end GPUs to stay ahead in the AI hardware game.
Tarjimly, a Google-backed nonprofit, connects refugees with volunteer interpreters and uses AI to enhance translations for rare languages. With 60,000 volunteers, many being multilingual refugees, the organization provides...