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OpenAI takes another shot at building robots
The company is looking to build a new team from scratch and is advertising for three key roles: an electronic sensing engineer to work on robot sensors, a robotics mechanics engineer to work on the ...
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Biden splits the world into three groups with new AI chip export controls
The Biden administration has unveiled a new system for controlling AI chip exports that splits the world into three distinct groups. While America's closest allies will maintain full access, most ...
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Meta's LibGen controversy reveals how desperate AI companies are for quality training data
Court documents unsealed in California this week reveal that Meta intentionally used torrent networks to download copyrighted books for AI training, despite clear warnings from its own AI team.
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Microsoft's rStar-Math enables small language models to ace complicated math problems
Microsoft Research Asia has developed a training method called rStar-Math that enables small language models to match or exceed the math performance of much larger AI systems, such as OpenAI's ...
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OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute
OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants have found a fresh source of training data - they're buying unpublished video directly from content creators. According to Bloomberg, companies are paying between ...
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Companies prioritize AI training over job cuts, WEF study finds
A new World Economic Forum study reveals an interesting tension: while many companies see AI replacing some jobs, they're betting bigger on retraining than layoffs. The WEF's "Future of Jobs Report ...
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Nvidia's new 'Blueprints' promise plug-and-play AI agents
Nvidia has unveiled a new approach to building AI agents called "blueprints" - essentially pre-built templates that give developers everything they need to create autonomous AI systems without ...
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OpenAI considers usage-based pricing for ChatGPT
In a recent Bloomberg interview, Altman admitted that ChatGPT's current pricing strategy isn't exactly sophisticated. When they first launched paid tiers, they just tested two price points - $20 and ...
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Stability AI's new 3D model aims for real-time generation
Stability AI has unveiled SPAR3D, a new 3D reconstruction model that can create complete 3D objects from a single image in under a second. At CES, Stability AI partnered with Nvidia to showcase SPAR3D ...
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Europe must reassess using Meta's AI models after Zuckerberg's anti-EU rhetoric
Meta's position has changed dramatically recently. Not long ago, the company criticized the EU for preventing it from using European user data to train its AI models, arguing this data was crucial for ...
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Nvidia acquired more companies in 2024 than in the previous four years combined
Nvidia significantly ramped up its startup investments in 2024, pouring $1 billion into 50 different funding rounds and several corporate deals. That's a significant jump from its $872 million ...
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ByteDance's new AI model brings still images to life with audio
TikTok's parent company ByteDance has developed an AI system called INFP that can make static portrait photos appear to speak and react to audio input. What sets INFP (which stands for "Interactive, ...