Google has launched the Pixel 9 phones two months ahead of schedule, featuring the Reimagine tool in Google Photos' Magic Editor. This innovative feature allows users to type a description of how they want a photo to look and applies that vision to the image. However, the tool is already facing criticism from reviewers.
AIGoogle | Rating: 71 | 2024-08-23 07:37:40 PM |
Microsoft will release a beta of its delayed AI recording feature, Windows Recall, to testers in October. The feature, which captures all activity on Windows 11 PCs, was initially planned for Copilot+ PCs but was delayed due to security concerns. Microsoft is still working to address privacy issues.
AIMicrosoft | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 71 | 2024-08-23 02:47:40 PM |
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup, has been sued by three authors, Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson, who claim the company used pirated copies of their work to train its AI model, Claude. The lawsuit alleges that Anthropic downloaded and used pirated versions of the plaintiffs' work to train its LLMs, building a multibillion-dollar business.
AIAnthropic | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 53 | 2024-08-21 05:25:32 PM |
AMD has agreed to acquire ZT Systems, an AI infrastructure company, for $4.9 billion in a cash and stock transaction. The acquisition aims to bolster AMD's capabilities in the AI sector and directly compete with Nvidia in the AI data center market.
AIAMD | Rating: 71 | 2024-08-21 05:25:32 PM |
Nvidia is preparing to roll out a new artificial intelligence system called ACE, which will allow players to interact with NPCs using plain speech. The first title set to feature ACE is Mecha Break, an upcoming online mech battle game releasing on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5 in 2025. The game will let players pick from different classes of mechs to duke it out in battles that take place on both land and in the air.
AINvidia | Rating: 85 | 2024-08-21 02:07:34 PM |
Teachers are facing a challenge in maintaining academic honesty due to the widespread use of generative AI, with half of them reporting increased distrust of students' original work. Reports of cheating in colleges and high schools have skyrocketed since the advent of generative AI, with Turnitin, a plagiarism detection company, detecting AI use in some cases.
AIAI | Rating: 53 | 2024-08-21 02:05:38 PM |
According to private records, data center facilities in Virginia have experienced a significant increase in water consumption in recent years. The state hosts the largest data center market in the world, with around 300 facilities, and these centers require vast amounts of electricity and water. The Financial Times reports that Virginia's data centers consumed at least 1.85 billion gallons of water in recent years.
EnvironmentVirginia | Rating: 47 | 2024-08-20 08:55:23 PM |
GitHub has introduced Copilot Autofix, an AI-powered feature integrated into GitHub Advanced Security, designed to help developers quickly address code bugs. The tool aims to assist in remediating security vulnerabilities, which are a leading cause of breaches. Despite the best efforts of developers, security flaws often slip into production code, requiring specialized expertise and time to fix.
AIGitHub | Rating: 62 | 2024-08-20 05:45:41 PM |
A dozen or so companies in the U.S. are designing chips specifically for AI workloads, with a few dozen more in China, and all hyperscalers having some version of this chip as well.
AImarket | Rating: 57 | 2024-08-20 12:55:34 PM |
The US Defense Department has planned to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion by creating an 'unmanned hellscape' of drones. US Indo-Pacific Command chief Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo discussed the plan at the International Institute for Strategic Studies' annual Shangri-La Dialogue. The goal is to make Chinese lives 'utterly miserable' for a month, buying time for the rest of the defense efforts.
PoliticsUS | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 52 | 2024-08-20 11:05:26 AM |