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Apple WWDC Keynote: iOS 18, iPad OS 18 and macOS 15 Sequoia Coming In Fall
At WWDC 2024, Apple showed how macOS 15 Sequoia will let you control your iPhone from your laptop for a quick productivity boost.
Deal Dive: Human Native AI is building the marketplace for AI training licensing deals
AI systems and large language models need to be trained on massive amounts of data to be accurate but they shouldn’t train on data that they don’t have the rights to use. OpenAI’s licensing deals with The Atlantic and Vox last week show that both sides of the table are interested in landing these AI-training […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI, Anthropic Research Reveals More About How LLMs Affect Security and Bias
Anthropic opened a window into the ‘black box’ where ‘features’ steer a large language model’s output. OpenAI dug into the same concept two weeks later with a deep dive into sparse autoencoders.
AWS Custom Silicon Chips Range a Sign of What’s Coming to APAC Cloud Computing
Rampant demand for AI computing is driving cloud providers like Microsoft, Google and AWS to build custom silicon chips. Soon, APAC customers will have more choice based on use case and cost.
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This three-course bundle teaches you how to use ChatGPT and Midjourney to full effect to help your business. It's on sale for $100 off now.
A data-driven approach to making better choices
In the new economics course 14.163 (Algorithms and Behavioral Science), students investigate the deployment of machine-learning tools and their potential to understand people, reduce bias, and improve society.
Raspberry Pi Embraces AI With Hailo Collaboration
Plus, Raspberry Pi will list as an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, a boon for the market.
Study offers a better way to make AI fairer for everyone
Scientists show a new way of thinking about the fair impacts of AI decisions. They draw on a well-established tradition known as social welfare optimization, which aims to make decisions fairer by focusing on the overall benefits and harms to individuals. This method can be used to evaluate the industry standard assessment tools for AI fairness, which look at approval rates across protected groups.
Some Generative AI Company Employees Pen Letter Wanting ‘Right to Warn’ About Risks
Both the promise and the risk of "human-level" AI has always been part of OpenAI’s makeup. What should business leaders take away from this letter?
AIs are irrational, but not in the same way that humans are
Large Language Models behind popular generative AI platforms like ChatGPT gave different answers when asked to respond to the same reasoning test and didn't improve when given additional context, finds a new study.
Fighting fires from space in record time: How AI could prevent devastating wildfires
Scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able to detect fires from space 500 times faster than traditional on-ground processing of imagery.
Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers
The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.
IBM’s Think 2024 News That Should Help Skills & Productivity Issues in Australia
TechRepublic interviewed IBM’s managing director for Australia about how announcements from the recent Think event could impact the tech industry in particular.
Cisco Live 2024: New Unified Observability Experience Packages Cisco & Splunk Insight Tools
The observability suite is the first major overhaul for Splunk products since the Cisco acquisition. Plus, Mistral AI makes a deal with Cisco’s incubator.
Google’s new startup program focuses on bringing AI to public infrastructure
Google’s newest startup program, announced on Wednesday, aims to bring AI technology to the public sector. The newly launched “Google for Startups AI Academy: American Infrastructure” will offer participants hands-on training from AI experts and other support for companies solving problems in areas like agriculture, energy, education, public safety, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, urban development, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
eBay debuts AI-powered background tool to enhance product images
eBay’s newest AI feature allows sellers to replace image backgrounds with AI-generated backdrops. The tool is now available for iOS users in the U.S., U.K., and Germany. It’ll gradually roll out to Android users over the coming months. Following in Amazon’s and Google’s footsteps, the e-commerce company announced on Tuesday the launch of its new […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Intel Lunar Lake NPU Brings 48 TOPS of AI Acceleration
Competition for AI speed heats up. Plus, the first of the two new Xeon 6 processors is now available, and Gaudi 3 deals have been cinched with manufacturers.
Cisco Live 2024: Cisco Unveils AI Deployment Solution With NVIDIA
A $1 billion commitment will send Cisco money to Cohere, Mistral AI and Scale AI.
True Fit leverages generative AI to help online shoppers find clothes that fit
True Fit, the AI-powered size-and-fit personalization tool, has offered its size recommendation solution to thousands of retailers for nearly 20 years. Now, the company is venturing into the generative AI space with “Fit Hub,” a new tool that aims to improve the way online shoppers find clothing that fits their body type. Sizing issues continue […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
New machine learning method can better predict spine surgery outcomes
Researchers combine AI and mobile health to predict recovery from lumbar spine surgery.
