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Feb 19, 2024

Sam Altman’s $7 trillion AI chip project might not be very realistic

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The scale of the OpenAI CEO’s chip ambitions requires a vast amount of resources.

Feb 19, 2024

Lizard-like robots could help ‘prevent catastrophes’ in US Navy, says expert

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Doug Philippone, a venture capitalist, has explained to a media house the importance of lizard-like robots for the future of US Armed Forces like the United States Navy.


Wall climbing robots are used for non-destructive testing inspections of tanks, boilers, pressure vessels, piping, and more, explains Gecko Robotics. These robots utilize specially designed sensor payloads to inspect wall thickness, pitting, and numerous forms of degradation.

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Feb 19, 2024

Introducing Sora — OpenAI’s text-to-video model

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Our text-to-video model. Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple ch…

Feb 19, 2024

What Apple can learn from Google and Samsung about AI

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Apple is playing catch-up, but it should take note.

Feb 19, 2024

The rise and fall of robots.txt

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For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers.


As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

Feb 19, 2024

Dili wants to automate due diligence with AI

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Stephanie Song, formerly on the corporate development and ventures team at Coinbase, was often frustrated by the volume of due diligence tasks she and her team had to complete on a daily basis.


Dili is a new, Y Combinator-backed startup that aims to automate different aspects of the due diligence process using AI.

Feb 19, 2024

The Biggest AI Trends In The Next 10 Years

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Although I like to write about future predictions for the world of technology and business, I’m usually focused on what’s coming up in the next five years.


But it’s also worth taking a longer view. I believe that in 10 years’ time, the AI that’s a part of everyday life will be as far evolved from today’s AI as today’s internet is from the internet of the early days.

In his excellent book The Coming Wave, Mustafa Suleyman notes that every wave of technology-driven change – from the combustion engine to the internet – has revolutionized society in a shorter time span than the previous wave. So, I don’t think we’ll have to wait 30 or even 20 years until AI is utterly engrained in all aspects of life.

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Feb 19, 2024

Scientists harness AI to predict dementia 15 years before symptoms appear

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Study uses AI and blood samples from 50,000 to predict dementia 15 years in advance, offering hope for early intervention.

Feb 19, 2024

EpiSci chosen for US AI hypersonic missile tracking system software

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EpiSci has won a $1.6 million contract with the US Space Development Agency to flesh out its AI-powered, hypersonic missile tracking system.


The SDA and EpiSci have partnered to create AI software that detects hypersonic missiles using satellite technology, AI, and advanced analytics.

Feb 19, 2024

Amazon develops world’s largest text-to-speech model with ‘emergent’ qualities

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The new model is called Big Adaptive Streamable TTS with Emergent abilities — BASE TTS.


In what is being called the largest text-to-speech model ever developed, researchers at Amazon AGI have made waves after creating the Big Adaptive Streamable TTS with Emergent abilities (BASE TTS).

Text-to-Speech (TTS) models are used in the development of voice assistants for smart devices and are employed to convert written text into spoken words, allowing voice assistants to communicate with users in a natural and human-like manner.

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