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New York state, IBM, Micron and others partner on cutting-edge $10B chip research lab
The state of New York, IBM Corp., Micron Technology Inc. and other organizations are teaming up to build a $10 billion semiconductor research lab in Albany. The centerpiece of the facility will be a truck-sized machine called the Twinscan EXE:5200. Made by ASML Holding NV, the system is expected to become a cornerstone of the ...
Google makes its AI-powered NotebookLM note-taking application broadly available
Google LLC today made NotebookLM, a note-taking application powered by its new Gemini Pro language model, available to users in the U.S. who are at least 18 years old. The application made its debut at the company’s Google I/O event in May under the name Project Tailwind. In June, the search giant rebranded it to ...
Microsoft-OpenAI partnership draws antitrust scrutiny in the UK and US
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has started gathering information for a potential antitrust probe into Microsoft Corp.’s partnership with OpenAI. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, disclosed the move today. Shortly after the announcement, Bloomberg reported that the U.S Federal Trade Commission is also examining the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI. The FTC’s inquiry is ...
Google draws criticism for demo video of its new Gemini large language model
Google LLC has drawn criticism for a demo video of Gemini, the advanced large language model it debuted on Wednesday. The search giant is positioning Gemini as an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The new model has three editions, called Nano, Pro and Ultra, that vary in sophistication. Google began rolling out the Pro version of Gemini ...
Rhythms nabs $26M for its LLM-powered productivity platform
Rhythms, a startup building a productivity platform powered by large language models, today launched from stealth mode with $26 million in seed funding. Greenoaks and Madrona Venture Group jointly led the investment. They were joined by Accel, Cercano and Founders’ Co-op. All five investment firms previously backed Ally Technologies Inc., a productivity startup that Rhymes ...
Microsoft: Russian disinformation campaign used celebrity videos bought via Cameo
Microsoft Corp. has uncovered a Russian disinformation campaign that made use of celebrity clips commissioned through the Cameo video sharing website. The company detailed its findings today in the latest edition of its biannual report on Russian digital threats. The report is produced by Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center, which tracks nation-backed hacking and influence campaigns. ...
Dell debuts new PowerScale storage systems and AI-focused software upgrades
Dell Technologies Inc. today debuted new additions to its PowerScale series of storage systems along with an update to the OneFS software platform that powers the product line. The updates are designed to help customers run artificial intelligence models more efficiently. Dell is also rolling out enhancements to other product lines, including the PowerEdge server ...
Logz.io debuts new application performance monitoring tool
Logz.io Inc. today debuted a new application performance monitoring tool, App 360, that promises to ease the task of fixing technical issues in containerized workloads. Boston- and Tel Aviv-based Logz.io is an observability software startup backed by more than $120 million in funding. The company’s customer base includes Siemens AG, Dish Network Corp. and thousands ...
Meta debuts new generative AI features for consumers
Meta Platforms Inc. today debuted a collection of generative artificial intelligence features that will become available in Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. Most of the features are rolling out for the company’s Meta AI chatbot. Introduced in September, the chatbot can retrieve information from the web using Bing and generate images. Today’s update will enable ...
Liquid AI raises $37.6M to build ‘liquid’ neural networks
Liquid AI Inc., a startup developing artificial intelligence models based on a so-called liquid neural network design, today announced that it has raised $37.6 million in seed funding. OSS Capital and PagsGroup led the investment. They were joined by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Next fund, WordPress developer Automattic Inc., Red Hat co-founder Bob Young and ...