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Report: Apple has held internal discussions about acquiring Perplexity
Apple Inc. executives have held discussions about buying Perplexity AI Inc., Bloomberg reported today. The publication cited sources as saying that the talks are in an early stage and may not lead to an acquisition. Perplexity reportedly received a $14 billion valuation in a recent funding round. To be accepted, any takeout offer made by ...
Meta debuts $399 AI-powered Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses
Meta Platforms Inc. today debuted a pair of smart glasses called the Oakley Meta HSTN that will ship with a built-in artificial intelligence assistant. The device is the fruit of a collaboration with sport eyewear maker Oakley. Its parent company, Milan-based Luxottica Group SpA, also helped Meta build its earlier Ray-Ban Meta lineup of AI ...
SpaceX competitor Eutelsat raising €1.35B in new funding
French satellite operator Eutelsat SA today disclosed that it’s raising €1.35 billion in new funding to support growth initiatives in a deal set to close by year’s end. More than half the capital, or €717 million, will be provided by the French government. The rest is set to come from aerospace company Bharti Space, container ship ...
Healthcare technology startup Commure raises $200M ahead of IPO
Commure Inc., a startup that develops software for healthcare organizations, has raised $200 million in funding from General Catalyst. The company announced the investment today. The capital was provided by General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, which helps startups finance sales and marketing programs. Commure earlier raised $500 million in funding from Nvidia Corp., Y Combinator ...
Study finds that LLM use leads to ‘likely decrease’ in learning skills
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have determined that using large language models leads to a “likely decrease” in learning skills. Time reported the research team’s findings this week. In a preprint paper, the scientists detailed that the new data is the fruit of a months-long study. The MIT team asked 54 individuals from ...
Midjourney debuts new V1 video generation model
Midjourney Inc. today introduced a new artificial intelligence model, V1, that can generate videos up to 21 seconds in length. San Francisco-based Midjourney launched in 2022 with an initial focus on developing AI image generators. The company’s algorithms are believed to have about 21 million users. It generates revenue by providing access to the models ...
Texas Instruments to invest $60B+ in US fab network
Texas Instruments Inc., a major supplier of analog chips, will invest more than $60 billion to expand its stateside manufacturing capacity. The company detailed the plan today. According to Reuters, the initiative’s hefty price tag partly comprises previously announced investments. Texas Instruments didn’t disclose the duration of the project. Central processing units, graphics cards and ...
AWS to introduce updated server CPU, new AI training chip
Amazon Web Services Inc. is gearing up to refresh two of its custom processor families, CNBC reported late Tuesday. The cloud giant plans to release an updated version of its AWS Graviton4 central processing unit. It will also debut a new addition to the AWS Trainium chip series, which is optimized for training artificial intelligence models. ...
Domino Data Lab introduces new AI governance, data management features
Domino Data Lab Inc. today introduced new features for managing artificial intelligence models and the data they process. The capabilities are rolling out to the startup’s namesake AI platform. The software, which is used by companies such as Moody’s Corp. and Bayer AG, helps developers prepare datasets for machine learning projects. It also automates related tasks ...
Trend Micro debuts data center appliances with built-in cybersecurity software
Trend Micro Inc. today introduced a line of data center appliances with preinstalled cybersecurity and artificial intelligence features. Tokyo-based Trend Micro is a major cybersecurity provider with an installed base of more than 500,000 organizations. Its flagship Vision One platform can find malware across cloud instances, employee devices and other systems. The software automatically ranks ...