In this edition, we explore Amazon's satellite prototypes, the Milky Way's elusive mass, and ice that melts at high temperatures. Delve into debates on AI consciousness and free will, discover indigenous perspectives on cognition, and learn about efforts to save a Hawaiian bird. We examine ancient wound treatments and groundbreaking quantum physics discoveries.
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- Rewind pendant: wearable AI microphone that records and transcribes conversations.
- Humane's fashion show form-factor: Humane reveals its first AI device, the AI pin (teaser, actual launch on November 9th, 2023).
- Google Bard becomes more personalized: introducing 'Memory' to adapt to key details about you.
- AT&T CEO John Stankey discusses 5G, artificial intelligence, and the future of technology.
- ReactPy: build user interfaces in Python without JavaScript, emulating the look and behavior of ReactJS. GitHub repo.
- Microsoft CEO Nadella criticizes Google and expresses his AI concerns.
- Dell Technologies commits $7.5bn to AI investment.
- Walmart unveils new AI tools.
- AMD plans to aquire AI software startup in bid to match Nvidia.
- Informatica incorporates AI to assist businesses in data management.
- Is it time for the Chief AI Officer role?
- Google commits to protecting generative AI users against copyright infringement claims.
- Trending GitHub repositories: haotian-liu / LLaVA, voxel51/fiftyone, openai / openai-python, dvlab-research / LongLoRA, OpenTalker / SadTalker
- Dropbox introduces revamped web interface and launches new video app and AI tools.
- Amazon's new AI-driven robots slash fulfillment time by 25%.
- Canva debuts complimentary AI 'Classroom Magic' utilities for educators.
- Apple's plan to incorporate generative AI across its devices.
- State of AI report for 2023.
- Has AGI (artificial general intelligence) already arrived?
- DALL·E 3 is now available in ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise and DALL·E 3 launches on Bing.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests future GPT could project 'word soup' in the brain.
- OpenAI announces the residency program.
- PyTorch introduces flash-decoding for extended-context inference.
- PyTorch Edge: on-device inference for mobile and edge devices with ExecuTorch.
- Reka unveils new multimodal assistant.
- Microsoft commits $3.2 billion in Australia for AI and cloud expansion.
- MasterpieceX: the first generative AI text-to-3D app for creating assets with mesh, textures, and animations.
- Replit AI now accessible to all.
- China's Baidu claims its AI rivals ChatGPT & Baidu's AI tech on par with ChatGPT, Alibaba trails behind.
- Dell rolls out generative AI tool for model customization.
- Adobe intensifies focus on AI with over 100 new features and presents three new generative AI models, including the next-gen Firefly.
- Introducing Assistant with Bard: moving towards a more individualized assistant.
- ByteDance's CapCut video editor targets businesses with AI ad scripts and generated presenters.
- Perplexity unveils pplx-api: a rapid API for open-source LLMs.
- Disney appears to employ AI art.
- Is AI revolutionizing how capital is raised, signaling the end of traditional methods?
- Gartner predicts a generative AI surge in enterprise and explores AI's influence on work.
- Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big tech unveil AI projects for travel.
- Google's AI-driven search can now create images.
- LLMWare: a comprehensive AI framework for LLM-driven generative AI apps.
- MIT's generative AI surpasses diffusion models in image creation.
- Study finds deep neural networks perceive differently than humans.
- Can language models overtake programmers? Introducing SWE-bench, an evaluation tool for real GitHub issues.
- Yale and Google researchers present HyperAttention for efficient long-range sequence processing.
- Is Wall-E real now?
- The $200B AI Dilemma.
- Tech festival unveils sock detecting Alzheimer's symptoms.
- A study suggests AI language models surpass PNG and FLAC in lossless compression.
- China grants Ehang the first approval for autonomous passenger air taxis.
- Supersapiens brings glucose monitoring to the Apple Watch.
- AI's "minor" consciousness debate?
- Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don’t have free will.
- Indigenous perspectives on consciousness.
- Mosquito release aims to protect Hawaiian bird.
- Ancient recipe: honey-vinegar as a wound healer.
- Quantum Physics isn’t as weird as you think. It’s weirder.
- About The metallic nature of hydrogen.
- Rethinking quantum conservation principles.
- The power of quantum algorithms.
- Half-century M?bius puzzle solved.
- Novavax vs. mRNA COVID vaccines: current findings.
- The largest human brain map ever made.
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