Monthly Archives: June 2023

Paul McCartney used AI to make a new Beatles song

AI-generated music is a bourgeoning and fraught topic, with artists either vocally opposing even the faintest hint of it, or some (like Grimes) more or less embracing it completely. Now, Paul McCartney seems to be on the ‘pro’ train, at … Continue reading

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The ‘AI arms race’ is about more than who will lead the industry

The conversations around AI and sustainability have centered around two fronts, according to Lorenzo Thione, a managing director at Gaingels. On the one hand, AI’s capabilities have grown rapidly, giving rise to new products and technologies that require enormous amounts … Continue reading

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Schumer to host first of three senator-only A.I. briefings as Congress considers how to regulate

Schumer had announced the series of talks in a Dear Colleague letter with Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Todd Young, R, Ind.

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‘Aggressive’ China cyberattacks are the ‘defining threat’ of our time, top U.S. cyber official says

Chinese hackers could threaten critical pipelines and transport infrastructure in the event of open conflict, CISA director Jen Easterly warned.

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Nvidia-backed platform that turns text into A.I.-generated avatars boosts valuation to $1 billion

Artificial intelligence-based video generation platform Synthesia has raised $90 million from investors including Nvidia, the company told CNBC exclusively.

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The 2024 Polestar 2 features more power and range

Polestar today announced the US pricing and availability of the 2024 Polestar 2, which features significant upgrades to its power and range, along with styling changes and interior improvements. The bad news? It’s more expensive. The 2024 Polestar 2 comes … Continue reading

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Zero-Error Systems raises $7.5M for its radiation-hardened semiconductor integrated circuits

Space is a tough place for electronic circuits since radiation causes short circuits that result in mission failure, said Hwai Lin Khor, vice president of Zero-Error Systems. Many companies currently build satellite electronics systems with commercial-off-the-shelves (COTS) semiconductor devices to meet the … Continue reading

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The whole world wants A.I. — and the market will deliver, Sam Altman says

“We’re going to make models more efficient. We’re going to make way more chips,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Singapore.

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Spotify fined in Sweden over GDPR data access complaint

Music streaming giant Spotify is facing a fine of around €5 million ($5.4M) in Sweden years after it was accused of breaching the data access rights of users in the European Union by not providing full information about personal data … Continue reading

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Striveworks snaps up first funding of $33M to build tools for machine learning operations

MLOps, or DevOps for those working with machine learning models, has seen a boom of interest in the last year, and that should come as no surprise: organizations want to bring more machine learning to bear in their data science … Continue reading

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