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Stack AI wants to make it easier to build AI-fueled workflows

Stack AI’s co-founders, Antoni Rosinol and Bernardo Aceituno, were PhD students at MIT wrapping up their degrees in 2022 just as large language models were becoming more mainstream. ChatGPT would be released to the world at the end of the … Continue reading

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World’s first major law for artificial intelligence gets final EU green light

European Union member states on Tuesday agreed the world’s first major law for regulating artificial intelligence.

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Tech giants pledge AI safety commitments — including a ‘kill switch’ if they can’t mitigate risks

A slew of major tech companies including Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI, on Tuesday agreed to a landmark international agreement on artificial intelligence safety at the Seoul AI Safety Summit.

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For a Limited Time, Pick Up 11 Microsoft Tech Certification Courses for Just $59.97

From managing Microsoft Teams to Azure administration, this comprehensive learning library helps you pack out your résumé with in-demand certifications.

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Pinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview

Pinecone, the vector database startup founded by Edo Liberty, the former head of Amazon’s AI Labs, has long been at the forefront of helping businesses augment large language models (LLMs) with their own data. Most recently, though, the company completely … Continue reading

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Special mud helps XGS Energy get more power out of geothermal wells

Young geothermal energy wells can be like budding prodigies, each brimming with potential to outshine their peers. But like people, most decline with age. In California, for example, the amount of electricity generated by geothermal power plants declined by 15% … Continue reading

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Amazon, Meta back Scale AI in $1 billion funding deal that values firm at $14 billion

Scale AI has raised $1 billion in a Series F funding round that values the enterprise tech company at $13.8 billion — almost double its last reported valuation.

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Nvidia is talk of the town at AI events leading into this week’s earnings

As tech companies revealed their latest plans for artificial intelligence in the past week, Nvidia’s name has been everywhere.

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Porsche invests in battery startup South 8 to boost cold-weather EV performance

All cars suffer when the mercury drops, but electric vehicles suffer more than most as heaters draw more power and batteries charge more slowly as the liquid electrolyte inside thickens. Drivers in Chicago found this out the hard way last … Continue reading

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Godfathers of AI warn we may ‘lose control’ of AI systems without intervention

Two ‘godfathers’ of AI add their voices to a group of experts warning there’s potential to lose control of AI systems if action isn’t taken soon. In July 2023, Dr Geoffrey Hinton made headlines by departing his job at Google … Continue reading

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