Bluesky adds video to user profiles

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

Social network Bluesky is doubling down on video. After it added a new TikTok-like custom video feed last week in the wake of the U.S. ban on the popular video app (now on pause), the company on Monday announced it’s adding a new video tab to Bluesky user profiles. The tab will allow people to […]
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AI startup DeepSeek pauses signups amid cyber incident

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that made waves in the AI world last week when it released its open-source R1 model, is pausing new user signups. The company has temporarily paused new user registrations this morning, according to CNBC reporting, due to a cyberattack. Existing users can still access their accounts with no issue. TechCrunch […]
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Chinese AI App DeepSeek Soars in Popularity, Startling Rivals

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

The company said Monday it was temporarily limiting new sign-ups due to “large-scale malicious attacks” on its services.

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Viral AI company DeepSeek releases new image model family

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

DeepSeek, the viral AI company, has released a new set of multimodal AI models that it claims can outperform OpenAI’s DALL-E 3. The models, which are available for download from the AI dev platform Hugging Face, are a part of a new model family that DeepSeek is calling Janus Pro. They range in size from […]
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DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services.

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Grok 3 seemingly went live for some users

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

The next flagship AI model from Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, might be nearing release. Over the weekend, several users on X, including reverse engineer Alexey Shabanov, reported gaining access to Grok 3, the successor to xAI’s current model, Grok 2, via X’s Grok chatbot app. Before their access was revoked, the users say that […]
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Meta AI can now use your Facebook and Instagram data to personalize its responses

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

Meta says that it is rolling out improvements to Meta AI, its cross-platform chatbot, including the ability have the bot “remember” details from conversations. In a post on Meta’s official blog, the company said that, in chats with Meta AI on Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp for iOS and Android in the U.S. and Canada, users can […]
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China’s DeepSeek AI dethrones ChatGPT on App Store: Here’s what you should know

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

The buzz around Chinese AI startup DeepSeek began picking up steam earlier this month, when the startup released R1, its model that rivals OpenAI’s o1.

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Lydian can make aviation fuel wherever there’s CO2 and electricity

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

Replacing inexpensive fossil fuels is a tall hurdle, but Lydian thinks it has cracked the problem.
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Trump tariffs could raise prices on technology like laptops, smartphones and AI

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Techme101

Trade groups and consultants warn that trade wars spurred by Trump’s tariffs could slow global commerce and raise prices for consumers.

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