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DEEPMIND CO-FOUNDER MUSTAFA SULEYMAN WILL RUN MICROSOFT'S NEW
CONSUMER AI UNIT (3 MINUTE READ) [5]
Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to run a new consumer AI unit
called Microsoft AI. Suleyman is one of Google DeepMind's cofounders
and chief executive of AI startup Inflection. Microsoft AI will
combine consumer-facing products like Copilot, Bing, and Edge into one
team. Microsoft will hire most of Inflection's staff, including AI
engineers, researchers, and large language model builders. Inflection
will switch its focus from its consumer chatbot to selling enterprise
AI software to businesses.
META JUST SHOWED OFF THREADS' FEDIVERSE INTEGRATION FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME (4 MINUTE READ) [6]
Meta showed off a brief demo of how users will eventually be able to
connect their accounts to the fediverse during the FediForum
conference on Tuesday. The company's integration will let users share
their posts across different platforms through Threads. It currently
allows users to post to other services that interoperate through
ActivityPub, but they can't view replies and can only see the likes
they get, a fact Meta is working hard to change. A video showing how
the integration currently works is available in the article.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
`MASS HUMAN EXPERIMENT': INSIDE JAPAN'S FUTURISTIC $15 BILLION
SMART CITY (6 MINUTE READ) [7]
Toyota's Woven City project, located close to the foot of Japan's
Mount Fuji, will complete Phase 1 of its development by the end of the
year and start trials in 2025. The city will be used to pilot
experiments and innovations in personal mobility, automated driving,
robots, and artificial intelligence. It will have streets for
automated driving, pedestrians, and pedestrians using personal
mobility vehicles, as well as underground roads for goods
transportation. The project will begin with around 350 residents,
mainly senior citizens, families with young children, and inventors.
It will help Toyota develop next-generation cars and realize a
mobility society in which everyone can move freely.
`A LANDMARK MOMENT': SCIENTISTS USE AI TO DESIGN ANTIBODIES FROM
SCRATCH (3 MINUTE READ) [8]
Researchers have used a generative AI tool called RFdiffusion to make completely new antibodies for the first time. The proof-of-principle
work paves the way for the design of antibody drugs at the touch of a
button. The technology is still a long way from reaching the clinic.
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IS THE "AI DEVELOPER" A THREAT TO JOBS - OR A MARKETING STUNT?
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There have been a number of news stories about AI developers
recently. While some developers are concerned that the technology may
soon take over their jobs, these claims are likely just attempts at
grabbing attention. AI may not remove the need for developers - it
will likely just create the need for AI developers. The future of
software development will likely still involve humans - the
exaggerated claims made by startups today are just marketing.
POSTGRES IS EATING THE DATABASE WORLD (17 MINUTE READ) [12]
PostgreSQL is a data management framework with the potential to
engulf the entire database realm. Using Postgres for everything is
becoming a mainstream best practice. ParadeDB and DuckDB add more
performance, propelling PostgreSQL's analysis capabilities to the top
tier of OLAP. Pigsty is a PostgreSQL distribution that aims to harness
the collective power of PostgreSQL ecosystem extensions and
democratize access to production-grade database services.
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MISCELLANEOUS
SAUDI ARABIA PLANS $40 BILLION PUSH INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (5
MINUTE READ) [13]
The government of Saudi Arabia plans to invest around $40 billion
into artificial intelligence. It is in talks to create a tech fund
through a partnership with Andreessen Horowitz and other financiers.
The fund would make Saudi Arabia the world's largest investor in
artificial intelligence. It will back an array of tech startups tied
to artificial intelligence, including chip makers, data centers, and
AI companies.
HOW TO START GOOGLE (14 MINUTE READ) [14]
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many of the annoying things that come with a job. You need three
things to build a successful startup: technology skills, an idea, and cofounders. This article talks about how to get all three. Making
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NVIDIA WAVES AND MOATS (15 MINUTE READ) [17]
An overview of Jensen Huang's keynote at Nvidia's annual GPU
Technology Conference on Monday.
SECTION 174 AND ITS IMPACT ON TECH STARTUPS (6 MINUTE READ) [18]
Section 174 is a US tax law code amendment that kicked in last year
that requires companies to amortize R&D costs over five years, or
fifteen if it was tied to foreign workers.
NEW ALGORITHM UNLOCKS HIGH-RESOLUTION INSIGHTS FOR COMPUTER VISION (8
MINUTE READ) [19]
FeatUp, a new system created by MIT researchers, lets algorithms
capture all of the high- and low-level details of a scene at the same
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NVIDIA'S AI BOOM IS ONLY GETTING STARTED. JUST ASK CEO JENSEN HUANG
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Nvidia's technology is an essential ingredient in AI progress.
APPLE PUBLISHES DETAILS ABOUT NEW 'MM1' AI MODEL (2 MINUTE READ) [22]
Apple's new method for training large language models seamlessly
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