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- Humane wants to put the AI Pin’s software inside your phone, car, and smart speakerby Jay Peters on December 5, 2024 at 12:09 am
Image: HumaneHumane, which makes the not-great AI Pin, wants other companies to build AI devices and gadgets that use its CosmOS operating system, and it has released a video that appears to show that the company already has it working in a car, TV, smart speaker, and phone. But note that […]
- OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Andurilby Gaby Del Valle on December 4, 2024 at 9:47 pm
Illustration: The VergeOpenAI, the AI model maker that used to describe its mission as saving the world, is partnering with Anduril, a military contractor, the two companies announced Wednesday. As part of the partnership, OpenAI will integrate its software into Anduril’s counterdrone […]
- Sam Altman lowers the bar for AGIby Alex Heath on December 4, 2024 at 6:50 pm
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesNearly two years ago, OpenAI said that artificial general intelligence, or AGI — the thing the company was created to build — could “elevate humanity” and “give everyone incredible new capabilities.” Now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is […]
- Meta turns to nuclear energy for its AI ambitionsby Justine Calma on December 4, 2024 at 4:54 pm
Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeMeta is turning to nuclear energy to power its AI ambitions with the release a request for proposals to partner with nuclear energy developers. It’s the latest announcement in a string of recent deals Big Tech companies have made to secure nuclear energy […]
- ChatGPT now has over 300 million weekly usersby Emma Roth on December 4, 2024 at 4:39 pm
Image: The VergeChatGPT now has over 300 million people using the AI chatbot each week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed the milestone during The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, which comes just months after ChatGPT hit 200 million weekly users in August. “Our product has […]
- Misinformation researcher admits ChatGPT added fake details to his court filingby Gaby Del Valle on December 4, 2024 at 4:23 pm
Image: The VergeA misinformation expert accused of using AI to generate a legal document admitted he used ChatGPT to help him organize his citations, leading to “hallucinations” that critics said called the entire filing into question. Jeff Hancock, the founder of the Stanford Social […]
- 2024 in review: AIby The Verge Staff on December 4, 2024 at 4:20 pm
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesIn 2024, you couldn’t escape hearing about AI. From smartphones to wearables to the smart home, it seemed every tech company wanted to pitch their next great AI innovation. The year was filled with impressive technological leaps and useful […]
- OpenAI’s 12 days of ‘shipmas’ include Sora and new reasoning modelby Tom Warren on December 4, 2024 at 3:08 pm
Image: Alex Parkin / The VergeHappy holidays from OpenAI. The AI startup plans to kick off a “shipmas” period of new features, products, and demos for 12 days, starting on December 5th. The announcements will include OpenAI’s long-awaited text-to-video AI tool Sora and a new […]
- The Verge picks out the most memorable tech of 2024by Verge Staff on December 4, 2024 at 3:00 pm
As far as tech goes, 2024 was a strong year for some innovative, interesting, and unforgettable moments. We kicked off the year with the Apple Vision Pro — Apple’s long-awaited entry into the world of “spatial computing.” It was impressive, with The Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, […]
- The new Surf browser shows why everyone’s trying to connect AI to the webby David Pierce on December 4, 2024 at 2:10 pm
Surf’s “contexts” are like folders, only AI-powered and more automated. | Image: DetaLet me just explain the demo that got me excited about Surf, a new browser coming from a startup called Deta. Max Eusterbrock, one of Deta’s cofounders, shared his screen with me over Zoom and […]
- DeepMind’s Socratic Learning with Language Games: The Path to Self-Improving Superintelligenceby Synced on November 29, 2024 at 7:15 pm
Researchers from Google DeepMind introduce the concept of "Socratic learning." This refers to a form of recursive self-improvement in artificial intelligence that significantly enhances performance beyond the initial data or knowledge available to the system, as well as a practical framework to […]
- Revolutionizing AI on a Budget: Apple’s Roadmap for Small Language Models Training Successby Synced on November 29, 2024 at 12:22 am
Apple researchers conducted a systematic study of the computational bottlenecks and cost-efficiency of training SLMs. Their work evaluates training strategies across diverse cloud infrastructure setups, offering practical insights for improving efficiency and reducing costs. The post […]
- Redefines Consistency Models”: OpenAI’s TrigFlow Narrows FID Gap to 10% with Efficient Two-Step Samplingby Synced on November 27, 2024 at 2:20 am
OpenAI researchers introduces TrigFlow, a simplified theoretical framework that identifies the key causes of training instability of consistency models and addresses them with novel improvements in diffusion process parameterization, network architecture, and training objectives. The post Redefines […]
- Precision in Pixels: NVIDIA’s Edify Image Model Combines High Quality with Unmatched Controlby Synced on November 26, 2024 at 12:18 am
In a new paper Edify Image: High-Quality Image Generation with Pixel Space Laplacian Diffusion Models, an NVIDIA research team introduces Edify Image—a suite of pixel-based diffusion models that achieve high-resolution image synthesis with exceptional control and precision. The post Precision in […]
- Meta’s Dualformer: Bridging Fast and Slow Thinking in Transformers for Superior AI Reasoningby Synced on November 19, 2024 at 9:18 pm
In a new paper Dualformer: Controllable Fast and Slow Thinking by Learning with Randomized Reasoning Traces, a Meta research team presents Dualformer, a single Transformer model that merges both fast and slow reasoning modes within a unified framework. The post Meta’s Dualformer: Bridging Fast […]
- NVIDIA’s OMCAT: A Breakthrough in Cross-Modal Temporal Understanding for Multimodal AIby Synced on November 18, 2024 at 2:51 am
An NVIDIA research team introduces OMCAT: Omni Context Aware Transformer in their new paper, presenting both OCTAV, a unique dataset aimed at capturing event transitions across audio and video, and OMCAT, a model that employs RoTE (Rotary Time Embeddings). The post NVIDIA’s OMCAT: A Breakthrough […]
- Stanford U’s Tutor CoPilot Transforms Real-Time Tutoring with AI-Driven Expert Guidanceby Synced on November 16, 2024 at 2:04 am
A Stanford University research team presents Tutor CoPilot, a new model that offers expert-level guidance to tutors in real time. This study is the first of its kind—a randomized controlled trial testing a Human-AI system in live tutoring scenarios. The post Stanford U’s Tutor CoPilot […]
- Bridging the Gap: Induction-Head Ngram Models for Efficient, Interpretable Language Modelingby Synced on November 12, 2024 at 10:57 pm
A research team introduces a novel approach called Induction-head ngram models (Induction-Gram). This technique merges the interpretability and efficiency of n-gram models with insights from neural LLMs to enhance language modeling performance. The post Bridging the Gap: Induction-Head Ngram Models […]
- Self-Evolving Prompts: Redefining AI Alignment with DeepMind & Chicago U’s eva Frameworkby Synced on November 8, 2024 at 4:03 am
A research team from DeepMind and Chicago University presents a novel approach to Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback. The proposed eva introduces a flexible, scalable framework that leverages any RLHF algorithm to drive more effective alignment with human values The post Self-Evolving […]
- Unlocking Turing Completeness: How Large Language Models Achieve Universal Computation Without Assistanceby Synced on November 5, 2024 at 5:07 pm
A research team from Google DeepMind and the University of Alberta presents evidence that transformer-based LLMs using autoregressive decoding can indeed support universal computation without any external adjustments or modifications to model weights. The post Unlocking Turing Completeness: How […]
- '12 Days of OpenAI' promises product launches and demos - here's how to watchon December 4, 2024 at 8:50 pm
Starting tomorrow, OpenAI's daily livestream will unveil "a bunch of new things, big and small."
- Apple Music Replay is here, and it pales in comparison to Spotify Wrappedon December 4, 2024 at 5:23 pm
You can now access your music listening insights for the past year on Apple Music and Spotify. Here's how.
- This new AI podcast generator offers 32 languages and dozens of voices - for freeon December 4, 2024 at 2:42 pm
Using the ElevenLabs Reader app, you can turn articles, webpages, written text, documents, PDFs, and more into AI-powered podcasts. Here's how it differs from NotebookLM.
- Spotify Wrapped arrives - now with an AI podcast all about your year in musicon December 4, 2024 at 1:12 pm
NotebookLM teams up with Spotify to bring you more fun insights into your music tastes. Here's how to hear it.
- Your AI transformation depends on these 5 business tacticson December 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Five business leaders explain their best-practice tactics for managing artificial intelligence projects effectively.
- 25% of enterprises using AI will deploy AI agents by 2025on December 4, 2024 at 11:00 am
A Deloitte report makes several notable predictions about next year's generative AI landscape in business.
- FTC says AI company Evolv 'falsely hyped' its security scannerson December 4, 2024 at 11:00 am
Evolv's scanners don't work as well as it led schools to believe. Here's what that means for children's safety.
- Best Cyber Monday robot vacuum deals 2024 still live on Roborock, iRobot, and moreon December 3, 2024 at 9:16 pm
These Cyber Monday discounts on robot vacuums are huge, but most are ending soon.
- Global AI computing will use 'multiple NYCs' worth of power by 2026, says founderon December 3, 2024 at 6:57 pm
AI computing will continue to soar with inference, requiring completely new multiple-gigawatt AI data centers.
- This Gemini update for Android lets you do more without unlocking your phoneon December 3, 2024 at 6:53 pm
Replaced Google Assistant with Gemini? You'll soon be making calls and sending messages without unlocking your phone. See if the feature's on your device now.
- Amazon AWS unveils Trainium3 chip, Project Rainieron December 3, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Project Rainier is an 'UltraCluster' that will group hundreds of thousands of Trainium chips.
- Google's AI video generator rolls out in private preview. Here's who can accesson December 3, 2024 at 2:30 pm
Veo, Google's Sora competitor, can now be used to create company assets, and the results are impressive. Take a look for yourself.
- Integrating AI starts with robust data foundations. Here are 3 strategies executives employon December 3, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Explorations into artificial intelligence must first establish a strong base. Business leaders share three ways to build a great data strategy.
- Enterprises are struggling with what to do with Gen AI, say venture capitalistson December 3, 2024 at 11:02 am
Despite some uncertainty, enterprise investments in applications soared eight-fold in 2024, with spending on AI-generated code leading the way.
- New 'Dia' dawns as Arc maker teases upcoming AI browseron December 3, 2024 at 9:00 am
The Browser Company shows off its 'entirely new computing environment' while Arc fans ask: What about the UI?
- 8 ways Intel can still pull itself out of free fall after its CEO's forced exiton December 2, 2024 at 10:03 pm
Pat Gelsinger's departure leaves Intel at a crossroads, forcing the company to confront cultural stagnation, x86's decline, and growing competition from Arm, AI, and TSMC. Here's what could come next.
- Google's new AI tool lets you make chess as weird as you want it - for freeon December 2, 2024 at 9:33 pm
What's your dream chess set? Now you can make it a reality.
- AWS says its AI data centers just got even more efficient - here's howon December 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm
Liquid cooling, renewable diesel, and a host of infrastructure changes make Amazon's cloud service four times more efficient than on-premise computing, the company explains at re:Invent.
- I test AI tools for a living, and these are the only two worth paying foron December 2, 2024 at 1:17 pm
Generative AI can supercharge your productivity, but which tools truly deliver? These are my must-have subscriptions for programming, graphics, and creative workflows that actually pay off.
- AI is making us smarter, says AI pioneer Terry Sejnowskion December 2, 2024 at 9:45 am
We are getting smarter as we engage in prompt engineering, but we are also still defining intelligence.