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Runway announces even faster, cheaper AI video model Gen-3 Alpha Turbo

It’s been a while since we’ve had a fancy new AI model with the word “Turbo” to explore, but Runway is making sure it doesn’t stay that way. The New York City-based startup that just earlier this week turned heads with its new image-to-video update for its incredibly realistic Gen-3 Alpha model today announced on the social platform X (formerly Twitter) that it is debuting yet another…
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iOS gets an AI upgrade: Inside Apple’s new ‘Intelligence’ system

Apple has lifted the curtain on its latest artificial intelligence efforts, revealing details about new language models designed to power AI features across its devices while prioritizing user privacy and responsible development. In a research paper published today, Apple described two new foundation language models: a 3-billion parameter model optimized to run efficiently on iPhones and other…
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AI training costs are growing exponentially —  IBM says quantum computing could be a solution

Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that a third of nuclear power plants are in talks with tech companies to power their new data centers. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs projected that AI is going to drive a 160% increase in power usage by data centers from now until 2030. That is going to take carbon dioxide emissions to more than double current levels. Each ChatGPT query is estimated…
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Stability AI steps into a new gen AI dimension with Stable Video 4D

Stability AI is expanding its growing roster of generative AI models, quite literally adding a new dimension with the debut of Stable Video 4D. While there is a growing set of gen AI tools for video generation, including OpenAI’s Sora, Runway, Haiper and Luma AI among others, Stable Video 4D is something a bit different. Stable Video 4D builds on the foundation of Stability AI’s existing…
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