Nvidia launched its RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation laptop graphics processing units (GPUs) for on-the-go AI processing.
These high-end GPUs use the Ada Lovelace architecture. They’re aimed at empowering content creators, researchers, and engineers with AI acceleration and graphics performance, even while working from portable devices. Nvidia made the announcement ahead of the Mobile World…
From deepfakes to digital candidates: AI’s political play
February 26, 2024
AI is increasingly being used to represent, or misrepresent, the opinions of historical and current figures. A recent example is when President Biden’s voice was cloned and used in a robocall to New Hampshire voters. Taking this a step further, given the advancing…
Google’s chaotic AI strategy leaves users bewildered
February 26, 2024
Google has made a mess of its AI strategy, leaving many consumers baffled by the barrage of new names, products and features released in recent weeks. The company’s chaotic approach threatens to undermine public trust in AI, and perhaps more importantly, Google itself. …
Why AI can (and should) lead to a renaissance in the humanities
February 26, 2024
From the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution right up to present day, leading science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) thinkers have served humans incredibly well. Figures like Alexander Cummings, Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, Norman Borlaug and countless others have saved vast numbers of our species from untold suffering through rigorous interrogation of the natural world.While we as a…
Arm unveils Arm Neoverse CSS V3 chip designs for AI efficiency gains
February 22, 2024
In a leap forward for AI infrastructure, Arm announced the latest advancements in its Neoverse chip technology based on the Arm computing architecture.
The company unveiled two new Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) built on third-generation Neoverse intellectual…
Organizations are fast-tracking generative AI pilots into production, anticipating the rewards of greater efficiency, improved personalization and customer experiences and more informed decision-making.
One in four organizations say gen AI is critically important to gaining…
Hear your imagination: ElevenLabs to launch AI for sound effects
February 22, 2024
After mastering the art of machine learning (ML) based voice cloning and synthesis, ElevenLabs, the two-year-old AI startup founded by former Google and Palantir employees, is moving to expand its portfolio with a new text-to-sound model.
Teased a few hours ago, the AI will allow creators to generate sound effects by simply describing their imagination in words. It is expected to enrich content in…
Google DeepMind alumni unveil Bioptimus: Aiming to build first universal biology AI model
February 21, 2024
As the French startup ecosystem continues to boom — think Mistral, Poolside, and Adaptive — today the Paris-based Bioptimus, with a mission to build the first universal AI foundation model for biology, emerged from stealth following a seed funding round of $35 million.
Traditional emails are time-consuming and considerably slow down business operations. Colleagues often find themselves spending days just waiting for other employees to forward information that will enable them to proceed with projects.
However, that could change with AI.
Adobe adds AI assistant to Acrobat, Reader in effort to maintain relevance in PDF market
February 21, 2024
Adobe has just rolled out a new AI assistant for Acrobat and Reader products today, bringing conversational AI abilities to help users parse and summarize the trillions of PDF files used by businesses and consumers worldwide.
The move shows Adobe aiming to stay atop the PDF market it pioneered decades ago, as new AI systems from startups like OpenAI and Anthropic threaten to provide many of the…
