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DeepSeek-V3 now runs at 20 tokens per second on Mac Studio, and that’s a nightmare for OpenAI

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly released a new large language model that’s already sending ripples through the artificial intelligence industry — not just for its capabilities, but for how it’s being deployed. The 641-gigabyte model, dubbed DeepSeek-V3-0324, appeared on AI repository Hugging Face today with virtually no announcement, continuing the company’s pattern of low-key but…
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The open-source AI debate: Why selective transparency poses a serious risk

As tech giants declare their AI releases open — and even put the word in their names — the once insider term “open source” has burst into the modern zeitgeist. During this precarious time in which one company’s misstep could set back the public’s comfort with AI by a decade or more, the concepts of openness and transparency are being wielded haphazardly, and sometimes dishonestly, to…
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OpenAI’s new voice AI model gpt-4o-transcribe lets you add speech to your existing text apps in seconds

OpenAI‘s voice AI models have gotten it into trouble before with actor Scarlett Johansson, but that isn’t stopping the company from continuing to advance its offerings in this category. Today, the ChatGPT maker has unveiled three new proprietary voice models: gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-mini-tts. These models will initially be available through the ChatGPT maker’s…
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Adobe Sneaks: Transforming Presentations with AI

Today at Adobe’s annual digital innovation conference Summit 2024 in Las Vegas, the company is unveiling Project Slide Wow, a generative AI-driven tool designed to streamline the creation of PowerPoint presentations directly from raw customer data. Presented as part of the “Adobe Sneaks” program, the innovation aims to solve a common challenge for marketers and analysts—transforming…
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