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Biden Administration plans to monitor open weight AI models

The Biden administration called for the monitoring of open-weight models as it looks to collect more information for future regulations. However, the U.S. government did not specify how it plans to regulate models.  In a report, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said it was important to look at the dangers of public AI models with the capability of disrupting…
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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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