Despite facing controversy — as many AI model providers have lately — over its data scraping and training practices, the New York City-based startup Runway Gen-3 is plowing ahead with new marquee features for its realistic generative AI video platform.
Today, the company announced on its X account and its Discord server that Gen-3 Alpha, the new AI video model it unveiled back in mid June 2024…
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…
Airtable, the $11 billion no-code platform unicorn, has unveiled Cobuilder, an AI-powered tool that generates customizable applications in seconds using natural language prompts. This launch could reshape the landscape of enterprise software development by allowing…
In a surprising announcement today, OpenAI has unveiled SearchGPT, a prototype AI-powered search engine that directly challenges Google’s dominance in the online search market.
This bold move signals a significant escalation in the AI search wars and could reshape how users find and interact with information on the web.
We’re testing SearchGPT, a temporary prototype of new AI search…
AI training costs are growing exponentially — IBM says quantum computing could be a solution
July 26, 2024
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…
Vanta, a startup using AI to automate security compliance, has secured $150 million in Series C funding, vaulting its valuation to $2.45 billion.
Sequoia Capital led the round, with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan joining as investors. This significant cash injection marks a…
Developers aren’t worried that gen AI will steal their jobs, Stack Overflow survey reveals
July 25, 2024
Generative AI is having a dramatic impact on many industries, including software development.
In a revealing snapshot of the global software development ecosystem, developer knowledge platform Stack Overflow is out today with a new report that exposes a nuanced interplay between AI and the coding community.
Stack Overflow’s 2024 Developer Survey is based on responses from more than 65,000…
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…
By embracing liquid cooling, AI powerhouse Supermicro enables 30% more computing power — with the same power budget
July 24, 2024
Charles Liang, CEO of Supermicro, predicts that “the AI revolution can be bigger than the industrial revolution,” and the astonishing growth of Supermicro just in the past year seems to bear out this prediction. Supermicro revenue grew by 200% year over year in the third…
The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has sparked debate about their impact on creativity and the creation of novel ideas. A new study by researchers from the University of College London School of Management and the University of Exeter explores the effect of generative models on creative writing. The study examined how access to story ideas generated by large language models (LLMs)…
