Americans are struggling at work, according to a new report from Wrike. It found that workers are saying their workloads in America have grown by 31% in the last year. Leaders put the figure even higher, saying workloads in America have increased by 46% for their department or team.
Employees across the tech and financial services sectors in particular, who have witnessed wave after wave of…
Nvidia advances robot learning and humanoid development with AI and simulation tools
November 8, 2024
Nvidia revealed new AI and simulation tools that will advance robot learning and humanoid development. The world’s biggest tech company by valuation (worth $3.432 trillion) said that the tools will enable robotics developers to greatly accelerate their work on AI-enabled…
Microsoft’s new Magnetic-One system directs multiple AI agents to complete user tasks
November 7, 2024
Enterprises looking to deploy multiple AI agents often need to implement a framework to manage them.
To this end, Microsoft researchers recently unveiled a new multi-agent infrastructure called Magnetic-One that allows a single AI model to power various helper agents that…
Trump’s victory will benefit Elon Musk and xAI
November 7, 2024
Disclaimer: I voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election and stand by my choice.
Republican politician and businessman Donald J. Trump has won the 2024 U.S. presidential election in a strong political comeback, despite various pre-election polls showing him neck-and-neck with his opponent Kamala Harris (the current and now outgoing Vice President, a Democrat).
As many who follow the…
SambaNova and Hugging Face make AI chatbot deployment easier with one-click integration
November 7, 2024
SambaNova and Hugging Face launched a new integration today that lets developers deploy ChatGPT-like interfaces with a single button click, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes.
For developers interested in trying the service, the process is relatively…
Mike Verdu of Netflix Games leads new generative AI initiative
November 5, 2024
Mike Verdu, who had largely spearheaded Netflix’s foray into gaming in recent years as VP of Netflix Games, announced on LinkedIn a new role within Netflix Games leading the company’s effort to capitalize on generative AI.
The role, Vice President of GenAI for Games…
Google just gave its AI access to Search, hours before OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search
November 5, 2024
Google launched real-time search capabilities for its Gemini AI platform on Thursday, enabling its language models to access current information from Google Search. The new feature, called “Grounding with Google Search,” targets developers building AI applications, distinguishing it from OpenAI’s consumer-focused ChatGPT Search service launched the same day.
“We’re focused on putting…
As the AI video wars continue to wage with new, realistic video generating models being released on a near weekly basis, early leader Runway isn’t ceding any ground in terms of capabilities.
Rather, the New York City-based startup — funded to the tune of $100M+ by Google…
The show’s not over: 2024 sees big boost to AI investment
November 4, 2024
Global AI deal volumes reached 1,245 during Q3 2024, a level not seen since Q1 2022 reflecting how confident and resilient investors are about investing in AI.
With a 24% year-over-year growth, global AI deals far outpaced the -10 % quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) declines across…
AI on your smartphone? Hugging Face’s SmolLM2 brings powerful models to the palm of your hand
November 4, 2024
Hugging Face today has released SmolLM2, a new family of compact language models that achieve impressive performance while requiring far fewer computational resources than their larger counterparts.
The new models, released under the Apache 2.0 license, come in three sizes — 135M, 360M and 1.7B parameters — making them suitable for deployment on smartphones and other edge devices where…
