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Google’s new ASPIRE system teaches AI the value of saying ‘I don’t know’

Google researchers are shaking up the AI world by teaching artificial intelligence to say “I don’t know.” This new approach, dubbed ASPIRE, could revolutionize how we interact with our digital helpers by encouraging them to express doubt when they’re unsure of an answer. The innovation, showcased at the EMNLP 2023 conference, is all about instilling a sense of caution in AI responses.
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Ready Robotics uses Nvidia Omniverse for Toyota industrial robotics

Toyota partnered with Ready Robotics to simulate and program industrial robotics using Nvidia’s Omniverse platform. The “sim-to-real” robotic programming aims to advance industrial robotics, using both Ready Robotics’ Ready ForgeOS and Nvidia Isaac Sim on the Omniverse platform. Toyota will use the tech for its aluminum hot forging production lines. The tech is the latest expression of…
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DataStax makes it easier to build generative AI RAG apps with new data API

DataStax is looking to make it easier for developers to build generative AI retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications with a new data API out today. DataStax is one of the leading commercial vendors behind the open source Apache Cassandra database, which is the foundation of its AstraDB cloud database-as-a-service.  Like many other database vendors, DataStax has added vector database…
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Tokyo startup Sakana AI lands $30M to forge new path with compact AI models

Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup co-founded by two notable ex-Google engineers, announced today that it has raised $30 million in seed funding from high-profile technology investors. The young company, founded just last year, aims to take a different approach to AI by developing smaller, more efficient models inspired by nature.  The seed round was led by Lux Capital…
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