The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) issued a consumer alert on Tuesday, stating that it has received a complaint regarding possible fraudulent activities by a cryptocurrency trading platform named BIB. An investor reported that after transferring 20,000 USDT to BIB following advice from individuals named Austin Johnson and Cindy Turner, he was unable to withdraw any…
Sony Block Solutions Labs, an initiative by Sony Group, recently introduced Soneium, an Ethereum layer two (L2) blockchain. Designed to seamlessly connect Web3 and Web2, Soneium promises enhanced scalability, efficiency, and a developer-friendly environment. The project’s…
Ethereum Foundation Defends $96.9M Transfer Amidst Criticism
August 29, 2024
On Aug. 23, 2024, the Ethereum Foundation made a significant transaction by transferring 35,000 ETH, valued at approximately $96.9 million based on current ether rates. The transaction sparked some criticism from the crypto community, with a few voices raising concerns about…
Even while some visual artists seek to fight back against generative AI companies in court, other mainstream artists are rapidly embracing the tech and using it to create new projects in their aesthetic.
Case in point: earlier this week, pop star The Weekend, real name Abel Tesfaye, unveiled a new teaser trailer for a YouTube livestream of his upcoming concert in São Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 7…
OpenAI strikes content deal with Condé Nast, raising questions about future of publishing
August 26, 2024
Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has reached an agreement with Condé Nast, the publisher behind Vogue, The New Yorker, and Wired, in a move that could reshape the media landscape.
The multi-year partnership grants OpenAI access to Condé Nast’s extensive content…
Microsoft isn’t resting its AI success on the laurels of its partnership with OpenAI.
No, far from it. Instead, the company often known as Redmond for its headquarters location in Washington state today came out swinging with the release of 3 new models in its evolving Phi…
OpenAI today announced that it is allowing third-party software developers to fine-tune — or modify the behavior of — custom versions of its signature new large multimodal model (LMM), GPT-4o, making it more suitable for the needs of their application or organization.
Whether it’s adjusting the tone, following specific instructions, or improving accuracy in technical tasks, fine-tuning…
How Piramidal is using AI to decode the human brain
August 23, 2024
The human brain is ultimately one of the last frontiers — a paradoxical black box that we can’t even begin to understand ourselves.But what if, just as paradoxically, AI could interpret the complexities of the brain to help identify and diagnose some of our most serious…
A new San Francisco startup, Skyfire, is launching today in beta with $8.5 million in seed round funding to become the “Visa for AI” by allowing you to equip autonomous AI agents made by other companies with your money and let them spend it while they go off on and work…
PARIS — Britain’s Ministry of Defence plans to build a hangar-sized isolated chamber big enough for F-35 jets and Chinook transport helicopters to test its military assets against GPS jamming and other types of electronic warfare.
U.K. firm QinetiQ will build the “silent hangar” at the ministry’s Boscombe Down site in south-west England under a £20-million (US$ 26 million) contract, the…
