AI & RoboticsNews

LLMs Power AI: Exploring Transformer Architecture

February 17, 2025
Today, virtually every cutting-edge AI product and model uses a transformer architecture. Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4o, LLaMA, Gemini and Claude are all transformer-based, and other AI applications such as text-to-speech, automatic speech recognition, image generation and text-to-video models have transformers as their underlying technology. With the hype around AI not likely to…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI Agents Are Coming: Decoding Your Personality

February 17, 2025
When I was a kid there were four AI agents in my life. Their names were Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde and they tried their best to hunt me down. This was the 1980s and the agents were the four colorful ghosts in the iconic arcade game Pac-Man. By today’s standards they…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Porsche is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs in Germany as its EV struggles worsen

February 17, 2025
Porsche plans to cut 1,900 jobs in Germany by 2029 as it struggles with slumping EV sales. The luxury sports car maker has already warned of lower profits this year. With plans to reduce its workforce, is Porsche sounding the alarm? Porsche to cut jobs in Germany as EV sales lag After announcing last week that it expects profit margins of around 10% to 12% this year, significantly lower than its…
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CryptoNews

Feds Say AI Crypto Firm Was a Scam, Owner Faces Trial

February 17, 2025
A Las Vegas businessman, Brent C. Kovar, 58, has been indicted for allegedly orchestrating a $24 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme through his company, Profit Connect. Prosecutors claim Kovar falsely promoted Profit Connect as an artificial intelligence-powered cryptocurrency mining firm that guaranteed fixed investment returns of 15%-30% APR and falsely implied FDIC backing. From 2017 to 2021…
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CryptoNews

South Korea to Allow Institutional Crypto Trading in H2 2025

February 17, 2025
Starting in the second half of the year, South Korea will allow certain institutional investors, including listed companies, to open virtual asset trading accounts. Risks of Institutional Participation South Korea will allow certain institutional investors to open virtual…
CryptoNews

Hollywood Hijinks: Crypto Promoter Arrested After Daring Stunt

February 17, 2025
A man was arrested after climbing the Hollywood sign and waving a flag promoting the Vigilante token cryptocurrency. Vigilante Token Launched in ‘Most Viral’ Way On Feb. 15, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that officers detained a man seen atop the Hollywood…
AI & RoboticsNews

Deep Research Comes First: OpenAI to Launch O3 for All

February 13, 2025
Earlier this month, OpenAI debuted a new AI agent powered by its upcoming full o3 reasoning AI model called “Deep Research.” As with Google’s Gemini-powered Deep Research agent released late last year, the idea behind OpenAI’s Deep Research is to provide a largely autonomous assistant that can scour the web and other digital scholarly sources for information about a topic or problem. The…
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