AI & RoboticsNews

Expert calls generative AI a ‘stochastic parrot’ that won’t surpass humans (anytime soon)

July 13, 2023
There is no shortage of hype around generative AI, but there is also reality. In a fireside chat session at today’s VentureBeat Transform 2023, Jeff Wong, global CIO at Ernst and Young, was joined by Usama Fayyad, executive director of the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, for an insightful conversation about the reality of generative AI today. “I’ve studied…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Binance commits $15M to Xterio to boost Web3 game platform with AI

July 13, 2023
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has committed $15 million to Xterio to boost its Web3 game platform with AI technologies. Xterio is an operating company and strategic partner for Binance. Xterio aims to bridge free-to-play games and blockchain gaming with in-house and third-party games currently in development. The investment from Binance Labs will help Xterio…
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MobileNews

Honor's Magic V2 is the thinnest foldable phone to date

July 13, 2023
With the arrival of Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 2 last August, it was only a matter of time before other brands would catch up with similarly impressive slimness for their next foldable phones. So far this year, we have Huawei’s Mate X3 which finally broke Xiaomi’s…
DefenseNews

Biden nominates Mingus as next US Army vice chief of staff

July 12, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden nominated Lt. Gen. James Mingus to become the Army’s next vice chief of staff, according to a notice in the Congressional Record. Mingus, who will pin on a fourth star if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, comes from the Pentagon’s Joint…
NewsSpace

Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars

July 12, 2023
From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered on its promise of revealing the universe like never before in its first year of science operations. To celebrate the completion of a successful first year, NASA has released Webb’s image of a small star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. “In…
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GamingNews

Xbox launches new reporting feature for in-game voice chats

July 12, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Xbox announced today that it’s testing a new safety feature for users to report inappropriate voice chats they receive in-game. Specifically…
AI & RoboticsNews

AMD-powered LUMI supercomputer lets TurkuNLP create new AI models quickly

July 12, 2023
Powered by Advanced Micro Devices chips, the LUMI supercomputer – recently ranked as the fastest supercomputer in Europe as well as one of the most energy efficient – has enabled the TurkuNLP Group to create new models quickly. This kind of thing will fuel interest in large language models (LLMs) which have enabled generative AI solutions such as ChatGPT. While LLMs are taking off just fine…
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