Those of us in the news media business are typically quite familiar with Shutterstock. As one of the primary large repositories that publications use to obtain stock images to illustrate articles — the others being Getty Images and Adobe Stock — it is for many publications considered critical infrastructure.
Not to mention, since its launch 20 years ago in New York City, Shutterstock has…
Researchers from MIT, Cohere for AI and 11 other institutions launched the Data Provenance Platform today in order to “tackle the data transparency crisis in the AI space.”
They audited and traced nearly 2,000 of the most widely used fine-tuning datasets, which…
Researchers develop ‘Woodpecker’: A groundbreaking solution to AI’s hallucination problem
October 26, 2023
A group of artificial intelligence researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Tencent YouTu Lab have developed an innovative framework, coined as “Woodpecker“, designed to correct hallucinations in multimodal large language models…
Molecular science VR startup Nanome launches AI copilot MARA
October 26, 2023
San Diego-based Nanome, a startup that allows scientists to understand 3D molecular structures in virtual reality, today announced the launch of a generative AI copilot called MARA.
Available through a ChatGPT-like web interface, MARA serves as an assistant of sorts for chemists working in biopharma research and development by providing insights critical to the research process. It can execute…
Lenovo details hybrid enterprise AI strategy including Nvidia partnership and AI for PCs
October 25, 2023
Enterprise tech vendor and PC giant Lenovo is going all in on AI.
At the Lenovo TechWorld 2023 event today the company is detailing its vision, strategy, partnerships and some product direction for how generative AI and foundation models will permeate Lenovo’s portfolio.
How generative AI is making robots smarter, more capable, and more ready for the mainstream
October 25, 2023
In recent months, the field of robotics has witnessed remarkable advancements, largely propelled by the rapid progression in generative artificial intelligence.
Leading tech companies and research labs are using generative AI models to address some of the big challenges in…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite is an AI-powered PC processor
October 25, 2023
Qualcomm unveiled its most powerful computing processor for PCs, the Snapdragon X Elite. In doing so, it’s taking on the hegemony of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.
This platform marks a significant advancement for Qualcomm in going after high-end PC computing, offering better CPU performance, on-device AI inferencing capabilities, and good power efficiency for extended battery life. It’s…
DataGPT, a California-based startup working to simplify how enterprises consume insights from their data, came out of stealth today with the launch of its new AI Analyst, a conversational chatbot that helps teams understand the what and why of their datasets by communicating…
Google Bard, the search giant’s vision for a conversational AI chatbot, has had a rocky road since it was unveiled to the world in March 2023, with subsequent updates to it earning poor reviews from early testers like VentureBeat, and it was recently found to be…
Did you spend your weekend driving down the New Jersey Turnpike, mulling over the similarities between a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen’s outspoken opinions on the future of AI and famed urban planner Robert Moses’ confident views on the future of cities? I did.
Honestly, I can’t stop thinking about Andreessen’s “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” from last week. I’m fully ashamed to say…
