AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI debuts DALL-E for generating images from text

January 6, 2021
OpenAI today debuted two multimodal AI systems that combine computer vision and NLP, like DALL-E, a system that generates images from text. For example, the photo above for this story was generated from the text prompt “an illustration of a baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog.” DALL-E uses a 12-billion parameter version of GPT-3, and like GPT-3 is a Transformer language model. The name…
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MobileNews

Concept: It’s time for Apple to let apps have multiple instances on iPhone

January 6, 2021
With iPadOS 13, Apple introduced the ability for apps to have multiple instances. In other words, you can have multiple Safari windows open or multiple notes, for example. It’s an incredibly useful feature and it turned the iPad into a much more powerful computer. We think it would turn the iPhone into a much more powerful phone, too. Over a decade ago, Palm introduced the first version of…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ultra-cheap electric bike conversion kit refreshes old-school design with new twist

January 6, 2021
While most electric bicycle conversion kits generally look fairly monotonous, the Clip offers an entirely new aesthetic. Inside the novel unicorn horn–lookin’ e-bike kit though is a cleverly concealed and decades-old electric bicycle drive mechanism. Friction drive e-bike, reimagined The Clip kit uses a friction drive on the front tire of a typical pedal bike to provide powered assist to the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla Gigafactory Texas hits hyperspeed with giant building coming up, new job postings

January 6, 2021
Tesla Gigafactory Texas, which is a big part of Tesla’s growth story in 2021, is hitting hyperspeed with a giant building coming up and new job postings. Tesla Gigafactory Texas In mid-2020, Tesla announced a deal to build a brand new factory in Austin, Texas, where they bought a 2,000-acre piece of land. At first, Tesla referred to the factory as the Cybertruck Gigafactory because the…
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