AI & RoboticsNews

Shutterstock signs 6-year training data agreement with OpenAI

Shutterstock has expanded its partnership with artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI, aiming to cement its position as a premier provider of high-quality training data for OpenAI models. The company said this new six-year agreement will drive transformative capabilities for brands, digital media, and marketing companies. As part of the expanded collaboration, OpenAI has obtained a license to…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Building out generative AI models: Insights from MosaicML

There’s still much naivete in the enterprise around building large language models (LLMs) and other generative AI systems — which is not surprising, as they’re only just emerging in the mainstream.  As described by Naveen Rao, founder and CEO of MosaicML, there are a whole span of options for enterprises to consider. They can use OpenAI and other existing models; they can fine tune those…
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DefenseNews

US Army takes out one-way attack drones in desert demonstration

WASHINGTON — To address the challenging threat of one-way attack drones seen most prominently in Ukraine over the past year, the Pentagon’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office tackled how to defeat them in a June demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The JCO, together with the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, chose five companies to…
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Made-in-Canada advocates rally against Ottawa’s Boeing P-8 preference

VICTORIA, British Columbia — The battle over Canada’s proposed purchase of Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft is heating up, as the premiers of the country’s two largest provinces called for an open competition that would allow Canadian vendors to bid. Quebec Premier François Legault and Ontario Premier Doug Ford issued a joint statement July 12 calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to allow…
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