AI & RoboticsNews

SAP invests directly in three AI startups: Cohere, Anthropic and Aleph Alpha

German enterprise software giant SAP is putting skin into the AI game. The company today announced it has directly invested in three AI startups: Cohere, Anthropic (maker of the Claude 2 LLM service) and Aleph Alpha. While the company did not specify a dollar amount of its investments, a spokesperson told VentureBeat that “they are a signal of SAP’s commitment to offering valuable generative…
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MobileNews

Unopened first-gen iPhone sells at auction for $190,000

Someone with deep pockets has snapped up a piece of tech history after forking over $190,000 for a first-generation iPhone from 2007. That’s around 300 times the device’s original price. Don’t expect to fetch anything close to this kind of windfall by…
DefenseNews

Launch of Air Force Research Lab navigation satellite delayed again

WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory has pushed the launch of an experimental navigation satellite until next spring due to the delayed debut of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. Navigation Technology Satellite-3 was slated to fly at the end of this year on Vulcan’s first national security mission, USSF-106. However, Denver-based ULA announced that the milestone will…
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GamingNews

Alex Seropian launches Look North World studio and Outlaw Corral game for Fortnite

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Halo co-creator Alex Seropian has launched Look North World, a new game studio focused on creating community-driven virtual spaces and experiences. The company also launched its first game, Outlaw Corral, on Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN). The studio aims to bring…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Hollywood is on strike over AI, but companies see creative potential in digital humans

Hollywood actors and writers are currently striking, and one of their biggest concerns is the impact of generative AI on their industry and their jobs. In a news conference last Thursday, Fran Drescher, president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union, said AI poses an “existential threat to creative professions, and all actors and…
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