The trend toward small language models is accelerating as Arcee AI announced its $24M Series A funding only 6 months after announcing its $5.5M seed round in January 2024. The company also announced the launch of Arcee Cloud, a hosted SaaS version of their platform. This new offering complements their existing in-VPC deployment option, Arcee Enterprise. The new round, led by Emergence Capital…
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the popular Claude chatbot, announced today the launch of its first official Android app. The move brings Claude’s conversational AI capabilities to millions of potential new users on the world’s most widely used…
Stellantis is offering a home charger or public charging credits for buying one of its BEVs
July 17, 2024
Stellantis has introduced a new demand lever to entice potential customers to buy one of its BEV models. When US consumers opt to buy a new EV, Stellantis is now offering the choice between a home charger or charge credits through its Free2Move program.
Free2Move is a…
In this special vacation episode of Quick Charge, we explore the historic dive in global diesel demand, and whether it’s being caused inflation and a slowing economy or the rapid rise in EV sales displacing millions of gallons of oil demand.
In this episode, we’ll focus on the rapid growth of the commercial EV market as one of the leading contributors to the global drop in diesel demand…
Genesis GV60 update caught testing with new headlights and front design in the US [Video]
July 17, 2024
The first fully electric Genesis is getting an upgrade. Ahead of its official debut, the Genesis GV60 update was spotted testing in the US, rocking new headlights and a redesigned front bumper (finally!). Check it out for yourself in the new video below.
Three years after…
According to recent statistics from July 16, 2024, Google Trends data reveals a significant increase in interest for the term “ethereum,” climbing from a score of 57 out of 100 on July 14 to a peak of 82 on Monday. Similarly, the search query “bitcoin” saw a rise…
Argentina Defines Rules for Normalization of Previously Undeclared Assets, Including Cryptocurrency
July 17, 2024
Argentina has recently released the rules that will govern the previously approved legislative package affecting the inclusion of cryptocurrency and other undeclared assets in the country’s tax system. The benefits will only be available to taxpayers who hold their assets in registered VASPs. These taxpayers will be exempt from taxes for up to $100,000 held in crypto.
Argentina Clarifies Reach…
Ripple Labs has donated $1 million to the Commonwealth Unity Fund, a new super PAC established by pro-crypto attorney James Murphy, aiming to unseat Senator Elizabeth Warren with John Deaton in the Massachusetts Senate. Murphy also contributed $50,000. Ripple also recently…
An online retailer recently underwent an AI transformation after it realized it no longer needed to employ an expensive local workforce to provide customer support. They split their customer support between AI bots serving as the first tier of support and an offshore team to…
Skillsoft: How to go from AI vision to AI reality
July 15, 2024
Don’t get AI envy — it doesn’t matter where you are on your AI journey, just as long as you’re on it.
Debasis Dutta, SVP and head of Codecademy Enterprise Solutions at Skillsoft, offered this advice at this week’s VB Transform in San Francisco.
“It is the journey which you are on,” he advised. “Just accept where you are, try to learn more, see where you can go and think about…
