Innovation in machine learning and AI training continues to accelerate, even as more complex generative AI workloads come online.
Today MLCommons released the MLPerf 4.0 training benchmark, once again showing record levels of performance. The MLPerf training benchmark is a vendor neutral standard that enjoys broad industry participation. The MLPerf Training suite measures performance of full AI…
AI and the future of storytelling | Inworld AI
June 14, 2024
Kylan Gibbs, CEO and cofounder of Inworld AI, gave a talk recently at the TED 2024 conference. In the talk, he delivered is vision for the future of AI and storytelling in games.With the kinds of AI agents that Inworld enables, audiences can now step beyond the script…
Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier
June 14, 2024
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced its fiscal 2025 defense spending bill while adding a provision that would eliminate the military’s makeshift pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip, which has struggled to deliver an adequate level of humanitarian aid…
Ørsted got a huge Tesla battery storage system for the world's single largest offshore wind farm
June 14, 2024
Ørsted just bought a 300 MW Tesla battery energy storage system for the UK’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm.
The Tesla Megapack battery storage system will be installed on the site of Ørsted’s onshore converter station for Hornsea 3, in Swardeston, near Norwich, in East Anglia.
The storage system has a capacity of 600 MWh, equivalent to the daily energy use of 80,000 UK homes. When…
Tesla tweeted news that it has two autonomous Optimus robots working at its factory, BYD announces a new, RWD hot hatch, EV sales are building towards future growth, and there’s a new, internationally recognized electric karting championship coming to the US. All this and…
As the race heats up to introduce more affordable electric cars, Ford is bringing on some of the best EV engineers to help it compete. Over the past few months, Ford has hired talent from Tesla, Rivian, Apple, and Lucid to help accelerate the development of affordable…
In a comprehensive new report, Crystal Intelligence, a blockchain analytics firm, details a significant $19 billion in losses due to cryptocurrency crimes over the past thirteen years. The study covers a timeline from June 19, 2011, to March 6, 2024, and delves into the various types of criminal activities within the digital currency space.
Study Reveals $19 Billion Lost to Crypto Crimes Over 13…
Ripple and Archax Extend Collaboration to Boost Real-World Asset Tokenization on XRP Ledger
June 14, 2024
Ripple, a leading enterprise in blockchain and crypto solutions, and Archax, the UK’s first regulated digital asset exchange, have announced an extension to their existing collaboration on June 13, 2024. This partnership aims to bring hundreds of millions of dollars of…
As UK Elections Approach, Crypto Industry Leaders Turn Attention to Keir Starmer, Labour Party
June 14, 2024
With U.K. opinion polls indicating a strong performance by the Labour Party in the July 4 elections, crypto executives and lobbyists are reportedly focusing their attention on party leader Keir Starmer. The crypto industry has also prioritized two other pro-tech Labour Party…
Verizon is using generative AI applications to enhance customer support and experience for its more than 100 million phone customers, and is expanding its responsible AI team to mitigate its risks.
Michael Raj, a vice president overseeing AI for Verizon’s network enablement, said the company is implementing several measures as part of this initiative. These include requiring data scientists to…
