AI & RoboticsNews

Google to shore up Vertex AI’s enterprise credentials with addition of Mistral Small, Large and Codestral models

June 28, 2024
Google is adding more third-party models to its AI platform to give enterprise customers more freedom when building apps. Days after integrating Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet to Vertex AI, Google revealed that it will be adding support for Mistral Small, Mistral Large, and Mistral Codestral this July. Developers will be able to access them through the Vertex AI Model Garden. To enhance its…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Time Magazine partners with OpenAI and ElevenLabs

June 28, 2024
Time Magazine, the iconic red-bordered former news weekly founded 101-years ago by print magnate Henry Luce (who also founded Fortune and Life), appears to be diving headfirst into the generative AI age with partnerships with major AI startups OpenAI and ElevenLabs announced today. First up, Time is partnering with OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT and the underlying GPT-4o and GPT series of models, as…
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DefenseNews

Dronemaker Skydio hiring team in Ukraine amid strategy shift

June 28, 2024
U.S. dronemaker Skydio said it has started hiring employees in Ukraine, a first step in an effort to expand its business there. CEO Adam Bry described the work in an interview with Defense News Wednesday, hours before he testified before Congress. “I’ve never met drone…
DefenseNews

The Navy’s ongoing carrier conundrum

June 28, 2024
After a grueling eight months leading the Navy’s effort to counter Iran-backed Houthi rebel attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower received a reprieve this month when it transited the Suez Canal and headed into the Mediterranean Sea, on its way back home to Norfolk. During more than 200 days taking down a barrage of Houthi…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Don't call it Robotaxi, Porsche recalls, what tires are best for Tesla, and BTTF

June 28, 2024
On today’s episode, Mate Rimac beats Tesla to the Robotaxi punch, Porsche recalls 31,000 electric Taycan models, Fred helps find the best tires for your Tesla Model 3, and we go Back to the Future with an electric DeLorean restomod. All this and more, on YouTube’s ONLY show about EVs: Quick Charge! Whether or not Mate Rimac calls his new, autonomous two-seater a Robotaxi, it sure likes an…
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