Marathon Digital’s CEO has shared his insights on the future of the crypto industry and the potential impact of the upcoming presidential election. The executive observed that the Biden administration has historically been hostile to bitcoin and crypto through its various agencies. However, he noted a recent shift in its stance, likely due to the recognition that there are 55 million voters in…
Is AI bullshit? Here’s how to find out
June 24, 2024
Even as tech leaders and visionaries such as Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Jodi Baxter, Debashree D. and others have attested to the potential generative AI has to remake the world, ordinary users have proven more skeptical. In addition, OpenAI…
OpenAI is moving to strengthen its technology stack. The company today announced it has acquired Rockset, a vendor known for providing a real-time analytics database to power intelligent enterprise applications.
While the terms of the deal remain undisclosed, OpenAI has…
Funko Fusion hits Switch on September 13
June 20, 2024
Funko Fusion is coming to the Nintendo Switch on September 13, 2024.
You can play against Jaws, He-Man, Marty McFly — altogether more than 60 characters across 20 iconic movie scenes, TV shows and more. It’s an action adventure puzzler pitting you against dinosaurs from Jurassic World and Cylons from Battlestar Galactica.
Funko Fusion is here on September 13.
It’s a mash-up for the ages.
Enterprises are bullish on the prospects of generative AI. They are investing billions of dollars in the space and building various applications (from chatbots to search tools) targeting different use cases. Almost every major enterprise has some gen AI play in the works.
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, is releasing several new AI models and tools for researchers to use. They are centered on audio generation, text-to-vision, and watermarking.
“By publicly sharing our early research work, we hope to inspire iterations and…
PARIS — The advantage now enjoyed by small aerial drones on battlefields including in Ukraine is but “a moment in history,” French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill said at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris.
While anti-drone systems are lagging and “leave the sky open to things that are cobbled together but which are extremely fragile,” countermeasures are being developed, Schill…
US Army moves out on digital engineering strategy
June 20, 2024
The Army is embarking on a strategy to implement a digital engineering environment meant to speed the pace, lower the cost and reduce risk in weapons systems development, according to Jennifer Swanson, the service’s deputy assistant secretary for data, engineering and…
The U.S. Army wants to better understand how its acquisition and contracting workforce could use generative AI to improve efficiency and is launching a pilot next month to explore those questions.
Jennifer Swanson, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering…
Rising demand for nickel, lithium, and phosphates combined with the natural benefits of electrification are driving the adoption of electric mining machines. At the same time, a persistent operator shortage is boosting demand for autonomous machines.
The combined factors listed above are rapidly accelerating the rate at which machines that are already in service are becoming obsolete – and…
