Nous Research, a private applied research group known for publishing open-source work in the large language model (LLM) domain, has dropped a lightweight vision-language model called Nous Hermes 2 Vision.
Available via Hugging Face, the open-source model builds on the company’s previous OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B model. It brings vision capabilities, including the ability to prompt with images…
NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
December 6, 2023
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This mosaic of a star field in the constellation Pisces was made from “first light” images acquired Dec. 4 by both of the cameras on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Use the slider to view the star field with and without star names labeled.
Twitch plans to shut down in South Korea on February 27, 2024
December 6, 2023
Games livestreaming platform Twitch is shutting down its business operations in South Korea February 27, 2024.
According to a blog post from CEO Dan Clancy, South Korea was “prohibitively expensive” to operate despite working to reduce costs. Twitch experimented with a…
Grand Theft Auto VI trailer — The big cultural moment is here for games, a day early
December 6, 2023
Video games have been on a trek from subculture to mainstream culture for decades. And today we were treated to one of the biggest moments in the industry as Rockstar Games — its hand forced a day early by a leaker — released the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI.
If you’re a young gamer and are new to Grand Theft Auto as a series, then savor the moment. It might be another generation before…
VentureBeat recently sat down (virtually) with Nir Valtman, CEO and co-founder of Arnica. Valtman’s extensive cybersecurity experience includes leading product and data security across Finastra, establishing and hardening security practices and posture management at…
Asato: A new AI copilot for CIOs
December 6, 2023
Digital transformation is critical for modern enterprises. However, it has also made the CIO role incredibly challenging. They have to deal with data sprawl, SaaS apps all over the place, purchases and expenses not being well tracked and usage not being easy to pin…
IBM, Meta launch AI Alliance with over 50 tech members to advance ‘open, safe, responsible’ AI
December 6, 2023
IBM and Meta launched the new AI Alliance today, in collaboration with more than 50 founding members and collaborators around the world, including AMD, Anyscale, CERN, Cerebras, Cleveland Clinic, Cornell University, Dartmouth, Dell Technologies, EPFL, ETH, Hugging Face, Imperial College London, Intel, INSAIT, Linux Foundation, MLCommons, MOC Alliance operated by Boston University and Harvard…
Runway ML is partnering with Getty Images on new AI video models for Hollywood and advertising
December 6, 2023
Runway ML, the New York City video AI startup backed by Google and Nvidia, continues to entrench itself in the marketplace of the future.
Today, the company announced it is partnering with Getty Images, one of the largest repositories of paid stock imagery and editorial…
Elon Musk commented on the upcoming low-cost Tesla electric car, saying that it is “advanced” in its development. The CEO also commented on the “revolutionary” manufacturing advancements that Tesla is making to make the vehicle a reality.
While the cost of Tesla…
Hyundai and Kia exports hit new record driven by strong demand for electric vehicles
December 5, 2023
South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia hit their highest export performance ever. The surge in exports was driven by Hyundai’s competitive EVs and expanding global sales.
Hyundai and Kia were recognized for their performance at the 60th Trade Day ceremony in South Korea on Tuesday.
After a record-setting year, both companies won the “Top of Export” award. Hyundai ranked first, with…
