After criticizing Meta last year when Facebook’s parent company publicly released its chatbot code, Google has now done the same thing, largely in response to developers’ requests, the company said.
Category: 5 March 2024
AMAZON SEEKS START-UPS THAT INFUSE AI INTO ROBOTICS
Amazon’s billion-dollar fund that backs innovations in industry is looking to put money into ventures that bring together robotics and AI in hopes of making its logistics systems smarter and more efficient.
CHINA LAGS U.S. IN AI DEVELOPMENT BY AT LEAST A YEAR
China’s leading AI developers are relying on technology borrowed from Meta and other U.S. companies and lag American advances by at least a year, The New York Times reported.
MICROSOFT’S SCRAPPY LITTLE FRENCH AI START-UP
Microsoft has pledged about $16 million to Mistral AI, a three-man French AI start-up that wants to become Europe’s first megatech company.
SHOCKING FINDING: LIFE EXPECTANCY CONTINUES TO PLUMMET
Provisional estimates and finalized reports reveal a significant decline in American life expectancy with young adults bearing the brunt of excess deaths
UKRAINE’S TOP ARMS DEALER ARRESTED, AS KYIV CAN’T WIN WAR WITH CORRUPTION, LET ALONE RUSSIA
Another top Ukrainian was arrested on corruption charges last month creating the latest headache for the country, which is one of the most corrupt on earth.
KALLAS SAYS ‘EVERYTHING’ IS ON THE TABLE TO GIVE UKRAINE EDGE OVER RUSSIA
Kaja Kallas, the Estonian prime minister who has been compared to Margaret Thatcher for her relentless warmongering against Russia, told reporters last week that everything is on the table when it comes to helping Ukraine defend itself.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
There is a need for decentralized content repositories that can be authenticated, and are resistant to being lost from the internet.
PUT SOME AZOLLA IN THAT SALAD
Azolla is a common plant that grows on water like a thick mat and can double its biomass in two days under the right conditions.
HOW SOON UNTIL BANKS CAN OFFER CRYPTO CUSTODY SERVICES TO CLIENTS?
U.S. banks see the action and uptake of bitcoin via the Bitcoin ETFs, now acknowledged to be the most successful offerings of their kind in history.