Elon Musk launches "world's most powerful AI training cluster" in Memphis with xAI, X, and Nvidia collaboration. Skeptics question Musk's claims amidst past issues with xAI's Grok chatbot.
Amazon Q is a generative AI-powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, and complete tasks using data from various repositories. It offers prebuilt connectors to data sources like Atlassian Jira, Amazon S3, and Salesforce for easy integration and minimal configuration.
Llama 3.1's multilingual LLMs, available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, offer optimized generative AI models for developers and businesses. SageMaker JumpStart provides access to pre-trained foundation models, allowing for customization and secure deployment in a dedicated VPC environment.
MIT researchers propose evaluating large language models based on alignment with human beliefs. Misalignment can lead to unexpected failures, especially in high-stakes situations.
Real-time water quality monitors with AI help assess immediate risk of illness from bacteria in southern England's swimming spots. Wessex Water's sensors accurately predict high bacteria levels 87% of the time at pilot study site Warleigh Weir.
MIT CSAIL researchers developed MAIA, an automated agent that interprets AI vision models, labels components, cleans classifiers, and detects biases. MAIA's flexibility allows it to answer various interpretability queries and design experiments on the fly.
Neural network implementation for predicting income based on demographic data is complex but rewarding. Data encoding, training process, and network creation are crucial steps in achieving accurate predictions.
CEO Sarah Franklin faced intense pushback on Lattice's plans, leading to their suspension after 3 days. People are not ready for "digital workers" according to the lesson learned by the CEO of the HR platform.
Ireland's datacentres consumed more electricity than urban homes in 2022, raising concerns about climate targets. The country's datacentres used 21% of its electricity, a 20% increase from the previous year, per the Central Statistics Office.
Protecting personally identifiable information (PII) is crucial for consumer trust. Amazon Lex and CloudWatch offer solutions to detect and mask sensitive data, reducing the risk of exposure in logs and transcripts.
Researchers at the University of Hull developed a method to detect AI-generated deepfake images by analyzing reflections in human eyes. This technique utilizes tools from astronomy to scrutinize the consistency of light reflections in eyeballs, potentially revolutionizing deepfake detection.
Large Language Models (LLMs) are too big for consumer hardware, requiring GPUs with large VRAM. Quantization is a key technique to make LLMs smaller, improving efficiency and reducing memory usage.
Russia-based hackers targeted a heating utility in Lviv, Ukraine, switching off heat to hundreds of buildings in the midst of winter. Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos discovered the malware used to directly sabotage the heating infrastructure, leaving civilians in sub-zero temperatures for 48 hours.
Samsung's Z Flip 6 debuts with enhanced battery, camera, screen, and AI features, making it a compact clamshell powerhouse for 2024. The sleek folding phone boasts a faster chip, longer battery life, and top-tier specs, including a 6.7in FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor.
AI and accelerated computing by NVIDIA are enhancing energy efficiency across industries, recognized by Lisbon Council Research. Transitioning to GPU-accelerated systems can save over 40 terawatt-hours of energy annually, with real-world examples like Murex and Wistron showcasing significant gains in energy consumption and productivity.