Consumers warned of AI-powered scams during sales season. 'Ghost store' operators deceive shoppers with fake local brands.
HP plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs worldwide in 3 years, using AI to accelerate product development and save $1bn annually. Lower profit outlook prompts HP to streamline operations, with layoffs expected to reach 6,000 by October 2028.
AI tools are now a standard in workplaces, transforming how work is done. To successfully integrate AI, address organizational debt and embrace distributed decision-making, as outlined in the AWS whitepaper by Jonathan Brill.
UCLA's OARC and REMAP collaborated to create AI microservices for an immersive Xanadu musical production. AWS services supported real-time media creation by audience members using mobile phone gestures.
OpenAI denies responsibility for California teen's suicide linked to ChatGPT, claims misuse of system not cause of death. Lawsuit filed against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman by family of Adam Raine.
Amazon Nova Sonic offers real-time, natural voice interactions for telephony systems, ideal for call centers and automated receptionist use cases. Integrating with SIP infrastructure, Nova Sonic connects to traditional phone systems and cloud communications for seamless voice interactions.
Warner Music settles copyright lawsuit with Suno, signs licensing deal for AI song generator. Warner becomes first major label to partner with Suno, representing Coldplay and Ed Sheeran.
Myriad Genetics partners with AWS to enhance healthcare document processing, reducing costs and improving speed with generative AI. Challenges with existing system addressed through Amazon Bedrock and Nova foundation models, optimizing document classification and key information extraction for high accuracy.
MIT Jameel Clinic hosted a BoltzGen seminar featuring Hannes Stärk, introducing the groundbreaking protein binder generator. BoltzGen's unique capabilities challenge traditional protein design methods, with potential to revolutionize drug development.
Dr. Talia Hussain criticizes lecturers for using AI to create teaching materials due to lack of incentives. Recent doctoral graduate highlights challenges of preparing modules for one-time teaching on precarious contracts.
Black Forest Labs releases FLUX. 2 image generation models with photorealistic details and multi-reference feature. NVIDIA and ComfyUI collaboration optimizes performance and reduces VRAM requirements by 40%.
Physical AI is transforming industries by creating intelligent systems that collaborate with humans. Diligent Robotics uses physical AI to develop mobile robots for hospitals, improving operations and customer experiences.
MIT study reveals large language models (LLMs) can give wrong answers due to learned grammatical patterns. Researchers develop benchmarking procedure to mitigate risks of LLMs producing harmful content.
EU and US ease AI regulations for growth; Nvidia reports strong earnings amid fears of a bursting AI bubble. Meta avoids breakup like Google, as AI transforms journalism-audience dynamics.
Amazon SageMaker AI introduces enhancements to its inference optimization toolkit, including EAGLE speculative decoding for faster, more efficient model inference. By training EAGLE 2 or EAGLE 3 heads, users can optimize performance using their own data for workload-specific results, improving inference without compromising quality.