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Microsoft and NVIDIA Pour Resources into AI for Healthcare Innovations
October 22, 2024 – In a major development, technology giants Microsoft and NVIDIA have announced a collaboration to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) startups in the health and life sciences sectors with a plethora of resources. Microsoft has unveiled its “Microsoft for Startups” initiative, offering eligible startups a generous Azure credit of up to 150,000overfouryears.TheseenterpriseswillgainaccesstoavarietyofAIlargelanguagemodels,includingAzureOpenAIService,Meta’sLlama,andPhi.Additionally,theywillreceiveproductivityservicesworthupto200,000, including…
xAI Unveils API, Enabling Grok Integration into Third-Party Apps
October 22, 2024 – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has officially unveiled its Application Programming Interface (API), empowering developers to integrate Grok into other applications. Musk announced this news on Monday, accompanied by the release of the API link on the xAI website. Prior to this, Musk had confirmed plans to offer an API…
NVIDIA’s nGPT: Revolutionizing AI Training with a 20x Speed Boost
October 21, 2024 – Recent reports indicate that NVIDIA’s latest research could potentially revolutionize the future of artificial intelligence. The company’s research team has introduced a novel neural network architecture called the Normalized Transformer (nGPT). This innovative architecture performs representation learning on a hypersphere, resulting in a remarkable increase in the training speed of large…
Apple’s AI Reportedly Lagging Behind by at Least Two Years, Says Internal Staff
October 21, 2024 – In his recent Power On episode, Mark Gurman revealed that some Apple employees believe the company is lagging behind its competitors in artificial intelligence development by approximately two years. According to Gurman, internal research at Apple has indicated that ChatGPT has a higher accuracy rate than Siri by about 25% and…
Google Restructures AI Arm: Gemini Team Joins Forces with DeepMind
October 21, 2024 – Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced last Thursday that the team responsible for the company’s Gemini AI assistant application will be transferred to its DeepMind research laboratory. This move is part of a larger effort to streamline the company’s structure and “continuously accelerate the pace of AI development,” as Pichai stated in…
Ex-OpenAI CTO Murati Launches Startup, Aims to Raise Over $100M
October 20, 2024 – According to sources familiar with the matter, as reported by Reuters on October 19th (Beijing time), Mira Murati, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of OpenAI, is currently raising funds from venture capitalists for her new artificial intelligence (AI) startup. Murati’s new venture aims to develop AI products based on proprietary…
Nvidia Backs Tesla’s Humanoid Robot, Highlighting Advanced Remote Control Skills
October 20, 2024 – The recent controversy surrounding Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, due to its remote control during a demonstration, has sparked mixed reactions. While some analysts and investors have criticized the company for being “dishonest” and misleading, Rev Lebaredian, the Vice President of Nvidia’s Omniverse development platform and simulation, has come forward to defend…
OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT for Windows: Hotkey Access and Paid User Testing
October 18, 2024 – Following the release of its macOS version, OpenAI has now introduced a desktop client for its ChatGPT application specifically tailored for Microsoft Windows users. Currently undergoing testing, this application is available for download in the Microsoft Store for paid subscribers of ChatGPT Plus, Enterprise, Team, and Edu versions. Essentially, the app…
Siri’s IQ Upgrade: Apple Speeds Up ChatGPT Integration for Enhanced Text and Image Capabilities
October 18, 2024 – According to a report published by technology media outlet MacRumors on October 17th, Apple is currently working at full capacity to introduce a brand-new Apple Intelligence feature to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15. Recent discoveries in Siri’s backend code suggest that the Cupertino-based company is actively integrating ChatGPT into…
OpenAI Lands Top Microsoft AI Executive Sébastien Bubeck
October 15, 2024 – In a significant move within the realm of artificial intelligence, Microsoft announced on October 14 that Sébastien Bubeck, its Vice President of Generative AI Research, is set to depart the company to join OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. This development marks a turning point not only for Microsoft but also for…