Google’s AI Strategy: Why Pixel 8 Users Face Limited Access to Gemini Nano

March 31, 2024 – Earlier this month, Google sparked curiosity with its announcement that amongst its two newest smartphones, Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, only the latter would support its cutting-edge artificial intelligence model, “Google Gemini”. Despite the phones’ similar specifications, Google cited vague “hardware limitations” as the reason for excluding the model on…

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Musk’s xAI Unveils Grok-1: The Largest Open-Source Language Model Yet

March 18, 2024 – Musk’s AI venture, xAI, has officially announced that its large language model, Grok-1, is now open-source and available for public download. According to reports, Grok-1 is a large language model built using Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) technology, boasting an impressive 314 billion parameters, significantly surpassing the 175 billion parameters of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5. This…

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ChatGPT’s Staggering Energy Consumption: 17,000 Times More Than an Average US Household

March 11, 2024 – A recent report has revealed that OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT, may be consuming a staggering amount of electricity, potentially exceeding 500,000 kilowatt-hours per day. This colossal energy usage is nearly 17,000 times the average daily electricity consumption of a typical American household, which stands at just 29 kilowatt-hours. As generative AI…

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OpenAI Unveils Sora: A Revolutionary Model for Generating Multi-Angle Videos

February 18, 2024 – In a recent development, OpenAI has unveiled the Sora model, which has the remarkable ability to generate video content based on textual descriptions provided by users. This announcement has sparked widespread discussion among netizens. However, the capabilities of Sora extend beyond this initial impression. On Saturday, local time, OpenAI research scientist…

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