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Mistral AI releases Mistral Large, a cheaper GPT-4 rival that supports 32K-token context windows, and Le Chat, a ChatGPT-like chat assistant in public beta — Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI is gradually building an alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic as its latest announcement shows.| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Microsoft takes a minor stake in Mistral and plans to help bring the Paris-based startup's AI models to market, as regulators probe Microsoft's OpenAI alliance — Tech giant unveils partnership with French AI start-up as regulators probe $13bn alliance with ChatGPT maker
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of nine-month-old Mistral AI, which wants to be the “most capital-efficient company in the world of AI”, has raised $500M+, and is valued at $2B+ — Led by 31-year-old CEO Arthur Mensch, Paris-based Mistral believes AI systems can be built more efficiently—and much more cheaply| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024; the device will be centered around health and wellness, come in three colors, and be available later in 2024 — After teasing it (again) yesterday, Samsung has finally shown off the Galaxy Ring in physical form at Mobile World Conference (MWC 2024) and revealed some additional details.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
The EU is asking developers about the impact of Apple's decision to disable PWAs in the EU, seen as a precursor to a formal investigation into the company — Competition regulators in Brussels send questions to developers over iPhone maker's decision — The EU has taken the first steps towards …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Qualcomm unveils AI Hub, a library of 75+ pre-optimized AI models, the X80 5G modem, and FastConnect 7900, a chip that integrates Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, and UWB — Qualcomm unveiled a suite of AI, 5G, and Wi-Fi devices at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.| Tom Gerken / BBC: |
Meta outlines its strategy to combat generative AI misuse ahead of the European elections in June 2024, including setting up an EU-specific operations center — Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it will form a team to tackle deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) content in the upcoming EU elections in June.
More: The Guardian, The Times, Meta, Unite.AI, AI News, PCMag, Yahoo News, Verdict, Cryptopolitan, CoinXposure, Silicon Republic, Cointelegraph, Cybernews.com, CoinGape, Al Jazeera, TNW, Republic World, Silicon UK, Euractiv, Novinite.com, and Reuters. LinkedIn: Tom Bonsundy-O'Bryan
| Neil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: |
Sources detail their concerns with Apple Arcade: declining developer payouts, cancelled projects, a shift to only greenlighting family-friendly games, and more — Multiple mobilegamer.biz sources have voiced their concern for Apple Arcade's future, citing a glut of cancelled projects and ever-declining developer payouts.
More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, MacStories, TechRadar, and Supercharged
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Forums: r/apple, r/Games, and MacRumors Forums
| Washington Post: |
Live blog of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court for a pair of cases involving Florida and Texas social media laws that impose strict limits on moderation — Supreme Court justices are weighing how the First Amendment applies to social media companies, as they consider a pair of cases …
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| Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: |
Broadcom sells its end-user computing unit to KKR in a deal valued at ~$4B, as part of its efforts to simplify its business after acquiring VMware in 2023 — Chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) is selling its business which allows users to access desktops and applications from any device to KKR … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils the RTX 500 and RTX 1000, its new laptop GPUs for on-the-go AI processing powered by its Ada Lovelace architecture, available in Spring 2024 — Nvidia launched its RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation laptop graphics processing units (GPUs) for on-the-go AI processing.
More: NVIDIA, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, TechPowerUp, MSPoweruser, CRN, and Electronics Weekly
| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
How AI is changing the adult entertainment industry, raising concerns about performers' compensation and rights to their likeness, abuse prevention, and more — AI will change adult entertainment forever. The risks — for sex workers and the rest of us — are profound.
X: @tatum_hunter_, @tatum_hunter_, @tatum_hunter_, and @tatum_hunter_
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