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Elon Musk's xAI previews Grok-1.5 Vision, its first multimodal model, and says the AI model will be available soon to “early testers and existing Grok users” — Elon Musk's OpenAI rival has introduced its first multimodal model. Not only can it understand text … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts testing ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 in the Insider builds in the US, and says the app promotions can be disabled in Settings — Microsoft says it's starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu …
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Twitch has become a major Spanish-language platform, with streamers like TheGrefg and Ibai Llanos hosting live sporting events that attract massive audiences — Spanish streamers are redefining Twitch's relationship to traditional media. — 1h — One of the most interesting stories … | New York Times: |
Q&A with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about AI models costing ~$10B to train, why AI models are close to being “able to replicate and survive in the wild”, more — Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today's episode with Dario Amodei.| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Palo Alto Networks alerts customers that hackers are exploiting a zero-day in its popular GlobalProtect VPN product and promises a patch by April 14 — Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is alerting customers that a zero-day vulnerability in its firewall tool is being exploited by hackers.
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SAG-AFTRA reaches a tentative deal with major record labels, including WMG and Sony Music Entertainment, that includes protections over the use of AI — Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group (WMG.O) …
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Sources: Salesforce is in advanced talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, whose market cap crossed $11B after its shares jumped 43% in 2024 — Deal for data-management software firm would be among Salesforce's largest if completed — Salesforce is in advanced talks …
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| Ben Dickson / VentureBeat: |
Google researchers detail a technique that gives LLMs the ability to work with text of infinite length while keeping memory and compute requirements constant — A new paper by researchers at Google claims to give large language models (LLMs) the ability to work with text of infinite length.| Nikkei Asia: |
Huawei unveils the new MateBook X Pro, its first AI PC, running on HarmonyOS and powered by Intel Core Ultra 9, available in China from April 18 for up to ~$2K — MateBook X Pro features HarmonyOS and Pangu LLM, both developed in-house — TAIPEI — China's Huawei Technologies … | Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of NYC-based Nanotronics, which has raised $162M and is making modular chipmaking plants that can be assembled on site and be functional within a year — From New York City, Nanotronics is building small, modular chip plants designed to be shipped anywhere
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @matthewputman, @impatientvc, and @matthewputman
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A US official says the OFAC is investigating several US and foreign companies for shipments of chips with military applications that ultimately end up in Russia — - US, EU increasingly concerned about Russian sanctions evasion — US analyzing data from over 600 distributors selling to Russia| Jack Brewster / Wall Street Journal: |
A case study of the creation of an AI-powered local “news” website, directed to produce partisan stories on a US Senate race; a Fiverr developer made it for $80 — I paid a website developer to create a fully automated, AI-generated ‘pink-slime’ news site, programmed to create false political stories.
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