Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI (WSJ)…Financing would value OpenAI at more than $100 billion
OpenAI said on Thursday that ChatGPT now has more than 200 million weekly active users — twice as many as it had last November.
GitHub Copilot competitor Codeium raises $150M at a $1.25B valuation
Generative AI coding startup Magic lands $320M investment from Eric Schmidt, Atlassian and others
“…Amazon’s revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the U.S. holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models, rather than its own AI, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters…Amazon plans to charge $5 to $10 a month for its new “Remarkable” version of Alexa…”
Gmail users on Android can now chat with Gemini about their emails
Day in the Life of a Developer With Google’s Gemini Code Assist: Part 1
Amazon Q: “…The average time to upgrade an application to Java 17 plummeted from what’s typically 50 developer-days to just a few hours. We estimate this has saved us the equivalent of 4,500 developer-years of work…”
How the CrowdStrike Tech Outage Reignited a Battle Over the Heart of Microsoft Systems
California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters…SB 1047’s rules would only apply to the world’s largest AI models: ones that cost at least $100 million and use 10^26 FLOPS during training
Researchers figure out how to keep clocks on the Earth, Moon in sync…A single standardized Earth/Moon time would aid communications, enable lunar GPS.
Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60
Istanbul Reckons With the Danger Below Its Busy Streets
"We've used multiple LLMs to accurately create or improve over 850,000,000 pieces of data in the catalog. Without the use of generative AI, this work would have required nearly 100X the current headcount to complete in the same amount of time"$WMTpic.twitter.com/PtovG5hQ0p
Cities aren’t ready to handle EV fires, experts say
Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever
FCC proposes new rules for AI-generated robocalls and robotexts
“Intel is bringing GPUs to cars…The GPUs will allow voice, camera and gesture recognition to make it easy to control up to “seven high-definition screens rendering 3D graphics and six-in vehicle cameras and interactive features…”
“…Amazon has teamed up with TikTok and Pinterest to make it more convenient for users to shop directly from the social media apps without the need to leave the platforms, a move it hopes will boost revenue….”
Chrome is going to use AI to help you compare products from across your tabs
Meta is making AI pay — in advertising…Meta’s Advantage+, which lets businesses automate parts of their advertising campaigns
The Summer Games are facing a long list of nation-state and criminal cyber threats that will likely intensify over the next six weeks
Intel expects to reduce headcount by greater than 15% with the majority completed by the end of 2024. Second-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion, down 1% year over year (YoY).
