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Read Also: Threads will start showing others when you’re online by default A benchmarking framework, as proposed by Flores, has established that its Marco MT has done better than other alternative products. Earlier tools used small language models and, hence, needed help grasping the cultural and industry-related nuances flavoring most translations. Zhang says this tool…
Dane Stuckey, a former Chief Information Security Officer at analytics company Palantir, is joining OpenAI as its newest CISO. He will work with Matt Knight, the head of security. Stuckey announced the move on platform X, expressing his excitement about this new role and how much security underpins OpenAI’s mission. Read Also: Threads will start…
The New York Times has stepped into the ongoing battle involving publishers and companies that make AI, as it issued a cease-and-desist letter against Perplexity, a generative AI startup financed by Jeff Bezos and YouTube’s former CEO. The war over search traffic is the new battle as AI firms gather miles of content from the…
Google has entered into a first-of-its kind deal to help build seven small nuclear reactors in the United States along with venture Kairos Power. Starting with the first reactor in 2030, others will be operational from 2035. Combined, the reactors will produce 500 megawatts of electricity, enough to power a midsize city, and all will…
The UAE-based Web3 gaming startup PiP World raises a $10m seed round. UAE-based Web3 gaming startup PiP World has raised $10 million in a seed round backed by the fintech firm Exinity. This startup combines video game experience, education, and Web3 technology to create an experience that should help improve financial literacy, especially in regions…
Meta AI mastermind and researcher Yann LeCun took to Twitter to dismiss the idea that AI will ever be capable of executing a threat to humanity, describing those fears as “complete B.S.“. A professor at New York University, a senior researcher at Meta, and a recipient of the prestigious A.M. End. Turing Award has been…
The fight between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues to escalate, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plugin developed by WP Engine. Specifically, it’s Advanced Custom Fields—the plugin helping make WordPress editing easier—and is going from the hands of those at WP Engine to come out as a new…
Starting next month, Xbox gamers can now buy games from their Android device using the Xbox App. The Xbox President, Sarah Bond, cited a recent U.S. court decision simply opening up the possibility of having more mobility and freedom with choices in Google’s mobile ecosystem as the reason for the move. She also stated that…
Google has been sanctioned, at least temporarily in the U.S., by a recent ruling in the case of Epic vs. Google to open the gates of its Play Store to third-party apps. Even though the tech giant shall likely appeal the verdict, it does bring some changes in the landscape of the shop as we…
