The real crisis in AI safety. Hashtag Trending, Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
Only 4% of teenagers use AI tools daily according to a new study, the New York Stock Exchange comes to a halt, AMD ups its game to compete with market leader Nvidia and an intriguing piece asks the question – what exactly is AI safety? These stories and more on this “isn’t a little late […]
A new open source AI rivals Llama 2
LLM360, in collaboration with MBZUAI and Petuum, has unveiled K2-65B, a cutting-edge large language model (LLM) boasting 65 billion parameters. This model is fully reproducible, with all artifacts, including code, data, model checkpoints, and intermediate results, open-sourced and accessible to the public. This level of transparency aims to demystify the training processes used for similar […]
NYSE technical error sends stocks tumbling
A technical glitch at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today caused several high-profile stocks to rapidly lose value before being halted from trading. The issue involved “LULD Bands,” or limit up/limit down rules, designed to prevent stock volatility. The NYSE outage notice explained that the problem was triggered by “industry-wide price bands published by […]
AI only used daily by 4% of teenagers: Study
A recent survey by Common Sense Media, Hopelab, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Center for Digital Thriving, reveals that while young Americans are quickly embracing generative AI as a tool, it hasn’t yet become a daily habit. Historically, young users have been early adopters and shapers of dominant tech platforms since the rise […]
AMD launches new AI chips to take on leader Nvidia
At the Computex technology trade show in Taipei, AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the company’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) processors, the MI325X accelerator, which will be available in the fourth quarter of 2024. This marks AMD’s strategic move to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the AI semiconductor market. New AI Chips Unveiled AMD introduced the MI325X, […]
Cyber Security Today, June 3, 2024 – Four cloud-related data breaches
Four cloud-related data breaches Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday June 3rd, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. As IT departments increasingly switch to using cloud resources there are increasing reports of data thefts from cloud hosting or service providers. This podcast reports on some of the latest news: You […]
