Europe to launch first ARM-powered exascale supercomputer
Europe is poised to launch the world’s first ARM-powered exascale supercomputer, Jupiter. The project is a collaboration between the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), computing firms Eviden and ParTec, and chipmakers SiPearl and Nvidia. Jupiter will be installed at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Munich, Germany, and is scheduled to begin assembly in […]
Induced AI wins $2.3M backing to revolutionize workflow automation
Aryan Sharma and Ayush Pathak, two teenagers who founded Induced AI, a automating browser-native workflows using natural language, have acquired $2.3M in seed funding from well-known investors like Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross. Induced AI’s platform allows businesses to input their workflows in plain English, and the platform then converts the instructions into […]
Generative AI to augment, not replace, Indeed says
Generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content, including text, code, and images, has the potential to impact all jobs, but is unlikely to fully replace most, according to a new report from Indeed. The report, released Sept. 21, found that only 1 in 5 jobs posted on Indeed is considered […]
Jony Ive and OpenAI working on AI hardware partnership
Jony Ive, the former design lead at Apple, is reportedly in talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about a partnership to design a new AI-powered hardware device. The details of the project are still vague, but it could potentially be a major competitor to Apple’s iPhone. Ive left Apple in 2019 to start his own […]
AI models show promise in hurricane forecasting
New AI-based weather models are showing promise in hurricane forecasting. These AI weather models work by learning patterns from historical weather data. This data is typically collected from satellites, buoys, planes, and other sensors. The AI algorithms then use these patterns to make predictions about future weather conditions, but they still have some drawbacks. AI […]
ChatGPT gains multimodal capabilities to better assist users
ChatGPT has gained multimodal capabilities, allowing it to receive and respond to image and voice inputs. This new feature will make ChatGPT even more helpful in a variety of tasks, such as solving math problems, identifying objects, and providing recipes. To use the image input feature, users simply need to snap a picture of what […]
AI voice cloning threatens livelihoods of voice actors, others
Greg Marston, a British voice actor, was shocked to discover that his voice was being used on the Wimbledon website by an AI-generated clone of his voice named “Connor” without his permission. Marston had recorded a session for IBM in 2003 and granted permission for its use, assuming that his voice would only be used […]
AI to boost productivity and creative problem-solving by 50% in 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to deliver significant efficiency and effectiveness gains in the enterprise next year, with initiatives expected to boost productivity and creative problem-solving by 50% across IT operations, according to a report from Forrester Research. The report, titled “Predictions 2024: Tech Leadership,” also details predictions about tech investments, “shadow HR,” and the […]
Cost reduction increases cloud adoption for SMBs
Cloud adoption is on the rise among small and midsize businesses (SMBs), driven by the decreasing costs of basic cloud services. According to a report by IT services and consulting firm Accenture commissioned by AWS, nearly half of all businesses across developed economies now use cloud to access tools previously only available to large enterprises […]
Harness launches open-source Git repository
Harness, the software delivery platform founded by AppDynamics founder and CEO Jyoti Bansal, has announced the launch of Gitness, an open-source Git repository, and the Harness Code Repository, the hosted and managed version of Gitness. This is the first new Git repository launch in almost a decade, according to Bansal. He argues that current Git […]
