News/New Launches
Claude ‘Artifacts’ are Now Generally Available — Here’s What To Know
Anthropic expands Artifacts feature to all Claude.ai users: Anthropic has announced the general availability of Artifacts, a feature that enhances creative collaboration with Claude, their AI assistant. Artifacts are now accessible across Free, Pro, and Team plans on Claude.ai, including iOS and Android mobile apps. The feature allows users to instantly view, iterate, and build upon work created with Claude in a dedicated window. Since its preview launch in June, users have generated tens of millions of Artifacts. Key applications across industries: Artifacts enable various professionals to create high-quality work products more efficiently than ever before. Developers can generate architecture...
read Aug 28, 2024Cerebras Launches AI Inference Tool to Challenge Nvidia
AI startup Cerebras challenges Nvidia with new inference tool: Cerebras Systems has launched a tool for AI developers that provides access to its large-scale chips for running AI applications, positioning itself as a more affordable alternative to Nvidia's GPUs. The new tool allows developers to use Cerebras' Wafer Scale Engines, which are the size of dinner plates, for AI inference tasks. Cerebras claims to offer superior performance at higher accuracy and lower prices compared to Nvidia's GPUs. The company aims to charge as little as 10 cents per million tokens, a measure of AI model output. Market opportunity and competitive...
read Aug 27, 2024YouTube Is Expanding Access To Its New AI-Generated Conversational Radio
AI-powered conversational radio expands on YouTube Music: YouTube Music is broadening the availability of its AI-generated conversational radio feature, offering users a more interactive and personalized music discovery experience. The feature, initially announced in July, is now being rolled out to a wider group of US YouTube Premium subscribers. Users are greeted with an animated "Experiment" card prompting them to "Ask for music any way you like," launching a fullscreen chat interface. The chat UI encourages users to express their music preferences through text or voice input, with the option to choose from 14 pre-set suggestions. How it works: The...
read Aug 27, 2024New Humanoid Robot ‘CL-1’ Is Purpose-Built for Warehouse Operations
Advancements in humanoid robotics: LimX Dynamics has unveiled significant upgrades to its CL-1 humanoid robot, showcasing its enhanced capabilities in a simulated warehouse environment. The company released a three-minute, single-take video demonstrating CL-1's improved hardware and its ability to perform complex warehouse tasks autonomously. The robot exhibited various postures and movements, including deep squats, lifting, and carrying heavy objects weighing up to 18 pounds. CL-1 demonstrated real-time perception and adaptability by replanning its actions when a human moved an object it was about to pick up. Key technological improvements: LimX Dynamics has focused on enhancing the robot's real-time perceptive abilities...
read Aug 27, 2024AI Startup Cerebras Challenges Nvidia With 20x Faster Chips
AI chip market disruption: Cerebras Systems, a US startup, is making waves in the AI chip industry with its Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) processors, positioning itself as a formidable challenger to Nvidia's dominance. Cerebras claims its chips can execute AI workloads up to 20 times faster and at one-fifth the cost compared to Nvidia's GPUs, including the popular H100 model. The company has introduced a new service called Cerebras Inference, designed specifically for running generative AI programs. Cerebras' chips have demonstrated impressive performance in running Meta's Llama 3.1 language model, producing 1,800 tokens per second for the 8 billion parameter...
read Aug 27, 2024Google Meet Is Getting an AI Note-Taking Upgrade
AI-powered note-taking arrives for Google Meet: Google has begun rolling out its new "take notes for me" feature to select Google Workspace customers, offering automatic AI-generated summaries of meetings. Key features and availability: The feature is currently available to customers with Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Messaging add-ons It automatically summarizes meeting content in a Google Doc, which is then attached to the calendar event and shared with participants The tool currently only supports spoken English Google plans to complete the rollout to all Google Workspace customers by September 10th, 2024 How it works: Unlike Meet's...
read Aug 27, 2024China-Based CogVideoX Launches Open-Source AI Video Model
Groundbreaking open-source AI for video generation: CogVideoX, a new text-to-video model developed by researchers from Tsinghua University and Zhipu AI, has the potential to revolutionize video creation and democratize advanced AI capabilities. The open-source model generates high-quality, coherent videos up to six seconds long from text prompts, rivaling proprietary systems from companies like Runway, Luma AI, and Pika Labs. CogVideoX-5B, the most advanced version, boasts 5 billion parameters and produces 720x480 resolution videos at 8 frames per second. The model outperforms competitors like VideoCrafter-2.0 and OpenSora across multiple metrics, according to the researchers' benchmarks. Technical innovations driving performance: The researchers...
read Aug 27, 2024Anthropic’s ‘Artifacts’ Feature Now Generally Available and on Mobile
Anthropic enhances Claude AI with Artifacts feature: Anthropic, a leading AI startup, has made its innovative Artifacts feature generally available across all user tiers and mobile platforms, marking a significant advancement in AI interaction and productivity. Key feature expansion: Artifacts, previously a manual opt-in feature, is now standard across Anthropic's Free, Pro, and Team tiers, as well as on Claude's official iOS and Android mobile apps. The feature allows users to run code snippets and full programs generated by Claude alongside their chat interface. Users can create interactive visualizations, charts, and even playable games directly within their browser. Mobile integration...
read Aug 27, 2024Nous Research Launches Tool to Train AI Models Across Distributed Networks
Revolutionary AI training breakthrough: Nous Research has unveiled DisTrO, a new optimizer that dramatically increases the efficiency of training powerful AI models across distributed networks. Key innovation: DisTrO significantly reduces the amount of information that must be transmitted between GPUs during AI model training, enabling large-scale models to be trained over consumer-grade internet connections. The optimizer achieves an 857 times efficiency increase compared to the popular All-Reduce algorithm It reduces the amount of information transmitted during each training step from 74.4 gigabytes to 86.8 megabytes DisTrO maintains comparable training performance to conventional methods while drastically reducing communication overhead Implications for...
read Aug 27, 2024NVIDIA Launches AI Microservices for Japan and Taiwan Markets
AI localization advances: NVIDIA has launched four new NIM microservices to accelerate the deployment of sovereign AI applications with enhanced cultural and language fluency in Japan and Taiwan. The new microservices support popular community models tailored to meet regional needs, improving user interactions through more accurate understanding and responses based on local languages and cultural heritage. This initiative aligns with the growing global trend of nations pursuing sovereign AI to ensure AI systems are in harmony with local values, laws, and interests. ABI Research projects that generative AI software revenue in the Asia-Pacific region alone is expected to surge from...
read Aug 27, 2024Hugging Face Releases New Tutorials to Build AI-Powered Robots
Hugging Face democratizes robotics development: The AI community platform has released comprehensive tutorials aimed at empowering developers to build and train AI-powered robots, marking a significant step towards making robotics more accessible. The tutorials cover a wide range of topics, from sourcing components to deploying AI models, enabling users to train neural networks for controlling low-cost robotic hardware. Developers can learn to program neural networks via laptop to control robots, teaching them tasks such as object detection, grasping, and manipulation. The guides are designed to be user-friendly, catering to individuals with varying levels of robotics experience, including information on 3D...
read Aug 27, 2024Samsung Introduces AI-Generated Wallpapers for Smart Refrigerators
Samsung unveils AI enhancements for smart appliances: The tech giant is introducing AI-generated wallpapers for select refrigerators and upgrading its Bixby voice assistant with advanced capabilities for certain Bespoke appliances. AI-generated wallpapers for Family Hub refrigerators: Samsung is bringing a creative touch to its smart home devices with a new feature for refrigerators released after 2022 in the US and Korea. Users can create custom wallpapers by selecting from seven themes and six art styles, with the AI generating unique designs based on these choices. The new wallpapers can be displayed on the fridge's cover screen or whiteboard, or saved...
read Aug 27, 2024AI Startup Aleph Alpha Launches Open-Source Language Models
Aleph Alpha's release of open-source AI models signals a shift towards transparent and EU-compliant machine learning, potentially reshaping the landscape of AI development. Breakthrough in open-source AI: German startup Aleph Alpha has unveiled two new large language models (LLMs) under an open license, challenging the closed-source approach of many tech giants. The models, Pharia-1-LLM-7B-control and Pharia-1-LLM-7B-control-aligned, each have 7 billion parameters and are designed to deliver concise, length-controlled responses in multiple European languages. Aleph Alpha claims their performance matches leading open-source models in the 7-8 billion parameter range. The company has also open-sourced its training codebase, called "Scaling," allowing researchers...
read Aug 27, 2024NVIDIA Launches ‘AI Blueprints’ to Accelerate Enterprise Development
Revolutionizing enterprise AI development: NVIDIA has introduced NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints, a catalog of pretrained, customizable AI workflows designed to simplify the creation of generative AI applications for businesses. The new offering aims to provide an "easy button" for enterprises to kickstart their development of AI-powered solutions across various use cases. NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints is built on NVIDIA NIM, a set of microservices composed of downloadable software containers that accelerate the deployment of enterprise generative AI applications. The catalog is intended to help scale the impact of generative AI by enabling enterprise app developers to create in-house applications more...
read Aug 27, 2024New Cooling Tech Promises Big Energy Savings for AI Data Centers
AI boom drives energy-efficient data center innovations: The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is fueling demand for more powerful processors and increased energy consumption in data centers, prompting companies to develop innovative cooling solutions. Big Tech companies like Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta are investing billions in data center infrastructure to support generative AI, leading to surging energy demand. The proliferation of data centers has raised concerns about their environmental impact and energy consumption, creating opportunities for companies offering energy-efficient solutions. Sustainable Metal Cloud's HyperCube technology: Singapore-based Sustainable Metal Cloud (SMC) has developed an immersion cooling solution called HyperCube, which promises...
read Aug 27, 2024D-ID Launches AI Video Translation Tool That Preserves Lip Movements and Voice
AI-powered video translation breakthrough: D-ID has introduced a new feature that can translate videos into 30 different languages while preserving the speaker's voice and lip movements. D-ID, known for its Deep Nostalgia technology, has expanded its AI capabilities to offer video translation services. The new tool clones the speaker's voice and adjusts lip movements to match the translated script, creating a seamless and natural-looking localized video. This technology aims to help content creators and businesses easily reach global audiences without the need for costly and time-consuming traditional dubbing methods. Key features and functionality: The AI Video Translate tool offers a...
read Aug 27, 2024Review: Runway Is One Serious AI Video Tool
Revolutionizing video creation: Runway AI's video generator is a powerful tool for videographers and creatives, offering a comprehensive suite of AI-driven video and image manipulation tools. Key features and capabilities: Runway AI provides a wide array of functionalities, catering to various aspects of video and image editing. The platform offers 32 media tools, including text-to-image, green screen background removal, image-to-video conversion, generative audio, upscaling, and frame interpolation. Runway's Gen-3 technology delivers improved resolution, coherence, and video fidelity, keeping pace with the rapidly evolving AI video sector. The software includes sophisticated video editing capabilities that integrate seamlessly with AI features, allowing...
read Aug 26, 2024Honor Introduces AI-Powered Apps for Magic V3 Foldable Smartphone
AI-powered productivity suite debuts on Honor Magic V3: Honor has introduced a new set of AI-powered applications for its Magic V3 foldable smartphone, developed in partnership with Google Cloud, ahead of its global launch. Key features of the AI suite: Honor unveils three main AI-powered applications: AI Eraser, Face to Face Translation, and Honor Notes Live Translation These features are designed to enhance productivity and user experience on the Magic V3 foldable device The AI suite leverages Google Cloud technology, suggesting a close collaboration between Honor and Google AI Eraser functionality: AI Eraser bears a striking resemblance to Google Photos'...
read Aug 26, 2024AI21 Debuts Jamba 1.5 With An Eye on Agentic AI
AI21 launches Jamba 1.5: AI21 has unveiled new versions of its Jamba model, combining transformer and Structured State Space (SSM) approaches to enhance AI capabilities. The Jamba 1.5 series includes mini and large versions, building upon the innovations introduced in Jamba 1.0 released in March. Jamba utilizes an SSM approach known as Mamba, aiming to leverage the strengths of both transformers and SSM for improved performance and accuracy. The name Jamba is an acronym for Joint Attention and Mamba architecture, reflecting its hybrid nature. Key features and enhancements: Jamba 1.5 introduces several new capabilities designed to facilitate the development of...
read Aug 26, 2024Google Enhances Cloud Run with Support for NVIDIA L4 GPUs
AI inference gets a boost on Google Cloud Run: Google Cloud has enhanced its serverless platform, Cloud Run, by adding support for NVIDIA L4 GPUs, significantly improving its capabilities for handling complex AI workloads. Key features of the upgrade: The integration of NVIDIA L4 GPUs extends Cloud Run's capabilities to support real-time AI inference This enhancement is particularly beneficial for deploying lightweight generative AI models and small language models The NVIDIA L4 GPU offers up to 120 times the video performance compared to CPUs and 2.7 times the performance for generative AI tasks compared to previous GPU generations Deployment process...
read Aug 26, 2024NVIDIA’s New CUDA Libraries Supercharge AI and Scientific Computing
NVIDIA's latest CUDA libraries revolutionize accelerated computing: NVIDIA has unveiled a suite of new CUDA libraries designed to significantly enhance accelerated computing capabilities, offering substantial speedups and energy efficiency improvements across various scientific and industrial applications. Advancements in LLM applications: NVIDIA's latest offerings include powerful tools for large language model (LLM) development and data curation. NeMo Curator, an AI-powered data curation tool, now supports image curation, expanding its capabilities beyond text-based datasets. The introduction of Nemotron-4 340B enables high-quality synthetic data generation, potentially revolutionizing the way AI models are trained and fine-tuned. Transformative data processing capabilities: The new libraries bring...
read Aug 26, 2024Midjourney Eyes User Expansion By Breaking Free of Discord, Offering Free Trial
Midjourney expands access to AI image generation: Midjourney has introduced a free trial on its website, allowing users to create up to 25 images without a subscription. Midjourney announced the new free trial option, making the AI image generation tool more accessible to a wider audience. The company now offers three subscription tiers: Basic Plan at $10/month, Standard Plan, and Mega Plan for power users at $120/month. This move marks a significant shift from Midjourney's initial approach, which required users to generate images through Discord and had a high barrier to entry for website access. User-friendly interface and login options:...
read Aug 26, 2024This New AI-Powered Platform Simplifies Health Insurance Appeals
Tech worker's personal mission sparks AI-powered insurance appeal platform: Holden Karau, a San Francisco-based tech professional, has launched Fight Health Insurance, an open-source platform that uses AI to help patients generate health insurance appeals. The genesis of a novel solution: Karau's experience with numerous insurance claim denials for her own healthcare needs led her to develop an innovative approach to a common problem. As a trans woman and motorcycle enthusiast, Karau faced multiple insurance denials for gender-affirming care and accident-related treatments. She successfully appealed over 90% of roughly 40 denials, demonstrating the effectiveness of challenging insurance decisions. This personal experience...
read Aug 26, 2024Meshy Just Released a New AI Model to Bring Sci-Fi Level AI to 3D Design
AI-powered 3D modeling takes a leap forward: Meshy, a startup in the AI design space, has released Meshy-4, its latest AI-powered 3D modeling tool, offering improved mesh geometry and a redesigned workflow that aims to revolutionize how designers and developers create virtual environments. Key improvements in Meshy-4: The new version addresses common issues with AI-generated 3D models by producing cleaner surfaces and enhanced geometric details, bringing the output closer to professional standards. The text-to-3D model generation process is now separatearticled into two stages: modeling and texturing, giving users more control over their final product. A new "Retry" option for the...
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