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New jaw-dropping music-creating AI: former Google researchers introduce Udio
AI startup Uncharted Labs, launched at the beginning of this year by former Google DeepMind researchers, has introduced a new tool for music creation. It’s already sparked a lot of enthusiasm and raised the bar of what we thought possible.
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Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest given CT scan to see what’s inside
The Meta headset’s best-in-class value is as impressive a feat as Apple’s elegant vision statement, an industrial CT scanner company said after finding a non-destructive way to look into the devices’ insides.
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Microsoft is certain its Arm-based AI PCs will outperform the newest MacBook Air
Microsoft is expected to release new Surface laptops for consumers in May that will be equipped with Arm-based hardware.
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Elon Musk’s Grok turning joke X posts into news – media
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, is supposedly spreading misinformation on X (formally known as Twitter), with the bot transforming joke posts into real news stories.
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Google looking for ways to improve content filtering with “Short Videos”
Google could soon be introducing a new “Short Videos” filter, with users spotting the feature in the wild.
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Firefox chooses French partner to prevent user tracking
Firefox has announced a partnership with a French search engine that boasts it doesn’t install any cookies on users’ browsers.
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Garmin Forerunner 265 vs NRC App: which tracks running distance better
The Nike Running Club (NRC) app keeps cutting down my distance when compared to the results from my Garmin Forerunner 265. Why?
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AI PCs are here: should they be on your radar?
For around a year, all the biggest processor makers have been teasing users about AI PCs. A handful of such devices have already reached the market, with many more expected to be launched later this year.
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Microsoft boasts milestone in quantum computing: 800x better reliability
Quantum computers are one step closer to being practical at cracking encrypted communications or crypto wallets. Tech giant Microsoft and integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum claim an “unprecedented” breakthrough in quantum computing reliability, reducing error rates and physical qubits required for a single logical qubit by tenfold.
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NASA picks Moon car developers for Artemis mission
The space agency has selected three companies to create a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronauts will drive around the Earth satellite’s South Pole.
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Meta updates its video player
Watching videos on Facebook has become much easier after Meta presented its full-screen video player.
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Google fighting back against session hijackers: stolen cookies to be worthless
Cybercriminals have ways to hijack Google or other user sessions using stolen cookies or tokens, bypassing passwords or MFA. However, their efforts will soon be fruitless as Google is developing a new Chrome feature that binds cookies to a single device.
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GPT-4 is 82% more persuasive than the average human
A new study provides evidence supporting concerns about AI being misused to spread misinformation, propaganda, hate speech, or other manipulations. It turns out that chatbots are much better at changing your mind than the average human.
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Palmsy: a social media app with only fake followers
Palmsy is a social media app that allows users to share their thoughts with followers who aren’t real.
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Researchers demonstrate 4.5 million times faster internet on existing fiber
Researchers at Aston University have achieved a data transfer speed of 301 terabits or 301,000,000 megabits per second on an already-existing fiber network. This over four million times faster internet, compared to the average broadband, opens new possibilities to meet future data demands.
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New study maps AI talent across the globe
The United States is one of the top destinations for talent working in the field of artificial intelligence, with 75% of the top-tier AI talent being of American and Chinese origin.
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Musk's xAI releases upgraded Grok 1.5 AI chatbot
xAI startup announced Thursday it will be releasing an upgraded version of its AI chatbot Grok – barely two weeks after Elon Musk declared Grok would become an open-source model.
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iOS 18 may include a useful feature that’s already available on Apple Watch
Topographic maps, already an available feature for the Apple Watch, may soon be accessible on iPhones, Macs, and Vision Pro.
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Vultr wants its users to grant full, perpetual, commercial rights, users claim
In its terms and conditions (last updated on January 8th, 2024), Vultr expects users to grant the rights to their stored content.
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New AI benchmark test results prove rapid growth for genAI models
The latest round of AI benchmark results measuring query response times is released by MLCommons Tuesday, which for the first time, included Meta’s large language model Llama 2 70B as part of its testing suite.
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