Amazon unveils Nova, a new family of multimodal AI models directly competing with GPT and Claude
about 2 hours ago
Amazon just stepped into the frontier model race with Nova, a family of foundation models that compete directly with GPT-4, Claude, and Llama. The suite includes everything from a fast text model to full video generation capabilities, all accessible through Bedrock API.
These models handle tasks in
ElevenLabs adds AI agents that can speak in minutes with low latency, full configurability
about 2 hours ago
Decentralization
NOUS RESEARCH ANNOUNCES THE PARALLEL PRE-TRAINING OF A 15B PARAMETER LANGUAGE MODEL OVER THE INTERNET (WATCH IT TRAIN LIVE)
ANTHROPIC CREATES A FELLOWS PROGRAM TO HELP ENGINEERS AND RESEARCHERS TRANSITION INTO DOING FRONTIER AI SAFETY RESEARCH
Enterprise
COHERE RELEASES A NEW MO
Google's 5-Day Gen AI Intensive Course
about 2 hours ago
A comprehensive guide to mastering Generative AI concepts and tools. Originally a live event, it's now available as a self-paced resource to help you build practical AI expertise.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- DAY 1: Foundational models, LLM evolution, prompt engineering, and inference optimization.
- DAY
❎ Nike Shutters Ethereum Brand RTFKT. 3 years after acquiring RTFKT, Nike is winding down the Ethereum-based sneaker and avatar company, with its web3 focus now shifting to its .Swoosh platform.
📈 NFT Market Rebounds. With onchain activity on Ethereum rising again, Ethereum-based NFT marketplaces r
Onchain NFTs Cheat Sheet: A Collector's Guide
about 2 hours ago
NFTs on Ethereum are heating up again as bullish sentiment returns to the crypto market. Floor prices are rising, and overlooked gems are getting harder to snag. That said, it's an interesting time to double down on onchain NFTs. With their combo of runtime composability and lack of external depende
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Evan You and Vite on their way to save JavaScriptTown
about 5 hours ago
No, this doesn’t mean that Evan You joined a climate activist group where they protest big oil by throwing bowls of spaghetti at the Mona Lisa. I’m talking about Vite’s new Environment API, which just landed with experimental support in last week’s Vite 6.0 release. How we got here: Historically, Vi
QA Wolf vs. other outsourced QA companies
about 5 hours ago
There are lots of QA services out there promising to save your team time and money – so what makes QA Wolf different? It’s the results they get for their customers: 5x faster impact, thanks to their AI-native platform that lets them create, maintain, and run Playwright tests 5x faster than anyone el
TypeScript contributor and TC39 delegate, Ashley Claymore, spoke about an innovative compilation technique for TypeScript
about 5 hours ago
Sunil don’t-call-me-Descartes Pai is spending the holidays wrestling with some deep philosophical questions like, “What is a computer, actually?” You’ll have to read his post on Durable Objects to find out. That turkey got everybody thinking big thoughts last week, damn.
The world needs more electricity—but AI is only a small part of the reason, Microsoft president Brad Smith says
about 6 hours ago
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition: Microsoft President Brad Smith on AI’s power demands; the U.S. imposes new export controls on chipmaking technology; a new milestone for distributed AI training; and are LLMs hitting a wall? It’s complicated. AI, it seems, is entering its “Scotty, we
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger suddenly retires
about 6 hours ago
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger suddenly retires. He had lost the confidence of the board, which last week told him to either retire immediately or be fired, according to Bloomberg. Gelsinger, who had spent most of his career at Intel before serving as CEO as VMWare, returned to the troubled chipmaker in 20
U.S. imposes more export controls on the sale of chipmaking equipment to China
about 6 hours ago
U.S. imposes more export controls on the sale of chipmaking equipment to China. The move, announced by the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, is designed to hobble China’s ability to build military AI applications. The restrictions target 24 types of advanced chipmaking tools and high-bandwidth
Another distributed training milestone is overcome
about 6 hours ago
Another distributed training milestone is overcome. AI startup Prime Intellect has trained a 10 billion parameter LLM called Intellect-1 in a completely distributed way. While much smaller than most cutting-edge frontier models—which can run to hundreds of billions of parameters—this is still 10-tim
LinkedIn Uses Apache Kafka to Handle 7 Trillion Messages Per Day
about 8 hours ago
LinkedIn uses Apache Kafka, an open-source stream processing platform, as a key part of its infrastructure. Kafka was initially developed at LinkedIn and later open-sourced. LinkedIn uses Kafka on an exceptionally large scale with over 100 Kafka clusters, more than 4,000 servers (brokers), handling
LinkedIn's Kafka Ecosystem
about 8 hours ago
LinkedIn's Kafka ecosystem is a critical component of its technology stack, allowing it to handle an immense volume of messages daily. The ecosystem comprises various components such as Kafka clusters and brokers, applications with Kafka clients, REST Proxy, Schema Registry, Brooklin, Cruise Control
LinkedIn's Kafka Release Branches
about 8 hours ago
LinkedIn maintains special versions of Kafka known as LinkedIn Kafka Release Branches. These branches are based on official Apache Kafka releases and include changes and patches specific to LinkedIn's requirements. The post explains how LinkedIn manages these release branches, including their approa
Kafka Development Workflow at LinkedIn
about 8 hours ago
The post outlines LinkedIn's Kafka development workflow, detailing the decision-making process between upstream-first and LinkedIn-first approaches when implementing changes or new features. Factors such as urgency, change type, and contribution to the Apache Kafka project influence the decision-mak
Raidium raises a $16.8M Seed — AI model for radiology
about 10 hours ago
Raidium raises a $16.8M Seed — AI model for radiology. Raidium is building a foundation model for analyzing CT scans and MRIs. The model is trained on a proprietary dataset of one billion real-world medical images, and enables instant organ segmentation, biomarker calculation, and automated medical
Argil raises a $4M Seed — AI video clone
about 10 hours ago
Argil raises a $4M Seed — AI video clone. Argil has built an advanced deepfake model and an accompanying platform that simplifies video creation. Users can clone themselves using a brief two-minute video or select from pre-designed avatars. By inputting a text or voice script, the platform generates
Tenstorrent raises a $693M Series D — AI chips
about 10 hours ago
Tenstorrent raises a $693M Series D — AI chips. [Funding Database→](https://www.chiefaioffice.xyz/c/database)
ADS MIGHT BE COMING TO CHATGPT (1 MINUTE READ)
about 11 hours ago
OpenAI is considering an advertising business model to help support its costly AI tool development. Despite no current active plans for ads, the idea remains on the table as a potential revenue source. CEO Sam Altman considers ads a last resort and has expressed discomfort at the possibility of comb