Hugging Face partners with Wiz to improve platform security following Wiz's discovery of vulnerabilities in models hosted on Hugging Face.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-04-06 — 2024-04-07
Hugging Face Wiz
Wiz details two now-fixed security issues on the Hugging Face AI platform that put customer data at risk, as Hugging Face partners with Wiz to improve security
Infosecurity · 2024-04-06 · #4
The EU and the US issue a joint statement expressing intent to increase cooperation on artificial intelligence — including AI safety and governance — and on broader technology issues.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-05
European Union United States artificial intelligence AI safety AI governance broader tech issues
The EU and the US issue a joint statement affirming a desire to increase cooperation over AI, including AI safety and governance, as well as broader tech issues
TechCrunch · 2024-04-05 · #20
X says the Community Notes program now has contributors in 69 countries.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-04
X Community Notes 69 countries
X rolls out support for posting Community Notes in India ahead of the 2024 general elections and says the program now has contributors in 69 countries
TechCrunch · 2024-04-04 · #37
Ghost Autonomy partnered with OpenAI about five months before shutting down.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-04
Ghost Autonomy OpenAI
Self-driving software startup Ghost Autonomy, formerly Ghost Locomotion, shuts down, after raising ~$220M, and just five months after partnering with OpenAI
TechCrunch · 2024-04-04 · #42
TrueMedia.org partners with Microsoft's AI for Good group in connection with its AI deepfake detector release.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-03
TrueMedia.org Microsoft (AI for Good group)
An interview with Oren Etzioni, the former CEO of Allen Institute for AI, on his nonprofit TrueMedia.org, which offers free tools for identifying deepfakes
New York Times · 2024-04-03 · #29
A draft US-EU statement outlines plans for the United States and European Union to use AI to search for replacements for so-called forever chemicals prevalent in chip manufacturing.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-03
United States European Union forever chemicals chip manufacturing
Several social media users (Dare Obasanjo, Curtis Kopf, Nikita Richardson) publicly praised AllTrails and linked to the NYTimes profile.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-02
Dare Obasanjo Curtis Kopf Nikita Richardson AllTrails
A profile of hiking app AllTrails, which exploded during the pandemic, has raised $225M+, and now focuses on helping users “find your outdoors”, not just trails
New York Times · 2024-04-02 · #6
ASML is described as a Dutch partner of ZEISS Group in the field of semiconductor lithography.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-02
ASML ZEISS Group
An interview with outgoing ASML CTO Martin van den Brink on the company's rise to dominance, its Chinese competitors, Moore's Law, hyper-NA technology, and more
MIT Technology Review · 2024-04-02 · #20
AltStore plans to integrate with Patreon so developers can tie access to apps to users' Patreon pledges.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-02
AltStore Patreon
AltStore, an alt iOS app store coming to the EU thanks to the DMA, plans to use a Patreon integration to let developers tie app access to users' Patreon pledges
TechCrunch · 2024-04-02 · #30
The United States and the United Kingdom sign the world's first bilateral agreement to test and assess risks from emerging AI models.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-02
United States United Kingdom testing and assessment of risks from emerging AI models
The US and the UK sign an agreement on how to test and assess risks from emerging AI models, marking the first bilateral arrangement on AI safety in the world
Financial Times · 2024-04-02 · #5
Aurora and Kodiak plan a major expansion in Texas this year.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-01
Aurora Kodiak Texas
A look at the autonomous truck industry's challenges, including a lack of federal regulation, as Aurora and Kodiak plan a major expansion in Texas this year
Washington Post · 2024-04-01 · #11
The National Association of Voice Actors thanked The Guardian for the opportunity to share NAVA's perspective and for featuring Cissy Jones Lin.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-01
National Association of Voice Actors The Guardian Cissy Jones Lin
A look at AI's impact on video game actors, as some fear their voices might be misused while others hope to collect extra payments on top of a base minimum
The Guardian · 2024-04-01 · #23
TSMC does not design or sell its own chips; it operates as a semiconductor foundry manufacturing chips for customers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-31
TSMC chips
An interview with Morris Chang on starting TSMC at the age of 55, the company not designing or selling its own chips, returning to Taiwan from the US, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2024-03-31 · #17
LAION-5B serves as a large open-source training dataset used behind generative models such as Midjourney and Stable Diffusion.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-31
LAION-5B Midjourney Stable Diffusion
Inside LAION-5B, an AI training dataset of 5B+ images that has been unavailable for download after researchers found 3,000+ instances of CSAM in December 2023
Knowing Machines · 2024-03-31 · #20
Voice Engine is available to a small group of partners (around 10), including HeyGen.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-31
OpenAI around 10 partners HeyGen
OpenAI debuts Voice Engine, which lets users generate synthetic copy of a voice from a 15-second sample, available to around 10 partners, including HeyGen
TechCrunch · 2024-03-31 · #27
Sources report that Dell, HP and other U.S. tech firms asked their Taiwanese suppliers to increase production of AI-related hardware in Mexico to reduce reliance on China.
rumored 1 article 2024-03-31
Dell HP other US tech firms Taiwanese suppliers AI-related hardware Mexico China
Shows like Fridman's and Patel's are seen as a gentler route and are increasingly preferred by tech communications teams over incisive journalists.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-31
Podcasters (Fridman, Patel) tech communications teams
Sources report Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a $100B data center project featuring a US-based supercomputer dubbed 'Stargate' to power OpenAI's products.
rumored 1 article 2024-03-30
Microsoft OpenAI $100B data center Stargate (US-based supercomputer) OpenAI's products
Sources: Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a $100B data center project with a US-based supercomputer dubbed “Stargate” to power OpenAI's products
The Information · 2024-03-30 · #8
The MyCity chatbot is powered by Microsoft technology.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-30
MyCity chatbot Microsoft
NYC's Microsoft-powered MyCity chatbot, launched as a pilot program last October, often gives inaccurate info, including telling businesses to break the law
The City · 2024-03-30 · #19
Lex Fridman and other friendly podcasters provide a gentler communications channel for Tech CEOs to disseminate messages without facing incisive traditional journalists.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-30
Lex Fridman friendly podcasters Tech CEOs
Tech CEOs looking to “go direct” and avoid traditional media, which they view as unfairly critical, turn to friendly podcasters like Lex Fridman
Bloomberg · 2024-03-30 · #11
Star Fraud is described as part of the Com online community of teenagers from English-speaking countries.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-29
Star Fraud group Com online community
High-performance memory chips produced in South Korea and supplied to Nvidia were cited among drivers of the semiconductor output growth.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-29
High-performance memory chips Nvidia
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth
Bloomberg · 2024-03-29 · #4
Quill.org and CodePath are among the nonprofits participating in the Google.org Generative AI accelerator.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-29
Google.org Quill.org CodePath
Google's charitable wing Google.org debuts an accelerator for generative AI, to be funded by $20M in grants and starting with 21 nonprofits, including Quill.org
TechCrunch · 2024-03-29 · #31
Evolv supplies the scanners used for the subway pilot.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-29
Evolv scanners AI-based gun detectors
NYC launches a 90-day pilot to test Evolv's AI-based gun detectors on the subway; Evolv is facing two government probes and scrutiny over its machines' accuracy
The Verge · 2024-03-29 · #2
Emad Mostaque's relationship with VC firm Coatue initially blossomed but later fell apart in relation to Stability AI.
failed 1 article 2024-03-28
Emad Mostaque Coatue Stability AI
A look at the rise and fall of Emad Mostaque and Stability AI, including how Mostaque's relationship with Coatue and Lightspeed blossomed and then fell apart
Fortune · 2024-03-28 · #30
The program will include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-28
Google.org 21 nonprofits Quill.org
Emad Mostaque's relationship with VC firm Lightspeed initially blossomed but subsequently dissolved in connection with Stability AI.
failed 1 article 2024-03-28
Emad Mostaque Lightspeed Stability AI
A look at the rise and fall of Emad Mostaque and Stability AI, including how Mostaque's relationship with Coatue and Lightspeed blossomed and then fell apart
Fortune · 2024-03-28 · #30
Top Silicon Valley VCs, including Coatue and Lightspeed, had an early, close relationship with Stability AI that later ended in a bitter breakup.
failed 1 article 2024-03-28
Stability AI Coatue Lightspeed
A look at the rise and fall of Emad Mostaque and Stability AI, including how Mostaque's relationship with Coatue and Lightspeed blossomed and then fell apart
Fortune · 2024-03-28 · #30
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Beijing and met with Chinese leadership.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-27
Mark Rutte Beijing China
Chinese state media: President Xi criticized “technological barriers” during Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's visit to Beijing, as the US curbs ASML exports
Bloomberg · 2024-03-27 · #26
Researchers from SRI and PARC collaborate within SRI's Future Concepts division.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-27
SRI PARC Future Concepts division
A look at SRI's Future Concepts division, a research organization comprised of SRI and PARC researchers, as some argue that basic tech research labs are passé
New York Times · 2024-03-27 · #32