NVIDIA has recently launched a new compact generative AI supercomputer—the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit. This product not only features significant performance improvements but also comes at a drastically reduced price, with potential for further performance upgrades via software, aimed at making generative AI accessible to more people. The all-new Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is small enough to fit comfortably in hand, catering to commercial AI developers, enthusiasts, and students.

Since OpenAI first previewed its text-to-video AI model Sora in February this year, no specific updates have been provided. Recently, a group of testing artists involved with OpenAI's new text-to-video AI model Sora leaked early access to the model due to their dissatisfaction with the company. They released a project related to the Sora API on the AI development platform Hugging Face, using an early access authentication token to create.

Peter Welch, a Senator from Vermont, recently introduced a new bill called the "Transparency and Accountability in Artificial Intelligence Act" (TRAIN Act), aimed at increasing transparency for AI developers. If passed, this legislation would allow copyright holders to issue subpoenas to relevant parties to obtain training records if they believe their works have been used without authorization to train AI models. Note: Image generated by AI, image licensed through Midjourney.

Google recently launched the Health AI Developer Foundation (HAI-DEF), a health AI developer initiative designed to empower developers to efficiently build and implement medical AI models. The goal of this new initiative is to democratize AI development in the healthcare sector, promote innovation, and improve patient care. Unique challenges faced in medical AI development include the demand for large, diverse datasets, the need for expertise in both AI and healthcare, and the complexities of training and deploying these models.

Recently, San Francisco-based startup Wordware announced the completion of a $30 million seed funding round led by Spark Capital. This investment is one of the largest initial investments in Y Combinator's history. Wordware aims to simplify the AI development process through its natural language platform, enabling non-programmers to easily build AI agents. The core product of Wordware is a full-stack operating system that allows users to...

Google today announced the launch of the newly upgraded Gemini model series, which includes Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002. This update not only significantly enhances performance but also brings surprising price discounts, undoubtedly creating a buzz in the AI development community. Firstly, the most eye-catching aspect is the substantial price reduction. The usage cost of the new models has been halved, with a drop of over 50%. At the same time, performance has seen remarkable improvements.

In Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, G20 leaders reached an important consensus this Friday, deciding to work together to combat misinformation and establish guidelines for the future development of artificial intelligence. This is the first time in G20 history that the issue of misinformation has been explicitly acknowledged, calling on digital platforms to enhance transparency and accountability. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from provider Midjourney. João Brant, Digital Policy Secretary under Brazilian President Lula, stated in an interview with the Associated Press that G20 representatives emphasized the importance of digital platforms.

The water consumption of data centers has skyrocketed, especially in Virginia, where it has nearly doubled from 2019 to 2023, reflecting a significant global demand for water resources. The water usage by tech giants Microsoft and Google indicates that substantial amounts of water are being consumed in areas facing water scarcity and extreme shortages. However, data centers struggle to implement closed-loop water recycling systems mainly because the water used for humidity control evaporates, particularly in dry regions, which may increase static electricity risks and be detrimental to equipment. As artificial intelligence becomes more widespread, the number of data centers and the demand for water resources continues to grow.

Australian telecom company Telstra and tech giant Microsoft have announced a deepening of their strategic partnership to promote AI innovation and digital transformation in Australia. The two companies will combine Microsoft's advanced AI technologies with Telstra's ultra-fast intercity fiber network, aiming to enhance the AI ecosystem and accelerate the digital transition. Microsoft sees Telstra as a strategic partner in expanding AI infrastructure in Australia, while Telstra's new fiber network will support Microsoft's infrastructure needs.

OpenAI and Anthropic may face losses of up to billions of dollars this year, primarily due to the high costs of training and operating AI models. OpenAI's AI training costs are expected to reach $3 billion, with personnel costs potentially hitting $1.5 billion and rental of Microsoft servers costing nearly $4 billion. Anthropic's situation is more severe, with projected expenses exceeding $2.7 billion, while its revenue is only one-fifth to one-tenth of OpenAI's. The costs of developing and operating AI models are facing intense competition, especially in multimodal scenarios.

Recently, the European Commission announced the launch of several funding programs for generative artificial intelligence. These programs will be implemented under the "Horizon Europe" work projects next year, with a total budget of up to 500 million euros. The goal of this plan is to help the European Union keep pace with the global pace in the field of artificial intelligence, especially in using technologies like ChatGPT to solve industrial issues in the real world.Image Source Note: The imag

July 10, 2024 —— Anthropic Inc. announced today that its AI development platform has introduced new features aimed at simplifying the development process for AI applications. The new features include the ability to generate, test, and evaluate prompts within the Anthropic console, as well as functions for automatically generating test cases and comparing outputs. Writing excellent prompts is now very simple, just describe the task to Claude. The console provides an built-in prompt generator su

At the Bosch Connected World conference, Elon Musk discussed topics such as artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and robotics. Musk expressed concerns about the potential negative impacts of AI technology getting out of control. Tesla aims to achieve full self-driving capabilities and plans to expand into Europe and other regions. The pace of AI technology development is expected to double every six months. Musk predicts that by 2025, we may face a power bottleneck, as the energy consumption of chatbots each year could be enough to support a small country.