Nvidia pays Poolside $6bn to license its model factory and hire 109 staff
Nvidia has agreed to pay Poolside $6bn to license the software the startup used to build AI models, and to offer jobs to 109 of
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OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
“It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.”
Adobe Firefly can now generate music, speech and sound effects
Adobe Firefly’s audio tools became generally available on Thursday. Generate Music, Generate Speech and Generate Sound Effects now sit beside the image, video and design
Trump signs a memo to clear the regulatory path to three launches a day
The United States conducted 178 orbital launches and re-entries last year, but the White House now wants at least a thousand a year by 2030.
They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken
September 11, 2001, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in American history. As the 25th anniversary approaches, National Geographic, in collaboration with
Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids
Despite making changes last fall to help block adults from messaging unknown children, Roblox is still failing to stop adults from creeping on kids in
Flock Cameras. Canoodling Lawyers. How Much Surveillance Are We Comfortable With?
Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can’t look away.
New Jersey teen drops claims against Meta, Google, and Snap weeks before trial
A 15-year-old from New Jersey has dropped her case against Meta, Google, and Snap seven weeks before it was due to be heard in Los
OpenAI ships a Messages plugin that summarises who you talk to and what about
The ChatGPT desktop app can now read your iMessage history and send messages on your behalf. OpenAI shipped the integration this week for Macs running
Taco Bell’s voice AI expansion shows the drive-thru has entered a new phase
Voice AI in the drive-thru is becoming less of an experiment and more of an operating decision for quick-service restaurants. Food On Demand recently reported
A data centre rack running on living neurons is now operating in Singapore
NUS Medicine, data centre operator DayOne and Melbourne’s Cortical Labs have unveiled a biological data centre prototype in Singapore, built from a 20-unit rack of
FOSS Weekly #26.34: StillOS Review, Kernel 7.2 Released, PINE Trouble, Beautifying GNOME, Terminal Multiplexers and More
LightDM 1.33.0 is out after a four-year gap, now under community maintainership rather than Canonical’s. Two new maintainers, one behind Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix and the
PINE64 is Halting its Linux Hardware Line, and The AI Bubble is to Blame
The open hardware manufacturer recently posted an update on its Mastodon account, and it’s not great news if you were hoping to grab new Linux-powered
How a 23-year old builder made AI video simple
At just 23, Sean Grindal is betting on an idea he has watched take shape across a decade in software: that the hardest part of