Did you miss the Google recruiter Q&A session on Tuesday? Recruiters Jason Zeidan and Daniel Trifunovich will be back at the #ECCV2024 Google booth today from 12:30–1:30pm CEST to talk about research and employment opportunities at Google. Hope to see you there!
BIG TECH
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Oura Ring 4 competes with Samsung Galaxy Ring in wearable health tech
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Oura just announced the Oura Ring 4, which comes with "smart sensing" features that pick up on blood oxygen, heart rate, and breathing. The Finnish startup now faces competition from tech giant Samsung, which launches its Galaxy Ring earlier this year.
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Meta faces second class action lawsuit over AI fair use claims
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Another one? There was an earlier 'class action' where the judge just said plaintiff's lawyers were "unable or unwilling to litigate properly." There was supposed to be summary judgements within weeks on the Fair Use part. If that favors Meta, isn't this second suit also toast?
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Panasonic’s renewable energy integration reduces manufacturing emissions
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Panasonic's focus on renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic panels, highlights the importance of integrating green technologies at the manufacturing level, showing that large-scale industry shifts can significantly reduce global emissions.
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OpenAI, Character AI, and Poolside Secure Major AI Funding Rounds
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Les sources du FT sont ici : https://
cnbc.com/2024/10/02/ope
nai-raises-at-157-billion-valuation-microsoft-nvidia-join-round.html
… https://
techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/cha
racter-ai-hires-ex-youtube-exec-as-cpo-says-will-raise-money-next-year-with-new-partners/
… https://
techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/ai-
coding-startup-poolside-raises-500m-from-ebay-nvidia-and-others/
… https://
qz.com/google-reasoni
ng-ai-model-compete-openai-chatgpt-gemini-1851663139
… https://
next.ink/brief_article/
le-gouvernement-barnier-veut-generaliser-la-videosurveillance-algorithmique-vsa/
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AI Industry Surge: OpenAI Valuation, Character.AI, and Poolside Funding
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Envie d’embarquer pour le Futur ? OpenAI atteint une valorisation de 157 milliards http://
Character.AI engage une cadre de YouTube Poolside lève 500 millions pour son IA codeuse Google accélère sur les capacités de raisonnement de l’IA La vidéosurveillance -
Free Speech, Monopolies, and Individual Association Rights
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Free speech refers to government and monopolies. There is no free speech amongst individuals, instead there is right to associate or not associate. So there is no hypocrisy in blocking.
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OpenAI GPTs Store: Failed Ecosystem or Data Harvesting Scheme?
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I think the GPTs Store was initially intended for OpenAI to harvest training data from user interactions or as an early attempt at building out an agent ecosystem. But let's be honest, the GPTs that actually came out were pretty underwhelming. At some point, they probably
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Nvidia Releases HelpSteer2-Preference with Enhanced Rating Preferences
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Nvidia dropped HelpSteer2-Preference Complementing Ratings with Preferences
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Zuckerberg becomes fourth richest: Orion glasses validate metaverse bet
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Mark Zuckerberg now fourth richest in the world: Net worth crosses $200 billion, Orion glasses pay off #Metaverse bet