Top stories in AI today: -Microsoft adds faster Copilot to Excel and Word
-Slack integrates AI agents and new workflows
-Turn documents into stunning presentations
-Groq to build world’s largest AI data center
-5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs Read more: http://
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Microsoft Copilot Updates, AI Agents, and Infrastructure Growth
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Brilliant AI Insight at Microsoft: Simple Breakthrough Discovered
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Me chatting with Karen Simonyan on my first day at @Microsoft AI: “… no way! That’s such a brilliant idea… so simple … wow, I can’t believe no one saw it before”. This is what I love the most about my field. Just when you think it’s gonna take gargantuan effort or feel
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Luiz’s Legacy: Crème Brûlée and Google’s Innovation Culture
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Luiz loved crème brûlée and my retelling of it even had a role in how he came to be at Google that written about by @CadeMetz in Wired: https://
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MongoDB Hiring Developer Relations Roles Work From Home
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Did I mention @MongoDB is hiring? I have some developer relations roles open now, and am creating a few new ones. Come join us. Work from home on the world's best database. https://
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CEO discusses AI future in Saudi region with major partnerships
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Our CEO & Co-Founder, @RodrigoLiang, spoke with AI Arabiya TV to discuss the future of #AI in the Saudi region, including our partnerships with @stc, @aramco, and @TamkeenTech.
— SambaNova (@SambaNovaAI) 16 septembre 2024
Watch the interview here 🎥⤵️ https://t.co/nDZb9OQ2r9 #Innovation pic.twitter.com/VulEYWCad8Our CEO & Co-Founder, @RodrigoLiang
, spoke with AI Arabiya TV to discuss the future of #AI in the Saudi region, including our partnerships with @stc
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Intel Sony chip pricing dispute blocks settlement deal
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'A dispute over how much profit Intel stood to take from each chip sold to the Japanese electronics giant blocked Intel from settling on the price with Sony, according to two of the sources.' nice @chernandburn
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Tech Giants Face Scrutiny Over Data Center Emissions
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excellent report on squishy emissions math at large-cap tech from @xisabelobrienx https://
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Vodafone invests $1.5bn in Microsoft AI cloud services
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'Vodafone said it planned to invest $1.5bn (£1.2bn) over the next 10 years in cloud and customer-focused AI services developed in collaboration with Microsoft.'
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Volvo EX90 Debuts NVIDIA Drive Orin-Powered AI Platform
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@volvocars rolls out the EX90 SUV, first vehicle in its EV lineup built on @NVIDIADRIVE Orin, running NVIDIA DriveOS; Announces plans to integrate NVIDIA DRIVE Thor in future models and taps NVIDIA DGX for advanced #AI training. -
Microsoft AI Hiring Exceptional Engineers for Multimodal Research
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I’ve joined @Microsoft AI to advance the frontier of large scale multimodal AI research and to build products for people to achieve meaningful goals and dreams. The MAI team is small, but well resourced and ambitious. We are now looking for exceptional ICs, who like to ship. If