The biggest acquihire in history: Google is paying $2.5 billion just to get Noam Shazeer back.
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Llama 3.1 Impact Grants: $500K for Community Solutions
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Today we're opening a call for applications for Llama 3.1 Impact Grants! Until Nov 22, teams can submit proposals for using Llama to address social challenges across their communities for a chance to be awarded a $500K grant. Details + application https://
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Cheaper Tech Stocks Present Investment Opportunities for Investors
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Suddenly, a cheaper tech landscape Two hundred and nine U.S.-listed tech shares are cheaper now than they were six months, one year, and in some cases, even five years ago. Picking through them reveals potential gems for the enterprising investor. https://
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OpenAI keeps its AI text detector secret
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Per WSJ: OpenAI has their own internal "AI writing detector" that boasts an accuracy of 99.9% – but they haven't released it for nearly 2 years. Article ↓
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Elon Musk Files New OpenAI Lawsuit Alleging Contract Breach
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Elon Musk revives his OpenAI lawsuit, filing a complaint in California to allege that OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman breached OpenAI's founding contract (@cademetz / New York Times) nytimes.com/2024/08/05/techn… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/240805/p14#a240…
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Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman
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Elon Musk has revived his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman: nytimes.com/2024/08/05/techn…
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Meta AI hires Hollywood talent, Google acquires Character AI team
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Top stories in AI today: -Meta AI’s new Hollywood hires
-Google absorbs Character AI talent
-Large 2: A free-to-use GPT-4 competitor
-Tesla unveils new AI vision for robots
-6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs Read more: http://
therundown.ai/p/meta-ai-goes
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Huawei’s Smart Headlights Revolutionize Automotive Technology
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Huawei's smart headlights are going way beyond our imagination. #gigadgets #automotive #luxurycars #electricvehicle #driving #technology #TechRevolution #tech #Engineering @KirkDBorne @patricegorissen @jeffkagan @radres @enilev @insom_ai333
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Brain Implants and Human Civilization: Neuralink’s Future Impact
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Hier, @elonmusk a affirmé que dans peu d’années plusieurs centaines de millions d’êtres humains auront un implant intracerebral @neuralink
— Docteur Laurent Alexandre (@dr_l_alexandre) 4 août 2024
Vous pensez que nous changeons de civilisation ?
Que vont devenir les humains sans implants cérébraux ? pic.twitter.com/41nuiDJVJMHier, @elonmusk a affirmé que dans peu d’années plusieurs centaines de millions d’êtres humains auront un implant intracerebral @neuralink Vous pensez que nous changeons de civilisation ? Que vont devenir les humains sans implants cérébraux ?
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Google AI Optimizes Traffic Lights to Reduce Emissions
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An overview of @GoogleAI work showing one way that AI is helping reduce worldwide emissions, by better timing stop lights to reduce idling at intersections (and get people where they want to go faster)