These tariffs of 104% wont last long, wait until the people in the US finds out iPhones now cost 2x more.
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AI job offers in Middle East contrast with European market
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I have been receiving 2-3 job offers per day for a week to go work in AI in the UAE, Qatar, or Saudi Arabia. What is happening there right now? It's a stark contrast with the current nearly zero market in Europe and France. (I didn't say no.)
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US tariffs make indie hardware manufacturing 104% more expensive
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Hard time being a indie maker in the US now. PCBway, Banggoods etc. Everything just got 104% more expensive.
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AI Adoption Surge in France: 68% of Startups Embrace Technology
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AI adoption in France. One new company uses AI technology every 3 minutes. 68% of french startups have adopted AI. Some great stats at #AWSSummit in Paris. @AWS @awscloud #genAI #GenerativeAI #innovation #Technology #AWSpartner @JoeLangsworthy @CurieuxExplorer @Shi4Tech @smaksked
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Nvidia Nemotron-Ultra 253B Parameter Reasoning AI Surpasses Competitors
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Nvidia released Nemotron-Ultra, a 253B parameter reasoning AI —Surpasses DeepSeek R1, Llama 4 Behemoth, and Maverick across benchmarks —Includes a reasoning on/off toggle
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Amazon Upgrades Nova Reel 1.1 Video Model with Extended Capabilities
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Amazon also dropped an upgraded Nova Reel 1.1 video model
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 9 avril 2025
—Delivers improved quality, style consistency
—Extends generations to 2 min via automated and manual, shot-by-shot modes
—Also available on Amazon Bedrockpic.twitter.com/eiNfOzLlLaAmazon also dropped an upgraded Nova Reel 1.1 video model —Delivers improved quality, style consistency
—Extends generations to 2 min via automated and manual, shot-by-shot modes
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Amazon Nova Sonic Speech-to-Speech AI Outperforms OpenAI Models
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Amazon launched Nova Sonic speech-to-speech AI for human-like interactions
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 9 avril 2025
—Outperforms OpenAI's voice models with ~ 80% less cost
—4.2% word error rate across languages
— 46.7% better accuracy than GPT-4o for noisy environments
—On Amazon Bedrockpic.twitter.com/5e5nAeUXhvAmazon launched Nova Sonic speech-to-speech AI for human-like interactions —Outperforms OpenAI's voice models with ~ 80% less cost
—4.2% word error rate across languages
— 46.7% better accuracy than GPT-4o for noisy environments
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Amazon Releases New Voice Model Surpassing OpenAI
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: Amazon just dropped a new voice model that beats OpenAI Plus, more news from Google, Nvidia, Deep Cogito, Stanford, and more. Here's everything you need to know:
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DeepCogito Launches Open Source AI Models Competing With Leaders
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New open source AI company #DeepCogito releases first models and they're already topping the charts! https://
search.app/WwQEw #DeepSeekR1 #deepseekai #OpenAI #ChatGPT #chatgpt4 #Gemini #claude #GrokAI #LLM #LLMs #generativai #AI #GenAI #artificialintelligence #Tech4All