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AMD Reveals Fleet of Chips for Heavy AI Workloads

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

From commercial devices to data centers, AMD continues to try to knock Intel and NVIDIA further down the leaderboard of heavy-duty AI processors.

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Researchers question AI’s ‘reasoning’ ability as models stumble on math problems with trivial changes

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

How do machine learning models do what they do? And are they really “thinking” or “reasoning” the way we understand those things? This is a philosophical question as much as a practical one, but a new paper making the rounds … Continue reading →

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Here’s the full list of 39 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

In the first half of 2024 alone, more than $35.5 billion was invested into AI startups globally. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Khosla Ventures just backed OpenAI with $405M more, but not necessarily with its own capital

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

Khosla Ventures has raised $405 million for OpenAI, according to a regulatory filing. Based on the filing alone, Khosla’s stake in the ChatGPT maker appears to be at least 6% of the $6.6 billion round the company closed last week. … Continue reading →

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Firefox Update Patches Exploited Vulnerability

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

Investigation of the use-after-free flaw is ongoing, but organizations and individual users can update Firefox now for a fix.

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Deepfakes Can Fool Facial Recognition on Crypto Exchanges

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

Creating new accounts under fake identities provides attackers with a way to launder money or commit fraud.

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Hit by hurricanes? FCC says you qualify for internet and mobile service subsidies

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

As hurricanes batter the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, many people’s livelihoods are on hold and they’re struggling to make ends meet. The FCC just decided that anyone affected by a natural disaster can get a break … Continue reading →

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Fearless Fund has made a big deal since settling its controversial lawsuit

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

Fearless Fund has made a big move since it settled a lawsuit with the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER).  The firm announced on Thursday a seven-figure investment into the e-commerce platform Zimi, co-founded by Audrey Djiya and Peter Nsaka. … Continue reading →

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The Internet Archive Breach: Over 31 Million User Accounts Exposed

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

Attackers got hold of a 6.4 GB file containing the email addresses and hashed passwords of users registered with The Internet Archive.

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APAC Concerns Grow Over Foreign AI Monopolies, Competition

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Techme101

Japanese and South Korean competition regulators commence probes.

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