OpenAI pledges to publish AI safety test results more often

OpenAI is moving to publish the results of its internal AI model safety evaluations more regularly in what the outfit is pitching as an effort to increase transparency. On Wednesday, OpenAI launched the Safety evaluations hub, a web page showing how the company’s models score on various tests for harmful content generation, jailbreaks, and hallucinations. […]

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Stability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on smartphones

AI startup Stability AI has released Stable Audio Open Small, a “stereo” audio-generating AI model that the company claims is the fastest on the market — and efficient enough to run on smartphones. Stable Audio Open Small is the fruit of a collaboration between Stability AI and Arm, the chipmaker that produces many of the […]

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Google DeepMind’s AI Agent Dreams Up Algorithms Beyond Human Expertise

A new system that combines Gemini’s coding abilities with an evolutionary approach  improves datacenter scheduling, chip design, and fine-tune large language models.

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5 new Uber features you should know — including a way to avoid surge pricing

The ride-hailing company announced a route share feature, prepaid ride passes and special deals week for UberOne members at its annual Go-Get showcase.

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Pinterest finally admits mass bans were a mistake caused by an ‘internal error’

Pinterest has now publicly apologized for the wave of moderation issues that have swept across the social network over the past few weeks, leading to account bans and Pin removals that users said were unwarranted. In posts published to social media Tuesday, the company took responsibility for the issue, saying that an “internal error” led […]

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A new bipartisan bill aims to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight

U.S. lawmakers introduced Wednesday the Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act in a bid to revise the FAA’s 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil. The bipartisan legislation – introduced by Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), Aviation Subcommittee Chair Troy Nehls (R-TX), and Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) – would allow supersonic travel, provided no audible sonic boom […]

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Max to be renamed HBO Max. The name change nobody wanted

Two years after Warner Bros. Discovery rebranded its streaming service Max, the company is reverting back to its old name. The company announced the good news at its Upfront presentation on Wednesday.  This story is developing

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Google’s Gemini chatbot can now more easily analyze GitHub projects

Gemini, Google’s AI-powered chatbot, can now connect to GitHub — for users subscribed to the $20-per-month Gemini Advanced plan, that is. As of Wednesday, Gemini Advanced customers can directly add a public or private codebase on GitHub to Gemini to allow the chatbot to generate and explain code, debug existing code, and more. Users can […]

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AMD announces $6 billion buyback; shares climb 6%

The authorization is in addition to $4 billion in existing approved share repurchases, the company said.

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Tensor9 helps vendors deploy their software into any environment using digital twins

Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack. Tensor9 converts a software vendor’s code into the format needed […]

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