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Seven nuclear reactors to power Google’s AI ambitions

Google is joining the nuclear AI race with the purchase of power from seven Small Modular Reactors from Kairos Energy.
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You can now generate AI videos right in Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro and the Adobe Firefly web app are rolling out video generation tools to their users.
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Google AI helped researchers win two Nobel Prizes this week

While AI was helping win multiple Nobel Prizes this week, we saw the release of Google's Imagen 3, Zoom's AI Companion, and Amazon's Shopping Guides.
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TikTok lays off hundreds in favor of AI moderators while Instagram blames humans for its own issues

TikTok developer ByteDance laid off hundreds of human moderators in favor of AI, while Threads blamed its human moderators on a recent string of account lockouts.
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Zoom debuts its new customizable AI Companion 2.0

Zoom unveiled its next-generation AI assistant for Workplace that promises to deliver an AI-first work platform for human connection.
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Amazon debuts AI ‘Shopping Guides’ for more than 100 product types

Amazon debuted its new AI-powered Shopping Guide feature on Wednesday that is designed to help educated online buyers about their potential purchases.
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Adobe is giving creators a way to prove their art isn’t AI slop

Adobe announced that it will launch a web app for its Content Authenticity program in 2025, allowing creators to certify the authenticity of their works.
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From Open AI to hacked smart glasses, here are the 5 biggest AI headlines this week

Between OpenAI's $6.6 million funding round and some privacy-invading Meta Smart Glasses, we saw a scary number of developments in the AI space this week.
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Who needs Sora when you’ve got Meta Movie Gen?

Meta unveiled its Movie Gen video AI on Friday, which can create 16 second videos complete with sound effects and ambient noise.
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ChatGPT’s new Canvas feature sure looks a lot like Claude’s Artifacts

OpenAI debuted a new Canvas feature for ChatGPT designed to rival Anthropic's Artifacts.
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OpenAI secures $6.6 billion in latest funding round

Thanks to $6.6 billion in funding and a $157 billion valuation, OpenAI is now one of the wealthiest private enterprises on the planet.
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Google expands its AI search function, incorporates ads into Overviews on mobile

Google announced a slew of new AI-enhanced features for its Lens app, including voice questions, video analysis, and "dramatically more helpful results."
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Google’s Gemini Live now speaks nearly four-dozen languages

Google announced Thursday that it is expanding its Gemini Live feature to 40-plus new languages and connecting Gemini AI to more Google apps via Extensions.
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Copilot Pro: how to use Microsoft’s advanced AI sidekick

Get ready to transform Copilot Pro from a helpful tool to a productivity powerhouse.
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Nvidia just released an open-source LLM to rival GPT-4

Nvidia just released a 72 billion-parameter, open-source LLM that will rival GPT-4
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Westinghouse’s new nuclear microreactor could power tomorrow’s AI data centers

Westinghouse is moving forward with a new microreactor that could power AI data centers for nearly a decade without refueling.
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California governor vetoes expansive AI safety bill

Despite increasing calls for regulation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed the far-reaching AI safety bill, SB 1047
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Meta and Google made AI news this week. Here were the biggest announcements

This week's top AI headlines included: Google built an AI to design computer chips, Meta debuted its conversational AI system, and more.
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TSMC rejects ‘Podcasting Bro’ Sam Altman’s $7 trillion fab plan

During last winter's PR blitz, TSMC executives reportedly called OpenAI Sam Altman a "podcasting bro" and balked at his $7 trillion, 36-fab-plant proposal.
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OpenAI drops nonprofit status in large-scale reorganization

OpenAI is reportedly planning to scrap the nonprofit structure of its core business in favor of a for-profit model that will be more attractive to investors.
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Meta rolls out its own version of Advanced Voice Mode at Connect 2024

Meta announced Natural Voice Interactions at its Connect 2024 event. It's a new feature that will allow users to speak directly with the company's chatbot.
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ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice feature is finally rolling out to Plus and Teams subscribers

OpenAI announced that it will be rolling out its Advanced Voice feature to ChatGPT Plus and Teams subscribers throughout the week.
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A modder just put ChatGPT on a TI-84 graphing calculator

A popular modder on YouTube created the ultimate cheating device by putting ChatGPT on an old graphing calculator.
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This was a huge week for AI. Here are the 5 biggest announcements you need to know

From AI-generated video advancements to new AI-powered AR glasses, here were the 5 biggest announcements.
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Apple Intelligence: Here’s everything we know so far

Apple Intelligence is Apple's take on AI, and it's coming to a device near you very soon.
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ChatGPT’s resource demands are getting out of control

Using the chatbot to write a 100-word email draws enough current to operate more than a dozen LED lightbulbs for an hour.
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YouTube can now generate a 6-second video Short using AI

Google announced the feature as just one of a slew of new AI-enhanced tools coming to YouTube Studio.
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Google will begin labeling AI-generated images in Search

Google will begin labeling AI-generated search results in the coming months.
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Runway’s latest update is already producing mind-blowing results

The generative AI application is expanding its platform, and some people are already doing some very impressive things with it.
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How you can try OpenAI’s new o1-preview model for yourself

The latest model, previously known as Project Strawberry, is already available to try for Plus and Teams subscribers.
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OpenAI Project Strawberry: Here’s everything we know so far

Strawberry, the next-generation large language model, could arrive as soon as this fall from OpenAI.
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OpenAI’s advanced ‘Project Strawberry’ model has finally arrived

ChatGPT's new advanced reasoning model, 01, replies using reinforcement learning and chain of thought reasoning to answer complex questions.
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Google’s Gemini Live is now available for free on Android

Google's Gemini Live lets you converse with Google's chatbot in real time using spoken natural language prompts rather than text.
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A first look at Adobe’s new AI video generation tools

Adobe has revealed a preview of its new generative tools coming to Firefly by the end of 2024.