• Xaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it's 'ready' to start developing drugs

    Advances in generative AI have taken the tech world by storm. Biotech investors are making a big bet that similar computational methods could revolutionize drug discovery. On Tuesday, ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Labs, an affiliate of Foresite Capital, announced that they incubated Xaira Therapeutics and funded the AI biotech with $1 billion. Other investors […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Female football fans hit back at ITV pundit Eni Aluko after her incredible claim that UK stadiums are 'not safe for women' as some claim she 'doesn't speak for me or my family'

    Eni Aluko made the shock claim that. Female fans have hit back at the pundit and claimed she 'doesn't speak for me'. If Erik ten Hag wins the FA Cup with Man United, does he deserve to keep his job? Listen to the

  • Meta Earnings Announcement Goes Big on AI

    If anyone had any doubts about Meta’s long-term commitment to artificial intelligence (AI), they were erased in the first minute of the company’s earnings call on Wednesday (April 24). While analysts were waiting to hear about the return on investment in the technology would bring, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that AI is on a two-to-three-year development roadmap. AI […]

  • Mark Zuckerberg Announces 'Big AI News'

    Meta released the first two versions of its Llama 3 large language model on Thursday. The technology powers Meta AI and the company says the new models have improved reasoning and code generation.

  • The future of video storytelling in an AI-driven world

    Ready or not, we’re hurtling toward a world replete with AI-generated video. AI-generated video often ignites more trepidation about misinformation and deepfakes than optimism about its potential applications, but in either case, communicators will need to familiarize themselves with this medium to prepare for the future. After all, there’s a great deal of potential to […]

  • Regulating AI won't protect Americans; it's about Big Tech having a monopoly

    The more I read and write about AI, the firmer I get in my conviction that Big Tech incumbents absolutely must strangle the decentralized AI in its cradle before it wrecks everything.Take a look at this interview Ben Thompson did with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. I call your attention to this part in particular:From Microsoft’s perspective, is this going to be a funnel into new products or do you see it as an end goal in and of itself, winning search?KS: So I think you hit...

  • Weird Claim That Zuckerberg Does Not Believe in AI Compute Scaling

    Ate-a-Pi has a weird claim that Mark Zuckerberg does not believe in AI compute scaling delivering better performance. There is also a claim about energy constraints for data centers and AI chips maximizing on performance per watt. Zuckerberg says that the exponential curves are still scaling. He says no ones how long that scaling continues.

  • Hope for Russia defeat hits reality. MIC big winner

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    The Big Con is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week

    The Big Con from developer Mighty Yell is the latest game that has gone free to claim from the Epic Games Store. The title offers a cross-country road trip adventure where you rip people off.

  • Ukraine Drone Strike Hits Kremlin Bomber Factory in Russia

    Ukrainian forces struck a factory in eastern Russia charged with producing bomber aircraft for Moscow's military, according to Kyiv officials.The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (HUR) told Ukrainian news outlets that its drones hit the Gorbunov Aviation Plant in Russia's Tatarstan region Wednesday morning. The plant, in the region's capital of Kazan, manufactures missile carriers and special-purpose aircraft, including Tu-22M3 and Tu-160M bombers.The facility is 435 miles east of Moscow...

  • McDavid hits milestone as Edmonton Oilers flatten helpless Sharks

    San Jose Sharks buried by the Edmonton Oilers as Connor McDavid registers his 100th assist of the season

  • Microsoft results top Wall Street targets, driven by AI investment

    Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, driven by gains from adoption of artificial intelligence across its cloud services, and the company's shares jumped more than 4% in extended trade. Executives forecast ranges for current quarter cloud revenue that were mostly above Wall Street targets. The rise in Microsoft shares after the bell lifted the company's stock market value by $128 billion as profit and revenue growth overshadowed its...