(The Center Square) – The emphasis on solar power in rural areas as a means of alternative energy continues to be a focal point of government spending, especially with federal taxpayer dollars headed to Arizona. In a news release last week, Arizona Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly announced that $974,538 in grants will go toward four businesses in Arizona to develop “solar energy projects.” The funding stems from the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy and...
Meta Platforms unveils Meta AI Assistant powered by Llama 3, expanding globally with real-time image generation and strategic partnerships to challenge AI rivals.
Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to develop Indonesia's AI infrastructure by building new cloud computing data centers. CEO Satya Nadella said it would be their largest investment in the country.
BATH, N.Y. (WETM) — The Village of Bath will soon be making updates to its natural gas infrastructure after more than $9 million was granted to the village by the federal government. In a release from Congressman Nick Langworthy's Office, the Village of Bath will get $9,377,000 in federal grant funding to replace natural gas []
ChatGPT kicked off the AI chatbot race. Meta is determined to win it. To that end: the Meta AI assistant, introduced last September, is now being integrated into the search box of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. It’s also going to start appearing directly in the main Facebook feed. You can still chat with it in the messaging inboxes of Meta’s apps. And for the first time, it’s now accessible via a standalone website at Meta.ai. For Meta’s assistant to have any hope of being a...
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Node AI (GPU) traded down 4.9% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on April 23rd. During the last week, Node AI has traded up 2% against the U.S. dollar. One Node AI token can now be bought for about $1.62 or 0.00002447 BTC on popular exchanges. Node […]
After facing a needed $3.75 million budget reduction that led to the closure of Hills Elementary, the Iowa City Community School District also saw millions in losses from private school vouchers this year. The district board of directors voted on Tuesday to approve its budget for fiscal 2025, which has declined since the previous year.
Japan Post Bank Co said Tuesday that a nationwide system failure has caused delays in receiving nearly 1.2 million money transfers from other banks. The bank said the system failure began at 8:40 a.m. and was resolved by 10:07 p.m. It said there is no evidence indicating a cyberattack. The
A jury awarded a former California State Parks employee nearly $2.3 million after a trial laid bare claims that the agency and a former boss discriminated against him for his Mexican heritage and retaliated when he spoke up while employed in the department's Malibu region. "It could lay a foundation for other people behind me to have a fair shake," plaintiff Angel Alba said Monday. He qualified his optimism, though, adding, "There's still no room for Mexican American people in leadership here in...
Get ready for AI to make videos from just your picture. Microsoft Research recently unveiled VASA, a new AI framework demonstration capable of generating “hyper-realistic” talking faces from a single portrait and speech audio, possibly reducing the reliance on webcams. The new technology introduces a shift in video conferencing, potentially making webcams obsolete by synthesizing lifelike facial […]
Meta’s making several big moves today to promote its AI services across its platform. The company has upgraded its AI chatbot with its newest large language model, Llama 3, and it is now running it in the search bar of its four major apps (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp) across multiple countries. Alongside this, the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.