• CNBC

    Nvidia-backed startup Synthesia unveils AI avatars that can convey human emotions

    AI startup Synthesia on Thursday announced the launch of its "Expressive Avatars," AI-generated digital avatars that can convey human emotions.

  • Nvidia to purchase Run:ai for $700M, further asserting its dominance in the AI stack

    Nvidia plans to acquire Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based software provider that helps optimize AI apps and workloads on GPUs.

  • AI investments: Alphabet, Microsoft earnings show hefty AI bets are driving growth

    Alphabet and Microsoft ignited a rally in technology stocks on Friday with earnings that showed big AI investments were driving growth, allaying doubts that their costly bets would take time to pay off after a soft forecast from Meta Platforms. Alphabet rose 10%, crossing $2 trillion in market value with a gain of about $180 billion as it sweetened the pot for investors with its maiden dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback. The world's fourth most valuable firm flirted with the milestone on...

  • ‘AI-BOM’ bombs: Army backs off, will demand less detailed data from AI vendors

    Instead of demanding an exhaustive “AI Bill of Materials.” the Army will only ask contractors for a “baseball card” of key stats on their AI — while building up its in-house capacity to check for bad code or “poisoned” data.

    • ZDNet

    Gen AI training costs soar yet risks are poorly measured, says Stanford AI report

    The seventh-annual report on the global state of artificial intelligence from Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence offers some concerning thoughts for society: the technology's spiraling costs and poor measurement of its risks. According to the report, "The AI Index 2024 Annual Report," published Monday by HAI, the cost of training large language models such as OpenAI's GPT-4 -- the so-called foundation models used to develop other programs -- is...

    • CNBC

    Why Apple is betting big on India

    Apple has recently made an aggressive play to expand operations on both the manufacturing and sales front in India.

  • Premier League Darts betting offer: Bet on Luke Littler and get £15 in free bets with talkSPORT BET

    The Premier League Darts season returns for its twelfth night of action on Thursday night, this time taking place in Rotterdam, which includes 17-year-old sensation Luke Littler looking to extend h

  • Rabbit's R1 is a little AI gadget that grows on you

    If there’s one overarching takeaway from last night’s Rabbit R1 launch event, it’s this: Hardware can be fun again. After a decade of unquestioned smartphone dominance, there is, once again, excitement to be found in consumer electronics. The wisdom and longevity of any individual product or form factor — while important — can be set […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Derry comic unleashes his biggest show yet

    “This is my seventh comedy hour and I’ve really gone as big as I can on this one,” explains Peter, “it’s weird writing a show about the pressure to constantly sell yourself online whilst also trying to promote a large show. The irony has not been lost on me.” Peter has been working in comedy since an early teenager and in 2009 was involved with his wife in helping her set up Derry’s longest running comedy club. He took over running the club in 2013 and has been its regular MC since. “There’s...

  • NVIDIA Blackwell 2024 AI GPU Superchip Specifications

    The NVIDIA Blackwell architecture is designed to meet the growing demands of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, offering significant advancements in computational power and efficiency. Named after the esteemed mathematician David H. Blackwell, this architecture introduces several innovations aimed at optimizing the deployment and operation of state-of-the-art AI models. Let’s take a closer […]

  • Some Analysts Question Nvidia's Long-Term Dominance in AI

    The company's AI accelerators' high pricing and power consumption have led to some analysts questioning if Nvidia's strategy is sustainable.

    • KIFI

    India heads to the polls in world’s biggest election

    By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Polls opened Friday for the first and largest phase of India’s marathon general election, kicking off a vote in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to win a rare third consecutive term. About 969 million people are eligible to vote in the biggest election in human history, with