• AI Briefing: Cloud giants’ AI ambitions create new partnerships — and new competitive concerns

    Last week, tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon all announced updates more updates for their cloud and AI efforts

  • 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 […]

  • Adobe's new upscaling tech uses AI to sharpen video

    Most new features and experiments Adobe has announced recently involve AI, like object addition and removal for Premiere Pro and text-based image generation in Photoshop. Now, the company has unveiled VideoGigaGAN, an experimental AI feature it says can upscale video by eight times without the usual artifacts like flickering or distortion, The Verge reported.  VideoGigaGAN beats other Video Super Resolution (VSR) methods because it avoids the usual artifacts and flickering introduced by GAN...

  • Tech Firm Looks to Use AI-Powered Robots for Road Repairs

    Road repairs could soon be AI-powered with tech firm Robotiz3d's new autonomous robots. Artificial intelligence-powered road repairs are now a reality, thanks to a tech firm's three new technologies under the Autonomous Road Repair System (ARRES), as reported by Fox News.

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    AI providing new tools to threat actors for attacks, says cybersecurity firm

    Cybersecurity giant Kaspersky warns of threats to corporations, individual users, says deepfake tools, services readily available for fraud, theft.

  • EU's Vestager meets French tech firm Mistral AI amid competition concerns

    European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has been looking into Big Tech's partnerships with AI start-ups, met on Friday fast-growing French start-up company Mistral AI and said the sector needs more competition. In February, Microsoft invested $16 million in Mistral AI and partnered with them to make its artificial intelligence models available through its Azure platform. It has also invested in ChatGPT owner OpenAI. Other high-profile AI partnerships include Amazon and Google's...

  • NVIDIA’s AI takes gaming to new heights with DLSS 3.5 and Ray Reconstruction

    NVIDIA’s AI can intelligently combine a variety of data from games in DLSS 3.5 and Ray Reconstruction to present more accurate detail at higher resolutions while improving performance. Advertorial Disclosure: Advertiser Content From NVIDIA

  • 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.

  • New Llama 3 LLM AI model released by Meta AI

    Meta’s recent unveiling of Llama 3, a new state-of-the-art large language model, signifies a groundbreaking leap forward in the realm of artificial intelligence. This powerful model comes in two distinct versions: an 8 billion parameter model and a more advanced 70 billion parameter variant. Llama 3 is engineered to drastically enhance the performance of AI-driven […]

  • New trails to be blazed this fall at Utah Tech with 6 new degree programs

    ST. GEORGE — This fall, Utah Tech University is set to launch an array of new programs, including the university’s first-ever doctorate, designed to meet the growing demand for specialized professionals in dynamic fields. There are two new bachelor’s degrees in special education and respiratory therapy. Three new master’s programs are also available in software […]

  • New Google AI Builder no-code custom AI Agent maker now available

    Google has launched a new tool called Google Vertex AI Agent Builder, which is a no-code platform for creating custom AI agents. This tool is designed to enable users, regardless of their technical background, to build AI assistants for various purposes such as customer service, shopping assistance, and automating online tasks. The AI Builder was […]

  • Research Briefing: BuzzFeed pivots business to AI media and tech as publishers increase use of AI

    In this week’s Digiday+ Research Briefing, we examine BuzzFeed’s plans to pivot the business to an AI-driven tech and media company, how marketers’ use of X and ad spending has dropped dramatically, and how agency executives are fed up with Meta’s ad platform bugs and overcharges, as seen in recent data from Digiday+ Research.