Month: December 2024
“It’s actually quite difficult to build a really good generative AI application” – Amazon CEO outlines its AI vision, and challenges
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at AWS re:Invent 2024 opening keynote Jassy outlines Amazon AI work, and what it has learned Amazon priority is “technology that really matters for customers” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has outlined some of the company’s biggest challenges when it comes to using AI. Speaking as…
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17 Best Housewarming Gifts for Any New Home
Make a house into a home with these gifts, whether they’re moving into their first house or a great new apartment. Source
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In-memory processing using Python promises faster and more efficient computing by skipping the CPU
In-memory processing hardware exists, but software is lacking Researchers created PyPIM to enable in-memory computation Python commands translated into memory-executable instructions While processor speeds and memory storage capacities have surged in recent decades, overall computer performance remains constrained by data transfers, where the CPU must retrieve and process data from…
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Would you watch a foreign film dubbed with AI to sound like the original actors?
An Argentine horror-fantasy film called The Witch Game is coming to theaters in the U.S. and UK, but the Spanish-language movie doesn’t rely on subtitles or English speakers to voice the performances. Instead, AI tools will recreate the original actors’ voices and have them speak English. It’s a controversial move…
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Microsoft accuses FTC of leaking news of its antitrust investigation
Microsoft is asking the inspector general at the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether agency management improperly leaked news of its antitrust investigation into the company, and make their findings public. Bloomberg first reported that the probe was underway last week, which The Verge later confirmed. The investigation covers Microsoft’s…
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What happened to Intel?
On Monday, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger abruptly decided to retire after less than four years on the job. That was the official story, anyhow. Within hours, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The New York Times had a different one: the board of directors pushed him out. Three and a half years ago,…
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