Eugene comes from an electronic engineering background and loves all things tech. When he takes a break from consuming AI news, you'll find him at the snooker table.
LinkedIn ↗Doctors at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have combined AI with 5 microchip brain implants to enable a quadriplegic man to move and feel…
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Google showcased some exciting test results of its latest vision-language-action (VLA) robot model called Robotics Transformer 2 (RT-2). The bulk of recent AI discussions has centered…
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A drug trafficker in New York was arrested after an AI-powered surveillance system flagged his driving patterns as suspicious. David Zayas was arrested back in March…
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Meta is partnering with Qualcomm to enable Llama 2-based applications to run on its Snapdragon chips by 2024. The current level of personal device computing power…
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Alibaba has become the first Chinese company to make Meta’s Llama 2 available as it started hosting the LLM on its cloud computing platform earlier this…
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Earlier this month Meta announced that it was releasing Llama 2 and making it available for free in cooperation with Microsoft, but now Meta says it…
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The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has quietly rolled out AI surveillance at 7 of New York City’s subway stations to monitor fare dodgers. The solution relies…
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OpenAI is rolling out the option of adding custom instructions in your user preferences to tailor ChatGPT responses. ChatGPT delivers more accurate responses when you give…
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Worldcoin has started the global rollout of its crypto and World ID human verification project. The project was started by Alex Blania, founder and CEO of…
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Fable Studios soft-launched their generative AI tool, Showrunner AI, capable of producing high-quality television shows from scratch. In a tweet, Fable announced the release of its…
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