OpenAI has released DALL-E 3, the latest version of its text-to-image tool. DALL-E 3 is a significant improvement over the previous version, DALL-E 2, and is now able to generate even more realistic and creative images from text descriptions. DALL-E 3 is a 12-billion parameter diffusion model trained on a massive dataset of text and image pairs. It can generate...[ read more ]
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Amazon Makes Alexa “Smarter” and Announces New Devices Including Echo Frames and Echo Show 8
Amazon announced a number of new products and software upgrades on Wednesday at its fall product launch event, including a smarter Alexa, new Echo devices, and a voice search feature for Fire TVs. Smarter Alexa Amazon's biggest announcement was a new, custom-built large language model (LLM) for Alexa. The new LLM is designed to make Alexa more conversational, offer real-time...[ read more ]
New AI Tool Could Revolutionize the Way We Diagnose and Treat Genetic Diseases
Google DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google focused on artificial intelligence (AI), has developed a new AI tool that can predict whether genetic mutations are harmful. This tool, called AlphaMissense, could revolutionize the way that we diagnose and treat genetic diseases. AlphaMissense works by analyzing the DNA sequence of a mutation and comparing it to a database of known mutations. The...[ read more ]
X to Become Paid Platform in Bid to Combat Bots
Elon Musk, the CEO of X (formerly Twitter), has announced that the platform will soon become a paid platform for all users. Musk made the announcement in a tweet on September 18, 2023, saying that the change is necessary to "combat the vast armies of bots" on the platform. Musk has not yet announced a specific date for when the...[ read more ]
Google Bard integrates Gmail, Docs, Drive & more: Check out these cool new features
Google Bard, the company's latest AI chatbot, is now integrated with Gmail, Docs, Drive, and other Google services. This integration enables a number of cool new features that can help users save time and effort, get help with brainstorming ideas and researching topics, and improve their productivity and creativity. Here are some of the ways that users can leverage the...[ read more ]
LangChain: A framework for simplifying the development of LLM
Large language models (LLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence that can generate and understand human language. LLMs have been trained on massive datasets of text and code, and they are able to perform a wide range of tasks, including text summarization, translation, question answering, and code generation. LLMs have the potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries, but...[ read more ]
TikTok fined €345 million over handling of children’s data in Europe
TikTok has been fined €345 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating a number of EU privacy laws related to the handling of children's data. The DPC found that TikTok had failed to obtain parental consent for the processing of children's data, failed to provide adequate transparency about how children's data is used, and failed to take...[ read more ]
India’s Quantum Technology Ambitions
India is looking to advance in quantum technology, a rapidly developing field with the potential to revolutionize many industries. In 2020, the Indian government launched the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications (NMQTA), a five-year program with a budget of ₹8,000 crore (US$1.2 billion). The NMQTA aims to develop a strong quantum technology ecosystem in India, with a focus...[ read more ]
Indian Government Mandates NavIC Chips in Smartphones
The Indian government has mandated NavIC chips in all smartphones sold in India starting from January 1, 2025 for 5G smartphones and December 2025 for all other smartphones. NavIC, or Navigation with Indian Constellation, is the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) indigenous satellite navigation system. The government has taken this step to promote the use of NavIC and to reduce...[ read more ]
Google Voice Will Now Alert Users to Spam Messages on Android and iOS
Google Voice is introducing a new feature that will alert users to suspected spam messages on Android and iOS devices. This is similar to the existing feature that alerts users to suspected spam calls. Suspected spam messages will be marked with a red exclamation point next to the sender's avatar in the message list. When opening a suspected spam message,...[ read more ]