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Job titles of the future: Breast biomechanic
Twenty years ago, Joanna Wakefield-Scurr was having persistent pain in her breasts. Her doctor couldn’t diagnose the cause but said a good, supportive bra could help. A professor of biomechanics, Wakefield-Scurr thought she could do a little research and find a science-backed option.
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UAE’s G42 teams up with Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of compute in India
Abu Dhabi-based tech company G42 has partnered with U.S.-based chipmaker Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of computing power via a new supercomputer system in India, the companies said on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The system will be hosted in India and follow local data
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Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
being built at a frantic pace all over the world, driven by the AI boom. These facilities consume staggering amounts of electricity. By 2028, AI servers alone may use as much energy as 22 percent of US households.
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Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books
Following backlash in a Hacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models that could then be used to create AI slop. The blog, which is archived here, was written in November 2024 by a senior product manager, Poo
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The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online AI-enabled deception now permeates our online lives.
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OpenAI says 18 to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India
OpenAI seems to have found product-market fit with young Indians. The company said on Friday that users between 18 and 24 years of age accounted for nearly 50% of messages sent to ChatGPT in the country, and users under 30 accounted for 80%.
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An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services
Amazon’s cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant’s push to roll out these coding assistants. Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to one system used by its customers in mid
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Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up
Peak XV announced on Friday that it has raised $1.3 billion across new India and Asia-focused funds. The firm, which now manages more than $10 billion in assets, is sharpening its focus on artificial intelligence and cross-border bets amid intensifying competition for deals in the region. The capita
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AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: Faster, cheaper, lonelier
A Filipino man walks through the backyard of his childhood home in rural Hawai’i, his footsteps swooshing through the grass. Birds chirp, contributing to the tropical din, as he approaches a shrine at the base of a starfruit tree.
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Toy Story 5 takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’
When the first Toy Story movie came out in 1995, Google didn’t exist yet and Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy.
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AI Safety Meets the War Machine
Anthropic last year became the first major AI company cleared by the US government for classified use—including military applications—the news didn’t make a major splash.
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Exploring AI in the APAC retail sector
AI in the APAC retail sector is transitioning from analytics and pilots into workflows and daily operations.Dense urban stores, high labour churn, and competitive quick-commerce ecosystems are driving the uptake.
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Why these startup CEOs don’t think AI will replace human roles
As AI companies get bigger in valuation and usage, there is a constant debate about how AI is replacing humans in various jobs.
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Lawsuit: ChatGPT told student he was "meant for greatness"—then came psychosis
A Georgia college student named Darian DeCruise has sued OpenAI, alleging that a recently deprecated version of ChatGPT “convinced him that he was an oracle” and “pushed him into psychosis.” This case, which was first reported by ALM, marks the 11th such known lawsuit to be filed against OpenAI that
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Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem
Nvidia is stepping up efforts to court India’s artificial intelligence startups earlier in their lifecycle, unveiling a string of partnerships this week aimed at reaching founders even before their companies are formally established.
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Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again
On Thursday, Google released the newest version of Gemini Pro, its powerful LLM. The model, 3.1, is currently available as a preview and will be generally released soon, the company said. Google’s new model may be one of the most powerful LLMs yet.
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YouTube’s latest experiment brings its conversational AI tool to TVs
The race to advance conversational AI in the living room is heating up, with YouTube being the latest to expand its tool to smart TVs, gaming consoles, and streaming devices. This experimental feature, previously limited to mobile devices and the web, now brings conversational AI directly to the la
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Reddit is testing a new AI search feature for shopping
Reddit announced on Thursday that it’s testing a new AI search tool that takes community recommendations and matches them with products from some of the company’s shopping and advertising partners. A small group of users in the U.S.
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Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift
plans to put ads in its AI search product as the industry looks for sustainable business models that won’t hurt user trust.