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Jul
29

You can now turn still images into AI videos with Runway Gen-3 Alpha

Users can now upload imagery and/or continue to enter text prompts to guide new AI video generations that are 5 or 10 seconds in length.Read More

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Jul
29

DreamHack Dallas 2024 grows the event beyond esports

DreamHack Dallas had its biggest showing ever in 2024, in part because the event is no longer just about esports.Read More

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Jul
29

Cerabyte scores investment from Pure Storage for ceramic-based data storage

Cerabyte secures strategic investment from Pure Storage, accelerating the commercialization of its revolutionary ceramic-based cold storage technology.Read More

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Jul
29

Tripp launches AI meditation guide Kōkua XR on Meta Quest

Wellness tech company Tripp announced its AI meditation app Kōkua is now available on the Meta Quest virtual reality platform.Read More

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Jul
29

Game M&A was up in Q2 while private game investments focus on early stage | Drake Star

Gaming acquisitions and public market deals continued to gain momentum in second quarter of 2024 as the market gradually gets better.Read More

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Jul
29

Open-source AI narrows gap with proprietary leaders, new benchmark reveals

Galileo's latest Hallucination Index reveals open-source AI models are rapidly closing the performance gap with proprietary giants, potentially reshaping the AI landscape and democratizing advanced capabilities.Read More

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Jul
28

Addressing the conundrum of imposter syndrome and LLMs

By using LLMs as aids rather than crutches, we can harness their potential without falling into the trap of imposter syndrome.Read More

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Jul
27

Unifying gen X, Y, Z and boomers: The overlooked secret to AI success

One critical (but overlooked) facet to gen AI success is the people behind the technology and the dynamics between them.Read More

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Jul
27

From unions to strikes, this has been a busy week | Kaser Focus

The word of the week was "union," as Rachel Kaser watched unions form and put in work during this busy week.Read More

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Jul
27

Silicon Valley shaken as open-source AI models Llama 3.1 and Mistral Large 2 match industry leaders

Meta's Llama 3.1 and Mistral Large 2 open-source AI models challenge industry leaders, reshaping the AI landscape and democratizing access to cutting-edge technology.Read More

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Jul
26

Epic Games pulls out of ‘rent collector’ distribution and will restore Fortnite to iOS in Europe

Epic unveiled its new game strategy for mobile game stores in a move that was driven by new regulation in Europe and ongoing platform wars.Read More

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Jul
26

How Salesforce’s MINT-1T dataset could disrupt the AI industry

Salesforce's MINT-1T, a trillion-token dataset, revolutionizes AI research by democratizing access and raising crucial ethical questions about the future of machine learning.Read More

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Jul
26

Maingear launches new 17-inch ML-17 gaming laptop

Maingear has launched a new version of its ML-17 laptop designed to offer performance, portability and a massive screen for gamers.Read More

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Jul
26

How skill matters in Call of Duty multiplayer matchmaking | The DeanBeat

Activision has been taking deep dives into its matchmaking process for Call of Duty multiplayer.Read More

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Jul
26

DeepMind makes big jump toward interpreting LLMs with sparse autoencoders

A new research by Google DeepMind shows how sparse autoencoders (SAEs) with special JumpReLU activation can help interpret LLMs.Read More

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Jul
26

How Microsoft is turning AI skeptics into AI power users

75% of knowledge workers are already using AI at work, and that usage has doubled in the past six months.Read More

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Jul
25

Team FOLON launches ‘DLC-sized’ Fallout London mod

After 5 years, the ambitious Fallout London mod has launched. The "DLC-sized" mod for Fallout 4 rivals the base game's size.Read More

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Jul
25

Microsoft unveils serverless fine-tuning for its Phi-3 small language model

While it's a clear win for developers looking to stay in the Microsoft ecosystem, it's also a notable competitor to Microsoft's own ally.Read More

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Jul
25

AI training costs are growing exponentially —  IBM says quantum computing could be a solution

Experts from IBM, AWS and HP Labs tackle the big question of gen AI: soaring training costs, at VB Transform 2024.Read More

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Jul
25

Look North World raises $2.25M for its Fortnite UGC games and creator label

Look North World, a UGC game studio and publisher led by Bungie cofounder Alexander Seropian, has raised $2.5 million.Read More

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