U.S. Awards $1.5 Billion to Chipmaker GlobalFoundries
The Biden administration on Monday announced a $1.5 billion award to the New York-based chipmaker GlobalFoundries, one of the first sizable grants from a government program aimed at revitalizing semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. As part of the plan to bolster GlobalFoundries, the administration will also make available another $1.6 billion in federal loans. […]
What Is Generative AI? – IEEE Spectrum
Generative AI is today’s buzziest form of artificial intelligence, and it’s what powers chatbots like ChatGPT, Ernie, LLaMA, Claude, and Command—as well as image generators like DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion, Adobe Firefly, and Midjourney. Generative AI is the branch of AI that enables machines to learn patterns from vast datasets and then to autonomously produce […]
21 Best Presidents’ Day Deals on Home and Kitchen Gear (2024)
Do you ever wonder why we’re still calling it Presidents’ Day? Me too. We’re here to check out discounts on killer gear and get in on those post-winter clearance sales, not to ruminate on rich men in powdered wigs. We’ve sorted through hundreds of sales this long weekend to bring you the best deals on […]
How to interpret art without an art degree
“If you tried to reimagine your life without art … it would look radically different,” says Karen K. Ho, a writer for ARTNews. “Art intersects with more things than people think.” It’s not just the van Goghs and Monets that hang on museum walls. It’s in works like Anish Kapoor’s innovative Cloud Gate (a.k.a. “The […]
With Sora, OpenAI highlights the mystery and clarity of its mission | The AI Beat
Last Thursday, OpenAI released a demo of its new text-to-video model Sora, that “can generate videos up to a minute long while maintaining visual quality and adherence to the user’s prompt.” Perhaps you’ve seen one, two or 20 examples of the video clips OpenAI provided, from the litter of golden retriever puppies popping their heads […]
North Korean hackers use ChatGPT to scam Linkedin users
North Korean hackers are reportedly using ChatGPT to trick users on LinkedIn and other social media platforms into providing sensitive information and data, according to a report. ChatGPT parent company OpenAI and investor Microsoft revealed last week that it had “disrupted five state-affiliated actors that sought to use AI services in support of malicious cyber […]
International Nest Aware subscriptions jump in price, as much as 100%
Enlarge / The indoor/outdoor, battery-powered (or wired) Google Nest Cam with battery. Google’s “Nest Aware” camera subscription is going through another round of price increases. This time it’s for international users. There’s no big announcement or anything, just a smattering of email screenshots from various countries on the Nest subreddit. 9to5Google was nice enough to […]