Google secretly released an AI dictation app that works offline
Update (April 7, 10:30 p.m. PT): The company has updated its app store listing to remove references to the Android app. However, he added that an iOS keyboard is coming soon. Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called Google AI Edge Eloquent on iOS to compete with Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Willow and […]
We can’t help but root for small open source AI model maker Arcee
Arcee, a small 26-employee American startup that built a massive 400B parameter open source LLM on a budget of just $20 million, has released a new inference model. Arcee calls this model Trinity Large Thinking, and CEO Mark McQuade claims to TechCrunch that it’s the most capable open-ended model “ever released by a non-Chinese company.” […]
VC Eclipse has set aside $1.3 billion in new funding to back and build ‘physical AI’ startups
A quick look at Eclipse’s recent investments gives you an idea of where the venture’s interests lie and where it’s headed. The Palo Alto-based VC has seen its median deal size explode over the past few years, funneling more and more money into the “physical world.” The company’s deals include electric boat developer Ark, Buzzy […]
US authorities warn that Iranian hackers are targeting US critical infrastructure
The U.S. government has warned that Iranian-backed hackers are escalating their tactics by targeting U.S. critical infrastructure systems in an effort to cause chaos. In a joint advisory released Tuesday, the FBI, National Security Agency, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and U.S. Department of Energy jointly warned that Iranian government hackers are exploiting […]
Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chip project
Intel will join SpaceX and Tesla in an effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor factory in Texas, but the scope of its contribution is unclear. “Our ability to design, manufacture and package ultra-high performance chips at scale will help accelerate Terafab’s goal of producing 1 TW of compute per year to power future AI […]
Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative
Anthropic released a preview of its new Frontier model Mythos on Tuesday. Mythos says it will be used by smaller partner organizations for cybersecurity work. In a previously leaked memo, the AI startup called the model one of its “most powerful” to date. Anthropic said the model’s limited rollout is part of a new security […]
Russian government hackers break into thousands of home routers and steal passwords
A group of Russian government hackers has hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victims’ internet traffic and stealing passwords and access tokens, security researchers and government officials warned Tuesday. This is the latest tactic by the long-running Russian hacker group known […]
Chrome finally has a better way to deal with having too many tabs open
After years of resistance, Google Chrome has finally adopted vertical tabs. This feature was recently popularized by the Arc browser, the predecessor of the AI browser Dia. Google announced Tuesday that Chrome users will now have the option to enable vertical tabs. This moves tabs to the side of the browser window, making it easier […]
Humanity strengthens computing deals with Google and Broadcom as demand soars
AI research institute Anthropic on Monday announced new agreements with Google and Broadcom for increased processing and computing power to power its Claude AI models. The latest overhaul of the company’s computing deals comes as demand for its AI models continues to soar. The deal expands Anthropic’s use of Google Cloud’s tensor processing units (TPUs), […]
A teenage Minecraft YouTuber has raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.
I can’t be 100% certain that 19-year-old Justin Jin isn’t playing an elaborate prank on me. In my defense, Jin’s company Giggles, which he describes as “a cross between a trading app and TikTok,” started as a joke. “This was around 2023, there were rumors like TikTok being banned, and people were trying to find […]