European airports still dealing with the chaos a few days after ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks against Collins Aerospace, a company that provides check-in systems at several European airports, have caused continental disruption for the fourth day in a row. At the time of this writing, London’s Heathrow airport has 90% delayed flights, with an average delay of 29 minutes, according to Flightradar24, a website that monitors air traffic. […]
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Former Notebooklm devs’ new app, Huxe, Taps Audio, helps with news and research
Google’s AI Notebook Take and Research Assistant Notebook Lum set out for an epic reception at launch, quickly pioneering summary and reporting, turning documents into “podcasts” and discussing topics that support research users, turning documents into “podcasts.” Inspired by the success of the project, the three developers have been working on NotebookLM since their inception […]
Facebook has acquired AI Dating Assistant
Meta announced on Monday that it will bring AI assistants to Facebook dates. This chatbot is intended to help users find matches that are more closely coordinated than what they are looking for. For example, Meta suggests asking users to find “high-tech Brooklyn girls” or encourage users to ask AI to help improve their profiles. […]
The baller in Auckland was made by AI to manage the team. What’s not going well?
There is an episode of the classic Simpsons where Sly Businessman Mr. Burns recruits real major league baseball players and joins his company’s softball team to win the bet. But when the championship went to the line, Burns pulls the National League eight-time All-Star Daryl Strawberry for his replacement, Homer Simpson. “You’re left-handed, and so […]
This is what’s happening now in the US Tiktok trade
Tiktok, owned by Chinese company Bytedance, has been at the heart of US controversy for four years due to concerns about user data that the Chinese government may access. As a result, US users often find themselves caught up in the midst of this tension. Earlier this year, the app experienced a temporary suspension in […]
The billion-dollar infrastructure powers the AI boom
Running AI products requires a lot of computing power. As the technology industry taps on the power of AI models, parallel races are underway to build the infrastructure that powers them. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimated in his recent revenue call that between $3-4 trillion will be spent on AI infrastructure by the end of […]
Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in Openai
Nvidia announced Monday it plans to invest in Openai up to $100 billion as part of a transaction to build a large data center for training and execution of AI models. The company says it has signed a letter of intent to deploy 10 gigawatts sufficient to bolster millions of homes to power OpenAI’s next-generation […]
Oracle promotes two presidents into the role of co-CEO
Oracle is shaking its executive suite to set vision set to the advantage of AI infrastructure. The company announced Monday that it would promote Clay Maguiurk and Mike Sicilia to joint selection. Magouyrk joined Oracle in 2014 through Amazon Web Services. He is a founding member of Oracle’s Cloud Engineering team and has been president […]
Blue Origin wins NASA deals and goes from Viper Rover to Lunar South Pole
On Friday, Blue Origin won a major NASA contract to deliver the moon’s rover to the moon. This voted strong confidence in both the Blue Moonlander and the future of human exploration. The deal also means that Viper Rover will eventually see the moon after NASA shelved the entire program due to delays and cost […]