The tech industry has been hit with a wave of layoffs in 2024, with over 130,000 job cuts across 457 companies. Major players like Tesla, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all conducted significant layoffs, while smaller startups have also been impacted. The layoffs are a result of a combination of factors, including economic uncertainty, increased…
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The crypto world is abuzz with the rise of two standout players: Just a Chill Guy ($CHILLGUY) and Lightchain AI ($LCAI). According to recent predictions, these two coins are poised to captivate Ethereum enthusiasts and crypto investors over the coming weeks. With Lightchain AI’s groundbreaking analytics, the price predictions and trajectories for both coins are…
ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. The chatbot has become an essential tool for many Fortune 500 companies, and its latest partnership with Apple has given the company a significant boost in the AI race. However, OpenAI is facing internal drama, including…
A recent survey of academics worldwide has revealed a significant gap in computing power between researchers in universities and those in large technology companies. This disparity hinders the development of large language models and other AI research, with many academics lacking access to powerful graphics processing units (GPUs). The study suggests that academics could make…
Five Canadian news media companies have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use. The companies claim that OpenAI scraped large swaths of content without permission or compensation, using it to develop its products. OpenAI has responded, stating that its models were trained on…
ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. The chatbot has evolved from a tool to hyper-charge productivity to a behemoth used by over 92% of Fortune 500 companies. OpenAI’s latest partnership with Apple for its upcoming generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, has further…
Google Scholar, the largest and most comprehensive scholarly search engine, is facing competition from AI-powered search tools that offer improved search experiences and data download capabilities. Researchers are starting to use these new tools, which include ChatGPT, OpenAlex, and Undermind, to search, review, and summarize literature. Despite its size and deep entrenchment in the scientific…
Luxury brands are facing a growing threat from counterfeiters in India, where the demand for high-end goods is increasing rapidly. Despite efforts by brands to combat counterfeiting, the problem persists, with counterfeiters using social media and online platforms to sell fake luxury items. The Indian government has laws in place to prevent counterfeiting, but enforcement…
Apple has recently released iOS 18.2, which includes a groundbreaking feature called Image Playground. This AI-driven tool enables users to create cartoon-like images from text descriptions, opening up new possibilities for creative expression and artistic innovation. With Image Playground, users can access a range of image creation options, including the ability to upload photos and…
Alibaba’s Qwen team has released a new reasoning AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, which has 32.5 billion parameters and can consider prompts up to 32,000 words in length. The model performs better on certain benchmarks than OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini models and is available for download under a permissive license. QwQ-32B-Preview has shown promising results in solving…
