In the exhibition hall of Chinese tech firm Fourier Intelligent in the Zhangjiang AI Robot Valley, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, a humanoid robot GR-1 was showcasing its abilities. The 1.65-meter-tall and 55-kilogram-weight robot could walk at a speed of 5 kilometers per hour and carry a load of up to 50 kilograms. “The GR-1 has …
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The history of artificial intelligence has been punctuated by periods of so-called “AI winter,” when the technology seemed to meet a dead end and funding dried up. Each one has been accompanied by proclamations that making machines truly intelligent is just too darned hard for humans to figure out. Google’s release of Gemini, claimed to …
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Key Points Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft said they will use AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X — a sign that tech companies want alternatives to the expensive Nvidia graphics processors that have been essential for artificial intelligence. If the MI300X is good enough and inexpensive enough when it starts shipping early next year, it …
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Google’s most capable, flexible, and general AI model, Gemini will be available to users across the world from Wednesday. It will be integrated into Bard as well as the latest Pixel 8 Pro smartphones. Underlining Gemini’s “state-of-the-art performance across many leading benchmarks”, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Gemini 1.0 is optimised for different sizes: Ultra, …
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Acer is reimagining eBikes with the announcement of the ebii, set to be on sale in select markets from Q1 2024. Announced during the sustainability summit in Dubai, the eBike can not only take you places but also charge your phone, laptop, and most electronic gadgets, thanks to its removable battery. While Acer has no …
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Key Points X.AI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, has filed with the SEC to raise up to $1 billion in an equity offering. The company has raised nearly $135 million from four investors, with the first sale occurring on Nov. 29, according to the filing. The AI startup, which Musk announced in July, seeks to “understand …
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Key Points Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, is having a relatively good couple of months – at least, compared to one of its key rivals: GM’s Cruise. Formerly known as the Google self-driving car project and now an independent subsidiary of Alphabet, Waymo has been operating in some capacity since 2009, but for years, Cruise …
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OpenAI may be chasing after enterprise users, but some of its executives warn people not to expect the technology to change their businesses quickly. OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap said in an interview with CNBC that one of the more overhyped parts of artificial intelligence is that “in one fell swoop, [it] can deliver …
Key Points Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage to reveal details about the company’s new and unconventional Cybertruck pickup on Thursday in Austin, Texas. Elon Musk first promoted the Cybertruck at an “unveiling” event in 2019 and has since lamented about the “unique complexities” in making and bringing the sci-fi inspired vehicle to market. …
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At the Google I/O 2023, Google announced that it was working on its next-generation AI model called ‘Gemini’. The tech giant was to unveil its GPT-4 competitor sometime next week, but a new report suggests that Google might be pushing the launch date to January 2024. According to The Information citing sources, Gemini was struggling …
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