Chinese AI startups are writing more efficient code for large language models (LLMs) to reduce compute requirements.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-23 — 2024-08-24
Chinese AI startups LLMs
Chinese AI startups, cut off from the most powerful AI chips, are focusing on monetization, writing more efficient code for LLMs, and building smaller models
Wall Street Journal · 2024-08-23 · #2
Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 system-on-chip.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-20 — 2024-08-21
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, based on TSMC's N4P, promising 40% better GPU performance than its 7s Gen 2, shipping via Xiaomi first
AnandTech · 2024-08-20 · #21
Qualcomm claims the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 offers 40% better GPU performance compared to the 7s Gen 2.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-20 — 2024-08-21
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, based on TSMC's N4P, promising 40% better GPU performance than its 7s Gen 2, shipping via Xiaomi first
AnandTech · 2024-08-20 · #21
The Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 is reported to ship first via Xiaomi.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-20 — 2024-08-21
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Xiaomi
Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, based on TSMC's N4P, promising 40% better GPU performance than its 7s Gen 2, shipping via Xiaomi first
AnandTech · 2024-08-20 · #21
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, giving iPhone users an alternative to Apple's App Store.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-16 — 2024-08-17
Epic Games Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
Wired · 2024-08-16 · #1
Epic is offering its own games, including Fortnite, through the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-16 — 2024-08-17
Epic Games Fortnite
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
Wired · 2024-08-16 · #1
Epic Games confirms the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide and to iOS users based in the EU.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-16 — 2024-08-17
Epic Games Epic Games Store Android devices (worldwide) iOS users (EU)
Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iOS users based in the EU
IGN · 2024-08-16 · #3
Meta decides to deprecate CrowdTangle, its transparency tool.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-16 — 2024-08-17
Meta CrowdTangle
The European Commission asks Meta for more information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta's decision to deprecate CrowdTangle
TechCrunch · 2024-08-16 · #6
Character.AI plans to adopt open-source models for its products.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-03 — 2024-08-04
Character.AI open-source models
Character.AI told staff that investors will be bought out at a valuation of ~2.5x its $1B 2023 valuation, and it plans to adopt open-source models for products
The Information · 2024-08-03 · #4
Sources report Nvidia told Microsoft and another large cloud provider that its upcoming Blackwell AI chips will be delayed by three months or more due to design flaws.
rumored 2 articles 2024-08-03 — 2024-08-04
Nvidia Blackwell AI chips Microsoft another large cloud provider
Sources: Nvidia told Microsoft, and another large cloud provider, that its new Blackwell AI chips will be delayed by three months or more due to design flaws
The Information · 2024-08-03 · #1
On July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC CrowdStrike released a sensor configuration update to Windows systems as part of ongoing operations.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-20 — 2024-07-21
CrowdStrike Windows systems sensor
CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows systems triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD on impacted systems
CrowdStrike · 2024-07-21 · #2
MetaFilter turns 25 on July 14.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-13 — 2024-07-14
MetaFilter
A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner Jessamyn West, who helped stabilize it after its near death, doesn't plan to license its archives to AI
Wired · 2024-07-14 · #11
The Galaxy Buds3 and Buds3 Pro will be available on July 24.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-10 — 2024-07-11
Samsung July 24
Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24
The Verge · 2024-07-10 · #30
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Buds3 Pro ($250) and Galaxy Buds3 ($180).
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-10 — 2024-07-11
Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro Galaxy Buds3
Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24
The Verge · 2024-07-10 · #30
Samsung's Buds3 lineup features active noise cancellation and switches to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-10 — 2024-07-11
Samsung active noise cancellation stemmed design AirPods-like case
Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24
The Verge · 2024-07-10 · #30
X is reportedly exploring a feature to invoke Grok by highlighting text within the app.
rumored 2 articles 2024-07-06 — 2024-07-07
X use Grok by highlighting text in the app
Researcher: X is exploring more ways to integrate xAI's Grok, including the ability to ask Grok about X accounts and use Grok by highlighting text in the app
TechCrunch · 2024-07-06 · #21
X is reportedly exploring a feature to let users ask Grok about X accounts.
rumored 2 articles 2024-07-06 — 2024-07-07
X ability to ask Grok about X accounts
Researcher: X is exploring more ways to integrate xAI's Grok, including the ability to ask Grok about X accounts and use Grok by highlighting text in the app
TechCrunch · 2024-07-06 · #21
A test of seven Copilot+ PCs (representing all four Snapdragon X chips) comparing every Snapdragon X chip against laptops with Apple M3, Intel Core Ultra, and AMD Ryzen 8000 processors.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-06 — 2024-07-07
Copilot+ PCs Snapdragon X chips Apple M3 Intel Core Ultra AMD Ryzen 8000
A test of seven Copilot+ PCs, representing all four Snapdragon X chips, against similar laptops with Apple Silicon, Intel Core Ultra, and AMD Ryzen processors
The Verge · 2024-07-06 · #5
ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI tool that removes background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post-production.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-06 — 2024-07-07
ElevenLabs Voice Isolator
ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production
VentureBeat · 2024-07-06 · #6
French AI research lab Kyutai demos its AI voice assistant Moshi.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-07-06 — 2024-07-07
Kyutai Moshi
French AI research lab Kyutai, which launched in November with €300M in funding and is backed by billionaire Xavier Niel, demos its AI voice assistant Moshi
Bloomberg · 2024-07-06 · #9
X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium (paid) feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for that capability.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-22 — 2024-06-23
X ability to create live streams
X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for the feature
Engadget · 2024-06-22 · #23
Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4o in some tests.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-20 — 2024-06-21
Claude 3.5 Sonnet GPT-4o
Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which beats its flagship model Claude 3 Opus and outperforms GPT-4o in some tests, available for free on the web and iOS
TechCrunch · 2024-06-21 · #15
Anthropic releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet, a new generative AI model.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-20 — 2024-06-21
Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which beats its flagship model Claude 3 Opus and outperforms GPT-4o in some tests, available for free on the web and iOS
TechCrunch · 2024-06-21 · #15
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available for free on the web and iOS.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-20 — 2024-06-21
Claude 3.5 Sonnet web iOS
Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which beats its flagship model Claude 3 Opus and outperforms GPT-4o in some tests, available for free on the web and iOS
TechCrunch · 2024-06-21 · #15
Claude 3.5 Sonnet beats Anthropic's flagship model Claude 3 Opus in benchmarks.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-20 — 2024-06-21
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which beats its flagship model Claude 3 Opus and outperforms GPT-4o in some tests, available for free on the web and iOS
TechCrunch · 2024-06-21 · #15
Reports suggest Apple may not bring Apple Intelligence to the iPhone 15 due to RAM constraints for on-device AI processing (iPhone 15 has 6GB vs iPhone 15 Pro's 8GB).
rumored 2 articles 2024-06-15 — 2024-06-16
Apple Apple Intelligence iPhone 15
Apple may not be bringing Apple Intelligence to iPhone 15, which has 6GB of RAM vs. iPhone 15 Pro's 8GB, due to RAM requirements for on-device AI processing
Wired · 2024-06-16 · #3
Developers can use Nemotron-4 340B to generate synthetic data for training large language models intended for commercial applications.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-15 — 2024-06-16
Nemotron-4 340B training LLMs for commercial applications
Nvidia announces Nemotron-4 340B, a family of models that developers can use to generate synthetic data for training LLMs for commercial applications
NVIDIA Blog · 2024-06-15 · #4
Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded last year by Google alumni.
rumored 2 articles 2024-06-15 — 2024-06-16
Sakana AI Google alumni
Sources: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded last year by Google alumni, is raising ~$100M at a $1B valuation in a round led by NEA, Khosla, and Lux
The Information · 2024-06-15 · #18
NVIDIA announces Nemotron-4 340B, a family of models for generating synthetic data to train LLMs for commercial applications.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-15 — 2024-06-16
NVIDIA Nemotron-4 340B
Nvidia announces Nemotron-4 340B, a family of models that developers can use to generate synthetic data for training LLMs for commercial applications
NVIDIA Blog · 2024-06-15 · #4
Nemotron-4 340B includes cutting-edge instruct and reward models and a dataset for generative AI training.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-06-15 — 2024-06-16
Nemotron-4 340B instruct models reward models generative AI training dataset
Nvidia announces Nemotron-4 340B, a family of models that developers can use to generate synthetic data for training LLMs for commercial applications
NVIDIA Blog · 2024-06-15 · #4