Google has found an interesting use for large language models (LLMs) in the Google Maps service. AI analyzes information about more than 250 million places, including ratings, photos and reviews from 300 million responses - all data is used to search for places that match even unusual user requests made in any form.
International payment system Mastercard said it has created its own generative artificial intelligence model, Decision Intelligence Pro, which will help banks evaluate transactions in real time and determine whether they are legitimate. The entire process takes place in just 50 milliseconds.
An Australian wireless technology company may have set a new Wi-Fi transmission record of 1.8 miles while still maintaining enough bandwidth for a video call. Beyond the range, what's impressive is that this demonstration was conducted in a real-world, interference-prone environment, and what that could mean for consumer products.
In collaboration with Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization that evaluates the safety of technology and media for children, OpenAI will open a section for younger generations in its online chatbot store based on ChatGPT. The main goal of this solution is to minimize the risks associated with the use of AI by children.
Realme has officially unveiled its new mid-range smartphones realme 12 Pro and 12 Pro+. Externally, the devices are similar. Some characteristics are also the same. The main differences are in the chip model and camera sensors.
Elon Musk's xAI startup is in talks to raise up to $6 billion as the billionaire looks to global investors, particularly Hong Kong, to fund his OpenAI rival project.
Representatives of the xAI company held negotiations with several potential investors in Hong Kong in the hope of raising up to $6 billion while valuing the startup itself at $20 billion - negotiations have not yet been completed, and Musk is still assessing investor sentiment. Sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, investors in Japan and South Korea can also become partners of xAI. A US artificial intelligence company raising funds in Hong Kong could backfire due to geopolitical tensions between the US and China.
Google Introduced Lumier: An Advanced AI For Video CreationGoogle demonstrated the operation of the Lumiere spatiotemporal diffusion model. The new AI tool can create amazingly realistic videos up to five seconds long. The neural network animates still images or just parts of them in response to text prompts in natural language.
Google has stopped working with the Australian firm Appen, which prepared data for training artificial intelligence language models, including the Bard chatbot and the Google search engine.
“The decision to terminate the contract was made as part of our ongoing efforts to re-evaluate and adjust many of Alphabet’s supplier partnerships to ensure that our interactions with suppliers are as effective as possible,” Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini said in a statement to The Verge. Appen notified the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), saying it had "no prior knowledge of Google's decision to terminate the contract."
The development of virtual reality technologies is inspiring researchers to come up with many creative solutions to various problems. One of the key problems is movement. Full immersion is difficult if the user is sitting on the couch while their avatar is moving around. The recently introduced HoloTile system offers an elegant solution. It consists of hundreds of small round “tiles”, each of which serves as a kind of miniature omnidirectional treadmill.
The surface consists of modules that automatically adapt to the object located on them and, rotating, return it to its original position. Several people can be on the surface at once.
The company Waymo, specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies, plans to launch a robotaxi service in Los Angeles (USA). Now the company is only testing its unmanned passenger vehicles in this city.
The company plans to obtain a license to carry out this type of activity in Los Angeles in order to expand the geography and volume of services provided. The company's unmanned electric Jaguar I-Pace crossovers, complemented by an unmanned driving system, have been tested here for about a year now.
