On May 23, Sony published an interview with The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann as part of a company-wide campaign on the future of technology. The Q&A was extremely controversial, including quotes from Druckmann advocating for the use of artificial intelligence to write dialogue and cut costs, on top of some…
Pinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview
Pinecone, the vector database startup founded by Edo Liberty, the former head of Amazon’s AI Labs, has long been at the forefront of helping businesses augment large language […]
OpenAI inks deal to train AI on Reddit data
OpenAI has reached a deal with Reddit to use the social news site’s data for training AI models. In a blog post on OpenAI’s press relations site, the […]
EU ‘closely’ monitoring X in wake of Fico shooting as DSA disinfo probe rumbles on
European Union enforcers of the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), said Thursday they’re closely monitoring disinformation campaigns on the Elon Musk-owned social network X […]
Best book deal: Get Colleen Hoover’s ‘It Ends with Us’ Special Collector’s Edition for under $13
As of May 15, get the Special Collector’s Edition of Colleen Hoover’s ‘It Ends with Us’ at Amazon for $12.76, which is a discount of 56%.
Gmail gets big Gemini update: 3 new AI features, including ‘CliffsNotes’ for your inbox
At Google I/O, the tech giant unveils Gemini 1.5 Pro, which can give you a summary of your inbox.
Reddit introduces new tools for ‘Ask Me Anything,’ its Q&A feature
Reddit announced on Tuesday the launch of five new tools for AMA (Ask Me Anything), its Q&A feature where celebrities, public figures, organizations and Redditors engage with community […]
Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June
On Tuesday, Google announced a number of new additions to Gemma, its family of open (but not open source) models at its annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference. […]
New Characters, New Techniques, More Details
WB Games and Player First Games (PFG) are set to relaunch MultiVersus (MVS) soon, bringing back one of the most exciting “platform fighters” in recent memory. The situation around the Open Beta period was fraught with some confusing messaging and technical issues leading to frustration from the fans, to say the least.…
Stack Overflow signs deal with OpenAI to supply data to its models
OpenAI is collaborating with Stack Overflow, the Q&A forum for software developers, to improve its generative AI models’ performance on programming-related tasks. As a result of the partnership, […]