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SnapCalorie estimates food calories from photos using AI

Wade Norris wanted to create a life-changing project at Google. He co-founded Google Lens, a computer vision app that displays object information. It didn’t satisfy. Norris and aerospace systems engineer Scott Baron founded SnapCalorie, a health-focused startup, several years ago. AI-powered SnapCalorie estimates a meal’s calories and macronutrients from a …

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Adobe indemnity clause eases enterprise concerns about AI-generated art

Adobe knows enterprise users worry about permissions for generative AI artwork. Adobe Firefly, the company’s generative AI art creation tool, generates copyright claims. The company specifically mentions enterprise customers in its clause statement: With Firefly, Adobe will also be offering enterprise customers an IP indemnity, which means that Adobe would …

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IBM buys Apptio from Vista for $4.6B cash to expand hybrid cloud services

As cloud architecture becomes more widespread, many organizations are adopting a hybrid approach, combining SaaS in private and public clouds with on-premises products. IBM bought Apptio, a hybrid data tracking platform, for $4.6 billion in cash today, doubling down on the hybrid concept. IBM plans to use Apptio alongside its …

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Inflection’s foundation AI model competes with Google and OpenAI LLMs

Inflection, a well-funded AI startup aiming to create “personal AI for everyone,” revealed the large language model powering its Pi conversational agent. Competition is good, but it’s hard to objectively and systematically assess these things’ quality. As measured by computing power used to train them, Inflection-1 is roughly GPT-3.5 (AKA …

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