LinkedIn launched its own ad suggestion tool weeks after Meta launched a suite of generative AI-based tools to help advertisers create different campaigns. The company suggests ad introductory text based on a marketer’s LinkedIn page and Campaign Manager settings like objective, targeting criteria, and audience. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn uses OpenAI models …
Read More »Automattic launches WordPress AI writing assistant
On Tuesday, Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to open-source WordPress, launched an AI assistant for the popular content management system. The assistant integrates seamlessly with WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites, according to the company. Add an “AI Assistant” block to your post or page. After typing a …
Read More »If Apple’s Vision Pro wasn’t for you, we’d feel terrible
Never met. Never spoke. The Vision Pro isn’t for you, I’m sure. It’s a gamble. It’s not for most people, like you. The headset costs $3,500. Most people know a product’s price, so it’s probably too expensive. Vision Pro is The media, including us, reported it. Apple sells consumer goods. …
Read More »Byju’s AI-focused transformer models
On Wednesday, Byju’s unveiled three transformer models to improve service quality and streamline student learning and personalization as the edtech giant bets big on AI to transform its business. Badri, a predictive AI model, predicts when students may struggle with certain concepts. This model proactively suggests ways to fill knowledge …
Read More »Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has started
According to a tweet, Linda Yaccarino became Twitter CEO on Monday. “It happened—first day in the books!” she wrote. Stay tuned. Twitter owner Elon Musk announced a new CEO in mid-May. Musk announced Yaccarino’s appointment as CEO days after she resigned as NBCUniversal’s advertising and partnerships group chairman. Yaccarino may …
Read More »NASA and Boeing postpone Starliner’s first crewed flight test again
Boeing and NASA announced Thursday that new technical issues with the Starliner capsule would delay its first crewed flight test. After being delayed from April, the first crewed mission flew two NASA astronauts on July 21. In a media briefing, Boeing’s VP of commercial crew, Mark Nappi, said leadership would …
Read More »RISE—RISC-V Software Ecosystem—is launched by the Linux Foundation Europe
Today, the Linux Foundation Europe launched the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) project. RISE brings together many software and hardware vendors to accelerate “the availability of software for high-performance and power-efficient RISC-V cores running high-level operating systems for a variety of market segments.” Google, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia, Qualcomm Technologies, Red Hat, …
Read More »How Elizabeth Holmes was imprisoned
Theranos was worth $10 billion ten years ago. Wire fraud indicted her five years ago. Holmes began her 11-year-and-3-month sentence today. A defendant is usually convicted and imprisoned soon after indictment. Holmes’ legal team has played every card to delay her fall, which was once hailed as the next Steve …
Read More »Meta’s bespoke chips and supercomputer bet on AI
Meta revealed its in-house infrastructure for AI workloads, including generative AI like that used in its recently unveiled ad design and creation tools, at a virtual event this morning. Meta tried to show its superiority by adopting AI-friendly hardware systems, which has slowed its progress compared to Google and Microsoft. …
Read More »Virgin Galactic plans a May crewed flight
Virgin Galactic hopes to resume crewed flights later this month, nearly two years after its first and only flight in July 2021. The space tourism company announced Monday that it will launch four people in late May. The mission validates the spaceflight system and “astronaut experience” before commercial service begins …
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