Stanford biology graduate and two-time entrepreneur Cyrus Khajvandi struggled to balance scientific research with his daily workload. Khajvandi developed an AI platform to summarize and answer questions about documents, particularly scientific studies, after realizing he wasn’t alone and AI technology was becoming more accessible. Former Labelbox founder Dan Rasmuson became …

On Thursday, Fortnite maker Epic Games laid off 16% of its workforce, affecting 870 people. The company also divested Bandcamp, an online audio distribution platform it acquired last year, and spun off most of SuperAwesome, a kid-safe technology developer it acquired in 2020. Layoffs were first reported by Bloomberg. Epic …

While API access may be the norm for the most popular language models, open models (in the broadest sense of the term) are increasingly in demand. French artificial intelligence startup Mistral, which raised a sizable seed round in June, has just released its first model, which it claims outperforms others …

The much-anticipated iOS 17 update for iPhones arrives today with new and improved security features. Much of the new features protect iPhone owners at higher risk of cyberattacks and spyware, like journalists, activists, and human rights defenders. iOS 17’s anti-web tracking, password storage, and easy sharing of new phishing-resistant passkeys …

An X challenger named itself T2 at launch to compete with Twitter, but that name is no longer used. The company announced on its platform that the X competitor will be called “Pebble.” Pebble users received a brief explanation for the name change: “A pebble is something small and unassuming. …

The EU plans to let startups train AI models on its HPC supercomputers. Startups seeking access to the EU’s high-power compute resource, which includes pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers, must join its AI governance program. In May, the EU announced a plan for a stop-gap set of voluntary rules or standards …

Salesforce introduced Einstein Copilot Studio at Dreamforce in San Francisco today to customize Salesforce’s base Einstein GPT and Copilot offerings. Clara Shih, Salesforce AI CEO, says Einstein Copilot Studio has prompt, skills, and model builders. Shih told , “The first piece is the prompt builder, and this is for customers …

Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms and GPU giant Nvidia announced Friday that they are building a large language model trained on India’s diverse languages. The largest Indian corporate firm is expanding into the fast-growing but locally uncontested space. The companies will also build an AI infrastructure “over an order of magnitude …

YouTube for TV customers should expect fewer but longer adverts as Google tests a new method. The company is testing this ad style to improve long-form content viewing, similar to a TV commercial break. YouTube is also aiming to improve the TV ad timer to reflect the remaining ad break …

OpenAI announced today that November 6 will be its first developer conference. In a blog post, OpenAI said it would debut “new tools and exchange ideas” at the one-day OpenAI DevDay event, which will include a keynote lecture and breakout sessions led by technical staff. In April, OpenAI CEO Sam …