X, formerly Twitter, has redefined its “Public interest expectations” policy to define newsworthy posts that can be kept up despite platform rules. The company no longer requires 100,000 followers for newsworthy posts. The previous policy limited newsworthy posts to verified accounts. Since Elon Musk’s X allows people to get verified …
Read More »Lemurian Labs is creating a cheaper compute paradigm for AI models
The resource demands of generative AI models have driven demand for Nvidia GPU chips to an all-time high, but what if there was a cheaper chip with similar power? Google, Intel, and Nvidia alumni’s early-stage startup Lemurian Labs aims to build that. It’s a moonshot idea, and it takes a …
Read More »Artifact, a news app that competes with X, adds AI images to posts
The news aggregator turned X competitor Artifact is adding generative AI. The app, created by Instagram’s co-founders, announced last week that users could post updates without links. Users can now use generative AI to create images for their posts. An appealing image can help tell a story, so the company …
Read More »Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will include Google Photos’ AI-powered Magic Editor
Google Photos will have generative AI with the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones. The feature, announced at the company’s I/O developer conference in May, allows more complex edits like filling gaps, repositioning the subject, and other foreground or background edits. Google showed how Magic Editor could easily combine …
Read More »Google Assistant gets many improvements on Pixel 8 and 8 Pro
Google launched the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro at a hardware event this morning. Temperature sensor, off-device video processing, and improved photo editing are highlights. Both have substantially improved AI features thanks to Google Assistant. Google Assistant can summarize, read aloud, and translate web pages on the Pixel 8 …
Read More »Humata AI summarizes and answers PDF questions
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 …
Read More »Apple expands drive, mail, and notes on iCloud.com
After updating iOS, iPadOS, and macOS in recent weeks, Apple has redesigned iCloud.com to support browser notifications for Mail and Calendar on a PC, a customizable home page with quick actions, and a slideshow view for photos. Last year, Apple added widgets to iCloud.com to view Notes and Pages data. …
Read More »Mobile apps from Threads make profile switching easy
Meta-owned Twitter rival Threads now allows account switching without logging out. The social networking app announced Thursday that users can swap accounts on its mobile apps by long pressing the bottom right profile icon. After the long press, tap “Add profile” to create a new profile. Switching between work and …
Read More »Meta targeted for new UK government warning on Messenger, Instagram E2E encryption
Prepare for another encryption battle: After parliament approved its Online Safety Bill yesterday, the U.K. government is pressuring Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on Facebook Messenger and Instagram unless it applies unspecified “safety measures” that the Home Secretary said should allow law enforcement to continue to detect …
Read More »LimeWire buys Midjourney competitor BlueWillow after relaunching as a creator studio
In the Wild West of generative AI, an unlikely cowboy arrives. After closing, LimeWire, once known for music piracy, moved into content creation last year under new owners. To expand, it acquired BlueWillow, a popular generative AI image creation platform that competes with Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. BlueWillow was founded …
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