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Companies prioritize AI training over job cuts, WEF study finds
A new World Economic Forum study reveals an interesting tension: while many companies see AI replacing some jobs, they're betting bigger on retraining than layoffs. The WEF's "Future of Jobs Report ...
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MatterGen: Microsoft presents AI tools for generating and simulating new materials
Microsoft Research has unveiled two AI tools, MatterGen and MatterSim, that take a fresh approach to developing new materials. Instead of searching through existing options, these tools can create and ...
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Microsoft introduces pay-per-message pricing for AI agents and a free Copilot chat tier
Microsoft is launching Copilot Chat, a free version of its AI assistant, alongside a new pay-as-you-go system for AI agents. At its core, Copilot Chat is Microsoft's way of offering businesses a free ...
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Kokoro's open-source TTS model rivals the best with a lean 82 million parameters
A new open source voice model called Kokoro just landed on HuggingFace, and early tests show it can generate voices that rival commercial services like Eleven Labs. The model packs 82 million ...
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In another sign of the great convergence, Mistral AI teams up with AFP for news integration
French AI startup Mistral AI has announced a new partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP), marking another major collaboration between AI companies and traditional news media. Under the agreement, ...
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Nvidia unveils trio of AI safety tools to keep chatbots in check
Nvidia is adding three new safety features to its NeMo Guardrails platform, aiming to give companies more control over their AI chatbots. The company says these microservices address common challenges ...
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OpenAI considers usage-based pricing for ChatGPT
In a recent Bloomberg interview, Altman admitted that ChatGPT's current pricing strategy isn't exactly sophisticated. When they first launched paid tiers, they just tested two price points - $20 and ...
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Microsoft CEO Nadella sees 'thirty years of change compressed into three years'
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the formation of a new division called "CoreAI - Platform and Tools" in response to what he sees as rapidly accelerating AI development. In an internal memo to ...
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AI avatar video platform Synthesia raises $180 million
Synthesia, a company that helps businesses create AI-generated videos and avatars, just secured $180 million in Series D funding. Since its founding in 2017, the platform has grown to serve more than ...
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Luma launches Ray2, its latest AI video model "scaled to 10x compute"
Luma has released Ray2, its latest AI model for video generation. The new model has been scaled to 10 times the compute power of its predecessor and uses a new multimodal architecture. Luma says it's ...
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Amazon's LLM-powered Alexa faces generative AI's common reliability challenges
Amazon's effort to transform Alexa from a basic voice assistant into an AI-powered personal concierge isn't going as smoothly as planned. The company is finding it challenging to make AI models ...
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AI agents team up in Agent Laboratory to speed scientific research
Johns Hopkins University and AMD have developed Agent Laboratory, a new open-source framework that pairs human creativity with AI-powered workflows. Unlike other AI tools that try to come up with ...