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US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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January 2024
Microsoft Office Pro 2019 and Windows 11 Pro are Bundled Together for Just $50 Right Now
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Thomvest Ventures closes $250M fund to invest across fintech, cybersecurity, AI
Thomvest Ventures deploys capital in the areas of financial and real estate technology, cybersecurity, cloud and AI/data infrastructure.
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Pinecone’s vector database gets a new serverless architecture
For a long time, vector databases were a bit of a niche product, but since they are uniquely suited to provide context and long-term memory to large language models, everybody in the database space is now seemingly trying to bolt vector search onto their existing products as fast as possible. Meanwhile, dedicated services like Pinecone, […]
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The Download: Apple Vision Pro, and how AI judges gymnastics
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Apple Vision Pro: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024 History is littered with doomed face computers. Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens, and even Meta’s Quest line all flopped. Now, it’s Apple’s turn to try. At the…
3 Pharma Stocks for January 2024 Profits
The pharmaceutical industry is thriving, fueled by steady demand for drugs, cost-efficient alternative discoveries, and rapid technological innovations. Hence, fundamentally strong pharma stocks Novo Nordisk (NVO), Eton Pharmaceuticals (ETON), and…
Should You Buy, Hold, or Sell Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) and Wintrust Financial (WTFC) Ahead of Earnings?
The banking industry has showcased resilience and stability despite encountering several challenges last year. Yet, bank profits could remain under pressure in 2024. As regional banks Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) and…
African neobank Kuda raised $20M at flat valuation last year, missed user milestone projection by 3M
Earlier this month, Kuda co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi told users that the Nigerian online challenger bank had reached almost N₦56 trillion (~$60 billion) in transaction value since its 2019 launch. Ogundeyi also said that Kuda had achieved a notable milestone, with 7 million retail and business customers as of today. However, the figure falls […]
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How Incorporating AI Into Learning Now Leads To Financial Freedom Later
Most people have financial dreams. Some want to become millionaires, retire early, and travel the world. Others want to simply lead a comfortable lifestyle that affords them occasional luxuries. One…
How AI is changing gymnastics judging
There was one individual Olympic spot left. According to the intricate set of rules governing who gets slots for the games, it would come down to who placed highest in the high bar final: Croatia’s Tin Srbić or Brazil’s Arthur Nory Mariano. They were at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, last October. Mariano…