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Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip as it races to catch up

April 10, 2024

Meta, hell-bent on catching up to rivals in the generative AI space, is spending billions on its own AI efforts. A portion of those billions is going toward recruiting AI researchers. But an even larger chunk is being spent developing hardware, specifically chips to run and train Meta’s AI models. Meta unveiled the newest fruit of […]

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eBay enters trading card commercial agreement with Collectors, acquires Goldin

April 10, 2024

As eBay continues to invest in the trading card space, the e-commerce company announced Wednesday three significant commercial transactions with Collectors, the parent company of PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), the third-party authentication and grading provider in the collectibles industry. The transactions include a trading card commercial agreement that aims to provide trading enthusiasts a seamless […]

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Muscle tissue harvested from mice cells move ‘biohybrid’ robots

April 10, 2024

Sometimes nature provides the best blueprints for building effective robots. It can also provide the best material. Billions of years of nature selection has built some pretty impressive machinery, so you can’t really blame engineers for borrowing a bit of inspiration from the world around them. In particular, the field of soft robotics — with […]

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Collaborative Robotics is prioritizing ‘human problem solving’ over humanoid forms

April 10, 2024

Humanoids have sucked a lot of the air out of the room. It is, after all, a lot easier to generate press for robots that look and move like humans. Ultimately, however, both the efficacy and scalability of such designs have yet to be proven out. For a while now, Collaborative Robotics founder Brad Porter […]

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