Covariant this week announced the launch of RFM-1 (Robotics Foundation Model 1). Peter Chen, the cofounder and CEO of the U.C. Berkeley artificial intelligence spinout tells TechCrunch the platform, “is basically a large language model (LLM), but for robot language.” RFM-1 is the result of, among other things, a massive trove of data collected from […]
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A lengthy investigation into the European Union’s use of Microsoft 365 has found the Commission breached the bloc’s data protection rules through its use of the cloud-based productivity software. Announcing its decision in a press release today, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said the Commission infringed “several key data protection rules when using Microsoft […]
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SuperAGI wants to build a full-stack Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) platform based on Large Agentic Models (LAMs) — seen by some as the next stage in development for Large Language Models. Now, with its research picking up traction with some 20,000 developers — including people at Microsoft, Google, Tencent, Tesla and JP Morgan Chase and OpenAI […]
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In the last 12 months, reader apps have adopted AI to change how users consume news. Instagram co-founders’ now discontinued Artifact introduced AI-powered summaries and headlines. Newer apps like Bulletin and former Twitter engineer’s Particle are taking similar approaches. However, developer Nate Parrott’s app Feeeed (it’s four Es), which is available for iPhones and iPads, […]
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Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X’s AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, less than two weeks after suing OpenAI, in part, for deviating from its open roots. Musk’s AI startup xAI released Grok, featuring “real-time access” to information, last year. The service is available to customers paying for X’s subscription. This is developing story. Check […]
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Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. After raising $28.1 million, it has now raised another $24 million (£19 million) in a fresh, extended Series A, funding round led by MassMutual Ventures, NordicNinja and Breega, with participation from existing investors Notion Capital and […]
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