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Creative Commons announces tentative support for AI ‘pay-to-crawl’ systems

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After announcing earlier this year a framework for an open AI ecosystem, the nonprofit Creative Commons has come out in favor of “pay-to-crawl” technology — a system to automate compensation of website content when accessed by machines, like AI webcrawlers. Creative Commons (CC) is best known for spearheading the licensing movement that allows creators to share […]

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Nvidia reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China

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After successfully lobbying the Trump administration to approve the sales of its H200 chips to China, Nvidia is now thinking of ramping up production of the chips as Chinese companies rush to place orders, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. The most powerful of Nvidia’s previous Hopper generation of graphics processing units (GPUs) made for training

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Google Translate now lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones

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Google is rolling out a beta experience that lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones, the company announced on Friday. The tech giant is also bringing advanced Gemini capabilities to Google Translate and expanding its language-learning tools in the Translate app. The new real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence

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Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

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Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experiment for the web browser: the Gemini-powered product, “Disco,” which helps to turn your open tabs into custom applications. With Disco, you can create what Google is calling “GenTabs,” a tool that proactively suggests interactive web apps that can help you complete tasks related to what you’re browsing,

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Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis

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Rivian detailed Thursday how it plans to make its electric vehicles increasingly autonomous — an ambitious effort that includes new hardware, including lidar and custom silicon, and eventually, a potential entry into the self-driving ride-hail market, according to CEO RJ Scaringe. The announcements at the company’s first “Autonomy & AI Day” event in Palo Alto,

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