artificial intelligence

World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

Apps /

World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting several new features, including an encrypted chat integration and an expanded, Venmo-like capability for sending and requesting crypto.  World was created by the startup Tools for Humanity in 2019, and originally launched its app in 2023. […]

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State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

AI /

After a string of disturbing mental health incidents involving AI chatbots, a group of state attorneys general sent a letter to the AI industry’s top companies, with a warning to fix “delusional outputs” or risk being in breach of state law.  The letter, signed by dozens of AGs from U.S. states and territories with the

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Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip smuggling rumors swirl

Government & Policy /

Nvidia is allegedly testing software that can track the location of its AI chips as reports of its chips being smuggled into China are on the rise. Nvidia has built location verification technology that would allow it to track which country a chip is located in, Reuters originally reported, citing anonymous sources. This software tracks

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Coreweave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’

AI /

It’s been quite the year for Coreweave. In March, the AI cloud infrastructure provider went public in one of the biggest and most anticipated IPOs of the year that didn’t live up to its hype. Another setback took place in October, when a planned acquisition of the cloud provider’s business partner, Core Scientific, faltered due

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Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI

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Market research is a $90 billion dollar industry that helps brands figure out how to best present themselves to potential customers. But that market insight isn’t cheap, nor is it quick. Cashew Research wants to change that using AI. Calgary, Alberta-based Cashew uses AI to develop market research plans and surveys for brands based on

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Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership

AI /

AI research lab Anthropic continues to cement its stake as the predominant AI player in the enterprise space. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced a multi-year partnership with professional services firm Accenture. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal is for three years. Accenture confirmed the deal

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AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation

Enterprise /

Right on the heels of announcing Nova Forge, a service to train custom Nova AI models, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced more tools for enterprise customers to create their own frontier models. AWS announced new capabilities in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI at its AWS re:Invent conference on Wednesday. These new capabilities are designed

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AWS launches new Nova AI models and a service that gives customers more control

Enterprise /

Amazon Web Services is rolling out a slate of new homegrown AI models and a service for enterprise customers to build their own custom versions. The cloud provider launched Nova 2, a fleet of four new AI models to its Nova model family, during AWS CEO Matt Garman’s AWS Re:Invent keynote on Tuesday. The first

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AWS announces new capabilities for its AI agent builder

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is bulking up its AI agent platform, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, to make building and monitoring AI agents easier for enterprises. AWS announced multiple new AgentCore features on Tuesday during the company’s annual AWS re:Invent conference. The company announced new tools for managing AI agent boundaries, agent memory capabilities, and agent evaluation

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