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Elon Musk Confirms Grok 2 Will Go Open Source in the Coming Week
Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI company, will open source its Grok 2 chatbot next week. He made the statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, early Wednesday morning. In his words: “It’s high time we open-sourced Grok 2. Will make it happen next week. We’ve just been fighting…
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OpenAI Brings Models to AWS
For the first time, OpenAI’s newly released models are now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS), through Bedrock and SageMaker. The models are comparable in performance to OpenAI’s o-series models, and though users can already download them from Hugging Face, the AWS integration brings enterprise-ready access. OpenAI has fully approved this offering, according to Dmitry…
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AI in Diagnostics: MedTech’s Game-Changer
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, diagnostics have traditionally relied on the trained eyes and judgment of medical professionals. Yet, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining this domain. No longer a futuristic concept, AI has become a foundational pillar in medical technology (MedTech), enhancing accuracy, speed, and accessibility. From early detection of diseases…
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AI Governance Tokens: Can LLMs Decide Proposal Votes?
The emergence of voting agents, aided by AI, is beginning to transform the nature of decentralized organizations in response to the growing complexity of blockchain governance. Large Language Models (LLMs), which were previously used in chat interfaces and writing assistants, will now be used in decision-making within decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). These AI actors not…
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Google AI Mode Is Here. Should You Be Worried?
Google AI mode is a step up from Google AI overviews, released last year. Although AI mode is still in beta phase, it comes with offerings that have publishers’ hearts racing with worry. And the reason is not far-fetched: AI overviews have caused massive changes to search since its release. An upgrade to AI mode…
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Google Tool, Big Sleep, Finds 20 Software Vulnerabilities
Google has announced a significant achievement in AI-led security research. Its new AI system, Big Sleep, has identified 20 security vulnerabilities in several popular open-source software tools. The announcement came on Monday from Heather Adkins, Google’s Vice President of Security. She confirmed that the vulnerabilities were found by the AI system with minimal human assistance.…
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Alaan Secures $48M Series A Funding
While working at McKinsey’s Dubai office, Parthi Duraisamy noticed a recurring issue. The company’s American Express cards were not widely accepted in the region. As a result, he often paid work expenses out of pocket. Each weekend, he spent hours uploading receipts and reconciling accounts. This manual process became a persistent burden. Rather than accept…
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ChatGPT Keeps Climbing: 700 Million Weekly Users and Counting
OpenAI’s ChatGPT isn’t slowing down. Rather, it’s picking up steam like never before. The popular AI chatbot is expected to hit 700 million weekly active users this week, a huge leap from where it was just a few months ago. Let’s break down what’s happening and how this tool is becoming a go-to app for…
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Perplexity AI Caught Scraping? Cloudflare Sounds the Alarm
Perplexity, a rising star in the AI world, is under fire for ignoring clear rules set by websites that don’t want to be scraped. According to Cloudflare, a major player in internet infrastructure, Perplexity has been sidestepping standard web protocols and sneaking around digital “do not enter” signs. Cloudflare says it spotted Perplexity gathering data…
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OpenMind Wants to Power Humanoids
OpenMind, a Silicon Valley-based startup, is not building the next physical robot. Instead, it is developing the software foundation that will power many of them. The company is positioning itself as the “Android” of robotics. Its goal is to provide a flexible, hardware-agnostic operating system called OM1. This system allows different robots, regardless of their…
