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Mistral and Nvidia Bring AI to Local Machines
artificial intelligence // July 22, 2024

Mistral AI and Nvidia have introduced Mistral NeMo, an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to bring advanced AI capabilities to standard desktop computers, widening access for large and small businesses. Mistral NeMo’s key feature is its ability to process up to 128,000 words simultaneously, handling...

iRobot Co-Founder: Generative AI May Be Overhyped
artificial intelligence // June 30, 2024

MIT robotics professor and iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks thinks artificial intelligence (AI) is impressive. Just not as impressive as many of its proponents have argued, Brooks told TechCrunch in an interview published Saturday (June 29). “I’m not saying LLMs are not important, but we have...

Meta Expands AI Startup Program in Europe
artificial intelligence // June 24, 2024

Meta is broadening its AI Startup Program across Europe, highlighting both the potential for innovation and the growing influence of American tech companies in the region’s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. The program, run in partnership with AI platform Hugging Face and cloud provider Scaleway, will...

Nvidia Unveils Open Model That Creates LLM Training Data
artificial intelligence // June 14, 2024

As concerns grow that large language models (LLMs) are running out of high-quality training data, Nvidia has released Nemotron-4 340B, a family of open models designed to generate synthetic data for training LLMs across various industries. LLMs are artificial intelligence (AI) models that can understand...

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iRobot Co-Founder: Generative AI May Be Overhyped

June 30, 2024
MIT robotics professor and iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks thinks artificial intelligence (AI) is impressive. Just not as impressive as many of its proponents have argued, Brooks told TechCrunch in an interview published Saturday (June 29). “I’m not saying LLMs are not important, but we have to be careful how we evaluate them,” Brooks said, referring […]

Meta Expands AI Startup Program in Europe

June 24, 2024
Meta is broadening its AI Startup Program across Europe, highlighting both the potential for innovation and the growing influence of American tech companies in the region’s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape....

AI Founders Race to Sell Out to Larger Players

June 13, 2024
An increasing number of artificial intelligence founders want to sell their firms. That’s according to Clément Delangue, co-founder and CEO of AI startup Hugging Face, which agreed to acquire a...

Google Cloud, Hugging Face Partner on AI Development

January 25, 2024
Months after investing in Hugging Face, Google has launched a partnership with the artificial intelligence (AI) firm. The collaboration will let developers use Google Cloud infrastructure for all Hugging Face services, while...