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Altrove uses AI models and lab automation to create new materials
OUR TAKE The creation of a new material is very complex. When you combine two different chemical elements together, there are thousands of possibilities. When you want to deal with three different elements, there are tens of thousands of combinations. With four elements, you have…
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Cloudflare launches tool to combat AI robots
OUR TAKE Due to the booming development of artificial intelligence and the increasing demand for model training data, the problem of AI bots scraping data has become more prominent, and many websites are working to prevent AI scraping and crawling.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What…
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ChatGPT macOS app updates to eliminate security concerns
OUR TAKE There is a worrying security issue with the pre-update ChatGPT macOS app: If a bad actor or malicious app gets access to your machine, they can easily read your conversations with ChatGPT and the data contained therein.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened ChatGPT macOS…
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5.5G: A stepping stone from Huawei on the path to 6G
5.5G, bridging 5G and 6G, boosts speed, latency, and connectivity, enabling advanced IoT, smart cities, and real-time remote operations.
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Why AI can’t replace data analysts
The debate around AI potentially replacing jobs in various sectors has been active for over a decade. However, recent advancements in AI technology, particularly the emergence of generative AI like ChatGPT, raise more significant concerns. These tools offer limitless potential…
Asia-Pacific Regional ISP Trends
Who is GZTECH? Chinese startup, leader in fibre and solid laser tech
GZTECH was established on May 31, 2018, is located in the heart of China Optics Valley—Wuhan East Lake High-Tech Development Zone.
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California takes on Microsoft: $14M payout over employee rights
California Civil Rights Department accused Microsoft of retaliating against California-based employees since 2017.
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Volkswagen invests $5 billion in Rivian
OUR TAKE This collaboration reflects the growth and trends of the global electric vehicle market. As a traditional automobile manufacturing giant, Volkswagen has chosen to cooperate with emerging electric vehicle companies, showing its emphasis on electrification transformation…
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What is Captcha and does Google use it to train AI?
Officially, Captcha serves as a robust defense mechanism against automated bots, spam attacks, excessive flooding, and various forms of online mischief. While some may question its technical reliability, particularly in light of evolving AI capabilities that can sometimes…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
China says US targeting of AI harms healthy development
OUR TAKE After President Joe Biden signs an executive order last August, the Treasury Department issues new rules aimed at preventing American technology from helping the Chinese develop advanced technologies and dominate global markets.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened…
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Proton launches a privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs
OUR TAKE Proton is just one of the companies trying to offer privacy-focused alternatives to Google and Microsoft that have so far failed to dent their dominance. If Proton can handle image embedding better than Google, it could be a big hit.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened…
North America Institutional Trends
Brazil orders Meta to stop training its AI on personal data
OUR TAKE Meta is similarly stymied by European Union regulators, leading the company to suspend plans to train its AI models on Facebook and Instagram posts in Europe. However, Meta’s updated data collection policy is already in effect in the United States, which lacks similar…
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Video generative unicorn Runway is in talks to raise $450M
OUR TAKE Runway, reported last June, raises $141 million from investors including alphabet Inc’s Google and Nvidia Corp at a valuation of $1.5 billion.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened Runway is in talks with investors, including private equity firm General Atlantic, to raise…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Singapore ups the risk factor for cryptocurrency exchanges
OUR TAKE MAS has been actively involved in the regulation of the digital asset market. A few months ago, Singapore regulators expand the scope of regulated payment services to include digital token service providers, bringing digital assets under user protection laws.–Zora Lin…
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
AI coding startup Magic seeks $1.5B valuation in new funding
OUR TAKE The Magic AI model is able to understand and process a large number of contexts simultaneously thanks to an innovative design that goes beyond the traditional Transformer model commonly used in large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT model.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What…
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Phil Schiller to represent Apple on OpenAI Board
OUR TAKE Philip W. Schiller is a member of Apple’s senior management team. In 2020, he becomes the first person in more than 20 years to be named an Apple Fellow, one of the company’s most senior positions. Schiller is also leading Apple’s efforts around the world to protect app…
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Google struggles to meet its climate goals in Gemini AI era
OUR TAKE According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centres today account for about 1% of the world’s electricity consumption. However, with the booming development of AI industry, the electricity consumption of data centres may increase by 10 times by 2026.–Zora…
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Nokia and stc optimise network with AI-powered SON solution
OUR TAKE This AI-driven innovation redefines the standard of network performance, ensuring robust and consistent service for customers even during peak usage.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened Nokia has deployed its AI AD hoc network solution MantaRay Cognitive SON in the stc…
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The process of training an AI model
Fundamentally, AI uses data to make predictions. That capability may power “you may also like” tips on streaming services, but it’s also behind chatbots capable of understanding natural language queries and predicting the correct answer and applications that look at a photo and…
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An introduction of AI training data
Training data is the initial dataset used to train machine learning algorithms. Models create and refine their rules using this data. It’s a set of data samples used to fit the parameters of a machine learning model to training it by example. What is AI training data? AI training…