TNWflipped into Deep techNowA $400M nonprofit backed by France and DeepMind is building AI’s ‘public option’verified_publisherTNW - Ana-Maria StanciucEvery big AI model belongs to a private company. A nonprofit backed by France, DeepMind and Salesforce wants to build a free, public alternative, and it has just started spending. A farmer in rural India photographs a dying plant and wants to look it up. She does not speak English, and today’s AI …
TNWflipped into Startups and technologyNowYouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is broken on Android and iOS. Google says it is investigating.verified_publisherTNW - Ana Maria ConstantinAudio keeps playing in the background but the floating video window does not appear. Most reports are from iPhone users. There is no workaround yet. YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is failing on both Android and iOS for a growing number of users. When the app is exited, the audio continues playing …
TNWflipped into SustainabilityNowThe European Parliament is building its own AI to stop MEPs pasting draft laws into ChatGPTverified_publisherTNW - Ana-Maria StanciucMEPs and their staff are already drafting speeches, questions and amendments with AI. The European Parliament's fix is to give them an official chatbot of its own, so they stop pasting draft laws into public tools. The European Parliament has a problem with AI, and its answer is more AI. Lawmakers …
TNWflipped into Deep tech1 hour agoThe ‘synthetic insider’: how AI deepfakes turned the fake employee into a corporate threatverified_publisherTNW - Alina Maria StanAI has made it cheap to fake a face, a voice and a CV. That has handed companies a new nightmare: the "synthetic insider," a fraudulent employee who talks their way through the front door. The most dangerous person in your company might not work there at all. AI deepfakes are getting cheaper and …
TNWflipped into Startups and technology1 hour agoThe firm that wires AI data centres is chasing Hong Kong’s biggest IPO since Alibaba.verified_publisherTNW - Cristian DinaZhongji Innolight makes the optical parts that shuttle data around AI data centres. Now it is sounding out investors for a Hong Kong listing of up to $8bn, which would be the city’s biggest since Alibaba in 2019. One of the quiet winners of the AI boom is about to test the public markets. Zhongji …
TNWflipped into Design & Development1 hour agoDecart’s Lucy 2.5 unlocks new live video effects, but physical AI is the real winnerverified_publisherTNW - Callum TurnerArtificial intelligence startup Decart continues to stretch the boundaries of what’s possible with the release of its latest live video model, Lucy 2.5, introducing real-time streaming visual effects capabilities for the first time. The startup claims that Lucy 2.5 is unique in its ability to …
