The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro and M3 Max also come in Space Black.
The 24-inch iMac got its first update, now featuring the M3 chip. It’s up to 2.5x faster than the old model and up to 4x faster than the fastest 21.5-inch Intel based iMac.
The new iMac starts at $1299 and will be available next week. Pre-orders for both the iMac and MacBook Pro are open.
The new iMac starts at $1299 and will be available next week. Pre-orders for both the iMac and MacBook Pro are open.
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xAI, #elon Musk's new company, wants to understand the universe. Elon was the co-founder of #OpenAI, and his new company is built to compete with it. The company's employees have strong backgrounds with OpenAI itself, as well as Google DeepMind, Tesla and…
This is Grok, xAI's first AI system.
xAI, if you're unaware, is a company founded by #Elon Musk in July that seeks to understand the universe using artificial intelligence.
Now, the company has unveiled Grok, its first product. Grok is designed to answer questions with a "bit of wit", and accepts some questions that are rejected by other AI systems. Grok has knowledge of the world in real time through X, formerly Twitter.
The AI system is powered by the Grok-1 language model, which was developed over 4 months. Grok-1 is the successor to Grok-0, which achieved results similar to Meta's Llama 2 while using half of its resources. Grok-1 has improved logic and reasoning capabilities, which make it more accurate at math problems than similar models like OpenAI's GPT-3.5, the model powering ChatGPT. Grok-0 was graded on the Hungarian national high school finals in math, which it passed with a B (59%).
Grok will be available to X Premium members first.
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xAI, if you're unaware, is a company founded by #Elon Musk in July that seeks to understand the universe using artificial intelligence.
Now, the company has unveiled Grok, its first product. Grok is designed to answer questions with a "bit of wit", and accepts some questions that are rejected by other AI systems. Grok has knowledge of the world in real time through X, formerly Twitter.
The AI system is powered by the Grok-1 language model, which was developed over 4 months. Grok-1 is the successor to Grok-0, which achieved results similar to Meta's Llama 2 while using half of its resources. Grok-1 has improved logic and reasoning capabilities, which make it more accurate at math problems than similar models like OpenAI's GPT-3.5, the model powering ChatGPT. Grok-0 was graded on the Hungarian national high school finals in math, which it passed with a B (59%).
Grok will be available to X Premium members first.
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Sam Altman, CEO of #OpenAI, will leave the company's board of directors.
OpenAI's board of directors announced that Sam Altman will be replaced by Mira Murati, the company's technical director as the CEO.
The board says that the decision was made because "he was not consistently candid in his communications", and that it is no longer confident in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.
During the time Sam Altman was CEO, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, one of the most popular AI products in the world, as well as the GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 AI systems.
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OpenAI's board of directors announced that Sam Altman will be replaced by Mira Murati, the company's technical director as the CEO.
The board says that the decision was made because "he was not consistently candid in his communications", and that it is no longer confident in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.
During the time Sam Altman was CEO, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, one of the most popular AI products in the world, as well as the GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 AI systems.
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Sam Altman, CEO of #OpenAI, will leave the company's board of directors. OpenAI's board of directors announced that Sam Altman will be replaced by Mira Murati, the company's technical director as the CEO. The board says that the decision was made because…
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI's board of directors.
After getting fired over trust issues 4 days ago, Sam is returning, as he announced on Twitter.
In the meantime, he and many other OpenAI employees joined Microsoft, which caused issues within the board of directors. The AI company even joked about this situation in an announcement about ChatGPT voice features becoming available to free users.
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After getting fired over trust issues 4 days ago, Sam is returning, as he announced on Twitter.
In the meantime, he and many other OpenAI employees joined Microsoft, which caused issues within the board of directors. The AI company even joked about this situation in an announcement about ChatGPT voice features becoming available to free users.
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#Apple releases a new open source neural network.
The model, called Ferret, can recognize objects in parts of an image. Then, it uses a large language model (currently one based on Meta's Llama 2) to respond to users' queries about them. It was released on October 30 alongside FerretBench, which tests such models, under a license that prohibits commercial use.
In July, Bloomberg reported that Apple has developed a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot for internal use and a framework for developing such language models. The latter was reportedly released early this month under the name MLX.
Ferret is now available on GitHub.
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The model, called Ferret, can recognize objects in parts of an image. Then, it uses a large language model (currently one based on Meta's Llama 2) to respond to users' queries about them. It was released on October 30 alongside FerretBench, which tests such models, under a license that prohibits commercial use.
In July, Bloomberg reported that Apple has developed a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot for internal use and a framework for developing such language models. The latter was reportedly released early this month under the name MLX.
Ferret is now available on GitHub.
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Mercedes-Benz receives approval for turquoise autopilot lights in California and Nevada.
Mercedes-Benz is the first car manufacturer to receive approval for such lights. In California, the company will be able to use the lights on testing vehicles, while the Nevada permit applies to consumer cars from Model Year 2026.
The lights indicate if automated driving technology is driving a car. Mercedes-Benz will first use it for EQS cars with Drive Pilot - an SAE Level 3 system, meaning that it can drive the car in some conditions.
Turquoise has been chosen because it doesn't conflict with other signals and traffic lights, and is psychologically optimal for automated driving.
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Mercedes-Benz is the first car manufacturer to receive approval for such lights. In California, the company will be able to use the lights on testing vehicles, while the Nevada permit applies to consumer cars from Model Year 2026.
The lights indicate if automated driving technology is driving a car. Mercedes-Benz will first use it for EQS cars with Drive Pilot - an SAE Level 3 system, meaning that it can drive the car in some conditions.
Turquoise has been chosen because it doesn't conflict with other signals and traffic lights, and is psychologically optimal for automated driving.
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Happy new year!
It's that time of the year again. In 2023, Apple finally released its long-awaited virtual reality headset. Meta started competing with Twitter, while Zuckerberg was supposed to compete with Musk. Twitter itself released the source code of its controversial algorithm, changed owners and its name. AI was embraced by tech giants, with Google releasing Bard and SGE and Microsoft releasing Bing Chat. And finally, Telegram turned 10, releasing Stories.
Technodroid also had some updates, with the largest exclusive posts yet and live blogs with images. This will continue into 2024 to make the channel even better for our subscribers.
Wishing all of our subscribers a happy 2024 filled with good news and interesting innovations.
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It's that time of the year again. In 2023, Apple finally released its long-awaited virtual reality headset. Meta started competing with Twitter, while Zuckerberg was supposed to compete with Musk. Twitter itself released the source code of its controversial algorithm, changed owners and its name. AI was embraced by tech giants, with Google releasing Bard and SGE and Microsoft releasing Bing Chat. And finally, Telegram turned 10, releasing Stories.
Technodroid also had some updates, with the largest exclusive posts yet and live blogs with images. This will continue into 2024 to make the channel even better for our subscribers.
Wishing all of our subscribers a happy 2024 filled with good news and interesting innovations.
(Image generated with Stable Diffusion XL and edited)
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The Galaxy S24 series with Galaxy AI will launch on January 17.
The official tagline of the event, which is happening in San Jose, is "#Galaxy AI is coming". In a teaser, #Samsung compares its upcoming AI features to major innovations like the "immersive display" of the Galaxy Note, launched in 2011, or its first TV phone, the SCH-M220 from 1999.
Leaks indicate that the AI features will include "Live Translate" for calls, note summaries in Samsung Notes and a "Generative Edit" feature for moving and erasing objects in photos (similar to Magic Editor on Google Pixel). Samsung is also expected to partner with Google to bring some Pixel exclusive AI features, like AI wallpapers, to the Galaxy S24 series.
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The official tagline of the event, which is happening in San Jose, is "#Galaxy AI is coming". In a teaser, #Samsung compares its upcoming AI features to major innovations like the "immersive display" of the Galaxy Note, launched in 2011, or its first TV phone, the SCH-M220 from 1999.
Leaks indicate that the AI features will include "Live Translate" for calls, note summaries in Samsung Notes and a "Generative Edit" feature for moving and erasing objects in photos (similar to Magic Editor on Google Pixel). Samsung is also expected to partner with Google to bring some Pixel exclusive AI features, like AI wallpapers, to the Galaxy S24 series.
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Meet the Copilot key, coming to Windows computers and keyboards in 2024.
The new key, which launches Copilot in Windows, is the first key to be added by #Microsoft since the Windows key 30 years ago. According to Microsoft, this was done to "make it seamless to engage Copilot in your day to day".
This is part of Microsoft's "significant shift toward a more personal and intelligent computing future where AI will be seamlessly woven into Windows". It also declared 2024 the year of the AI PC.
The Copilot key will be available on new PCs launched at CES next week, with availability beginning in late February through the spring.
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The new key, which launches Copilot in Windows, is the first key to be added by #Microsoft since the Windows key 30 years ago. According to Microsoft, this was done to "make it seamless to engage Copilot in your day to day".
This is part of Microsoft's "significant shift toward a more personal and intelligent computing future where AI will be seamlessly woven into Windows". It also declared 2024 the year of the AI PC.
The Copilot key will be available on new PCs launched at CES next week, with availability beginning in late February through the spring.
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One UI 6.1 brings a "Generative wallpaper" feature that creates wallpapers using AI. It looks very similar to the AI wallpaper feature of the Pixel 8 series, and is reported to be co-developed with Google.
While this feature wasn't working correctly when we tried it, we could get some more screenshots of it. It will appear under "Wallpaper services" alongside a "weather effect" option and the existing dynamic wallpaper feature.
While this feature wasn't working correctly when we tried it, we could get some more screenshots of it. It will appear under "Wallpaper services" alongside a "weather effect" option and the existing dynamic wallpaper feature.
An #exclusive sneak peek at some #Galaxy AI features.
We got access to a beta version of the upcoming One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy S23 series, which revealed some rumored "Galaxy AI" features.
In this version, we were able to find a version of Generative wallpaper, which generates wallpapers using AI, as well as a tone change feature in Samsung Keyboard, an updated translator and some AI-powered capabilities in Samsung Gallery.
The Galaxy S24 series is expected to be unveiled on January 17 in San Jose.
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We got access to a beta version of the upcoming One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy S23 series, which revealed some rumored "Galaxy AI" features.
In this version, we were able to find a version of Generative wallpaper, which generates wallpapers using AI, as well as a tone change feature in Samsung Keyboard, an updated translator and some AI-powered capabilities in Samsung Gallery.
The Galaxy S24 series is expected to be unveiled on January 17 in San Jose.
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