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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.
(Image generated with Stable Diffusion XL and edited)
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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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Lenovo puts an interesting twist on an old concept.
At CES 2024, #Lenovo announced the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid. It can be considered two devices - the Hybrid Tab and the Hybrid Station.
The Hybrid Tab is an Android tablet powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. However, it can be connected to the Hybrid Station, which runs Windows 11 and has a Core 7 Ultra processor, as well as up to 32GB RAM and a 1TB SSD, turning it into a powerful Windows laptop. The Hybrid Station can also be used by itself with an external monitor.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is launching in Q2 2024, starting at $1,999.
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At CES 2024, #Lenovo announced the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid. It can be considered two devices - the Hybrid Tab and the Hybrid Station.
The Hybrid Tab is an Android tablet powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. However, it can be connected to the Hybrid Station, which runs Windows 11 and has a Core 7 Ultra processor, as well as up to 32GB RAM and a 1TB SSD, turning it into a powerful Windows laptop. The Hybrid Station can also be used by itself with an external monitor.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is launching in Q2 2024, starting at $1,999.
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Samsung will support its new phones with 7 years of OS and security updates, matching Google's policy, starting from the Galaxy S24.
The first Galaxy AI feature is Live Translate, which provides both verbal and text translations for calls, in 13 languages.
Live Translate works on-device and remembers language settings.
Live Translate works on-device and remembers language settings.