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💥 Google could be forced to sell Chrome
🤖 Microsoft introduces new AI agents
💬 Mistral AI takes on ChatGPT
👀 Leaked memo reveals Amazon's struggle with Alexa AI overhaul
🚀 Student-made rocket smashes 20-year-old world record
🎁 + 10 other news you might like
🔮 + 8 handpicked research papers and tools
💥 Google could be forced to sell ChromeLINK
The Department of Justice is urging a judge to mandate Google's sale of its Chrome browser to dismantle the company's alleged search market monopoly.
Antitrust officials propose that Google uncouple Android from other products, while considering additional remedies including data licensing requirements and sharing more advertiser information.
The court hearing in April 2025 aims to determine corrections for Google's violations, potentially influencing the future of search and AI sectors significantly.
🤖 Microsoft introduces new AI agentsLINK
Microsoft is introducing autonomous Copilot AI agents to help businesses create software agents for various tasks, which are now available in a public preview.
Microsoft 365 Copilot agents can perform roles like handling customer service queries, project management, and more, and are designed to reduce workload on employees so they can focus on strategic tasks.
Copilot Studio provides customization options for agent behavior, allowing for independent operation through templates and integrations with Azure AI services, while ensuring responsible AI practices with human oversight where needed.
💬 Mistral AI takes on ChatGPTLINK
Mistral AI has launched a major update to Le Chat, introducing features like web search with citations, image and document understanding, and image generation for free, positioning it against ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Le Chat’s updates include the new Pixtral Large multimodal model for enhanced performance and a partnership with Black Forest Labs for image generation using the Flux model. Mistral aims to make advanced AI features more accessible with a generous free tier, in contrast to competitors who reserve premium features for paid users.
👀 Leaked memo reveals Amazon's struggle with Alexa AI overhaulLINK
Amazon's new AI-powered Alexa is encountering latency issues that might cause user dissatisfaction, as delays in the AI's response are a major problem requiring resolution prior to its release.
The latency challenges are part of several obstacles Amazon must address in order to successfully launch the updated Alexa, which is significant for maintaining its competitive edge in consumer-oriented AI technology.
Despite the hurdles, Amazon is dedicated to advancing Alexa's capabilities and is making substantial investments in AI, including developing custom AI chips and exploring potential investments in AI firms like Anthropic.
🚀 Student-made rocket smashes 20-year-old world recordLINK
A student-built suborbital rocket named Aftershock II from the University of Southern California shattered the world record by reaching an altitude of over 470,000 feet, surpassing a 20-year-old record.
Aftershock II was equipped with advanced technology, including a new avionics system and a thermal protection system, which allowed it to withstand extreme conditions during its historic flight.
The University of Southern California’s Rocket Propulsion Lab designed the rocket with major upgrades, such as titanium-coated fins and reinforced data systems, enabling precise real-time tracking and recovery post-launch.
Other news you might like
Perplexity AI Adds One-Click Shopping to Its Search Engine.LINK
Apple offers $100 million investment to Indonesian government to lift iPhone 16 ban.LINK
Instagram will soon let you reset your recommendation algorithm.LINK
Amazon and SpaceX are challenging the NLRB’s constitutionality in federal court.LINK
El Capitan dethrones Frontier to become the world’s fastest supercomputer.LINK
Microsoft and Atom Computing will launch a commercial quantum computer in 2025.LINK
Microsoft to launch new custom chips for data processing, security.LINK
Apple exec explains the company's 'secret weapon' when making its own chips.LINK
The ISS has been leaking air for 5 years, and engineers still don’t know why.LINK
Seven-year-old gets job offer from Russian IT firm.LINK
Latest research and tools
FastGraphRAG: a streamlined framework for creating high-precision, interpretable retrieval workflows using dynamic, cost-efficient graph generation.LINK
Hyperfine: a command-line benchmarking tool that provides constant feedback, conducts warmup runs, supports cache-clearing, and uses statistical outlier detection to ensure reliable performance comparison across different commands and benchmarking environments.LINK
EmbedSQLite: a tool that allows embedding SQLite databases as binary objects within PostgreSQL tables, enabling operations like creation, updates, and queries on SQLite databases directly from PostgreSQL.LINK
Venmo Unofficial API: a Python module enabling users to interact with Venmo to check balance, make payments, and request money.LINK
Sequin: a versatile tool for inspecting and debugging ANSI escape sequences, useful for analyzing CLI and TUI outputs across various operating systems.LINK
Hyrumtoken: a Go package that encrypts pagination tokens, preventing API clients from relying on their contents or order.LINK
Integrate: a lightweight Rust library for approximating definite integrals of real-valued functions using various numerical methods.LINK
Iumenta: a generic framework for creating digital twins of animals.LINK
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