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🥶 Meta gets scared of the EU
👦 OpenAI unveils GPT-4o mini
🚀 SpaceX unveils plans to dismantle the ISS
❌ Apple denies using YouTube data for AI training
🧠 The ‘godmother of AI’ has a new startup already worth $1 billion
📱 Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now available
🎁 + 10 other news you might like
🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools
🥶 Meta gets scared of the EULINK
Meta will not release its new multimodal Llama AI model in the European Union due to regulatory concerns, preventing European companies from using the model despite its open license.
The decision aligns with Meta's stance on regulatory compliance, as seen with their halted plans for an AI assistant in the EU and generative AI tools in Brazil due to data protection issues.
The EU finalized new compliance deadlines for AI companies under the AI Act, meaning full compliance is required by August 2026, impacting tech firms like Meta and Apple.
👦 OpenAI unveils GPT-4o miniLINK
OpenAI has unveiled "GPT-4o mini," a scaled-down version of its most advanced model, as an effort to increase the use of its popular chatbot.
Described as the "most capable and cost-efficient small model," GPT-4o mini will eventually support image, video, and audio integration.
Starting Thursday, GPT-4o mini will be available to free ChatGPT users and subscribers, with ChatGPT Enterprise users gaining access next week.
🚀 SpaceX unveils plans to dismantle the ISSLINK
SpaceX has announced its strategy to deorbit the International Space Station, where a powerful spacecraft will guide the ISS into a precise trajectory to mostly burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.
The spacecraft used for this mission is an enhanced version of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, featuring six times more fuel and four times the power to ensure a controlled and safe deorbit.
The exact date for deorbiting the ISS hasn't been disclosed, but international partners, except Russia, plan to continue operations until 2030, indicating the mission might occur some time after then.
❌ Apple denies using YouTube data for AI trainingLINK
Apple clarified it does not use YouTube transcription data for training its AI systems, specifically highlighting the usage of high-quality licensed data from publishers, stock images, and publicly available web data for its models.
OpenELM, Apple's research tool for understanding language models, was trained on Pile data but is used solely for research purposes without powering any AI features in Apple devices like iPhones, iPads, or Macs.
Apple has no plans to develop future versions of OpenELM and insists that any data from YouTube will not be used in Apple Intelligence, which is set to debut in iOS 18.
🧠 The ‘godmother of AI’ has a new startup already worth $1 billionLINK
Fei-Fei Li, called the "godmother of AI," has founded World Labs, a startup valued at over $1 billion after just four months, according to the Financial Times.
World Labs aims to develop AI with human-like visual processing for advanced reasoning, a research area similar to what ChatGPT is working on with generative AI.
Li, famous for her work in computer vision and her role at Google Cloud, founded World Labs while partially on leave from Stanford, backed by investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Radical Ventures.
📱 Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now availableLINK
Microsoft Designer is now widely available after two years in preview, alongside a new app for Android and iOS that allows users to create and edit content using AI.
The mobile app includes features such as background removal, generative eraser, and prompt templates to help users create unique designs, even when they lack inspiration.
Microsoft Designer offers 15 free daily boosts for quick content creation, with additional boosts available through a Copilot Pro subscription, and it integrates with Microsoft Photos, Word, and PowerPoint for enhanced functionality.
Other news you might like
NASA is scrapping a moon rover that it spent $450 million to build.LINK
Ethereum co-founder’s warning against ‘pro-crypto’ candidates: ‘Are they in it for the right reasons?’.LINK
OpenAI pits AI models against each other to produce clearer, more verifiable text.LINK
Meta explores stake in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica.LINK
Starbucks could give a much-needed jolt to the EV market.LINK
The tinyPod transforms your old Apple Watch into an iPod-like minimalist phone.LINK
Proton is launching an AI tool to help you write better emails.LINK
China orders AI companies to align their models with socialist values.LINK
Electric eels inspire novel “jelly” batteries for soft robotics, wearables.LINK
Google Deepmind's new PEER architecture uses a million tiny experts to boost AI efficiency.LINK
Latest research and tools
DECstation 2040: a RP2040-based emulator for the DECstation 3000 that can run DECWindows, featuring advanced memory and video management to enable high-resolution display output and efficient ethernet communication, alongside USB HID support for keyboard and mouse input.LINK
SQLite Transaction Benchmarking Tool: a tool to measure and compare the performance of SQLite transactions, offering insights for database optimization, initially suggested for in-memory filesystem testing.LINK
Llm2sh: a command-line utility that translates plain-language requests into shell commands using Large Language Models (LLMs), making system interaction simpler through natural language, requiring API keys for OpenAI, Claude, and Groq.LINK
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