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Black Forest Labs' FLUX.1 merges text-to-image generation with image editing in one model
With FLUX.1 Context, Black Forest Labs extends text-to-image systems to support both image generation and editing. The model enables fast, context-aware manipulation using a mix of text and image ...
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Wait a minute! Researchers say AI's "chains of thought" are not signs of human-like reasoning
A research group at Arizona State University cautions that the intermediate steps produced by language models are simply statistically generated text, not signs of human-like thinking or understanding ...
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Perplexity's new Labs feature signals its shift toward being more like ChatGPT
Perplexity has launched "Labs," a new feature for Pro users that can run complex projects like reports, tables, dashboards, or basic web apps. Unlike the faster "Research" mode, Labs works ...
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New York Times closes AI deal with Amazon
The New York Times has signed a multi-year deal with Amazon, allowing the tech company to display content from the Times, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic on Alexa and use it to train its AI models. In ...
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Nvidia posts record sales, but China sanctions take a multibillion-dollar toll
Nvidia delivered another record quarter, but the ongoing US export ban on AI chips to China is cutting deep into its bottom line. CEO Jensen Huang is warning that the policy could have serious ...
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Generative AI startup Odyssey demos interactive AI-generated video
Odyssey has released a research preview of a new kind of video: fully AI-generated sequences that respond to your input in real time. The demo features what Odyssey calls interactive videos—AI-created ...
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AI chatbots become dramatically less reliable in longer conversations, new study finds
A new study from Microsoft and Salesforce finds that even state-of-the-art AI language models become dramatically less reliable as conversations get longer and users reveal their requirements step by ...
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Opera unveils Neon, a browser designed for both humans and AI agents
The new browser isn't just AI-assisted; it's AI-directed. Neon's built-in agents can collect information, complete tasks, and even generate content, often with little or no user involvement. The ...
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Meta is splitting its AI department into AI Products and AGI Foundations to speed up development
Meta is splitting its AI department into two groups: "AI Products" led by Connor Hayes, focused on the Meta AI Assistant and features inside Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and "AGI Foundations" ...
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Google releases open-source LMEval to benchmark language and multimodal models
Google has released LMEval, an open-source framework designed to make it easier to compare large AI models from different companies. According to Google, LMEval lets researchers and developers ...
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Chatbots like ChatGPT have not led to significant changes in wages or working hours, study finds
A new study suggests that despite the rapid rise and widespread adoption of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, their impact on wages and working hours has been minimal so far. The findings challenge ...
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Google expands access to Veo 3, its viral new video model, through the Gemini app
About 100 hours after its initial launch, Google is opening up its AI video model Veo 3 to users in 71 additional countries. The news came from Josh Woodward, Vice President of Gemini at Google, who ...