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Danish researchers create an LLM that will predict when someone might die with 78% accuracy
Danish researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model that crunches sequences of key life events, such as someone’s medical history, education, job, income and marriage status, to predict anything from that person’s personality to their expected lifespan. The Life2Vec tool was developed by researchers at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, and is based on a transformer model ...
Apple quietly launched an open-source multimodal LLM called Ferret
Artificial intelligence researchers from Apple Inc. and Cornell University quietly unveiled an open-source and multimodal large language model last October known as Ferret, which is said to use parts of images as queries. According to VentureBeat, the release of Ferret on GitHub in October went completely under the radar, with no announcement being made. However, ...
OpenAI reportedly discussing new funding round that would raise its value to over $100B
Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is reportedly holding discussions with investors over a fresh round of funding that would value it at or above $100 billion — cementing OpenAI’s status as one of the world’s most valuable startups. A report from Bloomberg late Friday cited people with knowledge of the matter ...
Apple suspends sales of Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 models as export ban looms
Apple Inc. has pulled the plug on sales of its latest Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models via its online store in the U.S., and it will soon stop selling them at its physical stores too. The decision to suspend sales of the products comes ahead of an imminent export ban ...
After adding new investors, enterprise software company Visma’s value rises to $21B
The enterprise-focused software-as-a-service company Visma AS has been valued at 19 billion euros (about $21 billion) after bringing in fresh capital from new and existing investors to help fund its international expansion. Reuters reported that about 20 new investors, including Altaroc, Jane Street and NYV Retirement System, are injecting more than 1 billion euros into ...
Report: Up to 240 million PCs could be scrapped following end of support for Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system is rapidly approaching its end of life, with Microsoft Corp. set to pull the plug on support updates in October 2025. Although that date is still a fair way off, it could result in millions of personal computers being consigned to the scrap heap. That’s according to a new report from ...
Humanoid robot maker Sanctuary AI secures vital IP to advance touch and grasping capabilities
Robotics company Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp., which is aiming to build intelligent and humanlike general-purpose robots that can augment human labor, said today it has acquired key intellectual property assets that will prove to be essential in fulfilling its mission. The company said the patents relate to touch sensitivity and grasping capabilities, which are vital ...
UltiHash raises $2.5M to make data storage more cost-effective and sustainable
UltiHash Inc. said today it has closed on a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round, paving the way for the launch of its high-performance data storage software that aims to boost the capacity of existing storage drives and help enterprises achieve a better balance between performance and costs. Today’s round was led by Inventure, and saw ...
Micron posts better-than-expected sales and its stock recovers from earlier losses
Investors in Micron Technology Inc. were in an upbeat mood today after the chipmaker posted fiscal first-quarter results that came in ahead of expectations. The company’s guidance was better than expected too, sending its stock up higher. The company reported a net loss for the period of $1.23 billion, down slightly from the $1.43 billion ...
Qlik buys data-as-a-product startup Mozaic Data
Data integration company QlikTech International AB said today it has closed on another acquisition, snapping up the artificial intelligence-powered data-as-a-product startup Mozaic Data for an undisclosed fee. According to Qlik, the deal is a timely acquisition that will allow it to simplify the way businesses handle information, and ensure better data quality and governance. Mozaic is ...