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TechX Insides
July 02, 2024
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News & Trends 📢
Intel is bringing AI to the Olympics - READ MORE
Intel is rolling out an app to identify young “Olympic superstar” talent in developing countries and shall utilise AI-generated commentary and analytics for global game broadcasts and content creation.
All of the hottest product announcements from Google, Microsoft, Apple and others, thus far in 2024: 5-MIN READ
AI Models in the Spotlight
OpenAI goes meta: The firm has built an AI model to criticize its AI models - the “CriticGPT” is used to find bugs and assist human trainers - READ MORE
Zuckerberg does not want “God” AI: Mark Zuckerberg criticized closed AI platforms which are aiming to monopolize, and instead wants the industry to move towards open-source models and tech - READ MORE
AWS allegedly investigating Perplexity: Amazon is reportedly investing Google-competitor Perplexity for scraping websites without consent; Perplexity has “partially admitted” some aspects - READ MORE
Amazon launches generative AI for European sellers: These AI tools will enable European sellers to create and optimise product listings (with elements such as titles, descriptions, and images) - READ MORE
Leaders from Meta, Google, SpaceX and BCG are reading Launch Key
YouTube clamping down on AI impersonators - READ MORE
After facing significant backlash for “not doing enough”, YouTube has amended its privacy policy to allow anyone to request takedown of AI-generated that simulates their face or voice. The complaint will initiative a review, and exceptions such as satire / parody shall be allowed.
Tech Investing Rundown
Google investing in AI renewable energy: Google invests in Blackrock-owned Taiwan solar specialist, New Green Power, to help power its data centres and other operations - READ MORE
Peter Thiel’s fund invests in AI-crypto open source startup: Thiel’s firm, Founders Fund, has led a large $85m seed round into Sentient, which aims to build an open-source platform for AGI - READ MORE
This week’s 10 biggest funding rounds (with manufacturing and biotech leading the way): READ MORE
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Nvidia set to face antitrust charges in France - READ MORE
After the French authorities’ raid on Nvidia offices a few months ago, the French Competitive Authority is now drawing up anti-competitive charges against Nvidia due to concerns about its dominant position.