Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines from the BBC
A US official tells the BBC the mines will be given soon, as Russia advances steadily in the east.Read More
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Microsoft is the mystery AI company licensing HarperCollins books, says Bloomberg from the Verge Emma Roth
Illustration: The Verge Just one day after 404 Media revealed that HarperCollins struck a three-year AI training deal with an unnamed company, Bloomberg now says Microsoft will use the publisher’s content to train a not-yet-announced AI model. HarperCollins said in a statement to 404 Media that its deal will include “select nonfiction backlist titles” and…
Alexa may get smarter with more APIs rather than more AI from the Verge Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Following ongoing reports that Amazon’s generative AI makeover of Alexa is not going well, it appears Amazon may take a more practical approach to making its smart assistant more useful. According to Business Insider, Amazon is partnering with several companies to make Alexa better at doing things you…
Sony’s new PlayStation Portal update lets you stream PS5 games from the cloud from the Verge Jay Peters
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony is bringing a big new feature to the PlayStation Portal: cloud streaming. When it first launched, the device was only able to stream games from your PS5 over Wi-Fi. But as part of a new system update that’s rolling out starting later today, you’ll be…
This website unearths YouTube’s lost and forgotten iPhone clips from the Verge Umar Shakir
People loved uploading videos from their iPhone Camera Roll directly to YouTube. | Image: The Verge The “IMG_0001” website features a frame with an old TV static effect and a floating retro Panasonic remote that you can click to start watching random YouTube videos from over a decade ago that were recorded and uploaded from…
Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data from the Verge Wes Davis
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic products. This AI model could allow computers and robots to understand and interact with the world in new ways,…
Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps from the Verge Richard Lawler
Image: Strava Strava recently informed its users and partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps can show, refrain from replicating Strava’s look, and place a ban on using data “for any model training related to artificial intelligence, machine learning or similar applications.” The policy is effective as of November…
Founder of artificial intelligence company used by schools in Los Angeles, NYC, Atlanta is arrested from ABC
The founder of an artificial intelligence company that worked with large school districts nationwide has been arrested on fraud chargesRead More
A ‘bomb cyclone’ is expected to hit Pacific Northwest. Here is what you should know from NPR Chandelis Duster
A “bomb cyclone” is forecast to bring heavy snow, high winds and life-threatening flooding to the Pacific Northwest in the next few days. (Image credit: NOAA) Read More
Manhattan prosecutors ask for additional pause in Trump hush-money criminal case from NPR Ximena Bustillo
Manhattan prosecutors are asking for a further pause in the criminal trial against President-elect Donald Trump in order to give both sides time to weigh the unprecedented nature of the situation. (Image credit: Spencer Platt) Read More