Business
Amazon Onboards Adept: Amazon adds majority of Adept AI staff to boost agentic AI capabilities
Amazon hired most of the staff of agentic-AI specialist Adept AI in a move that echoes Microsoft’s absorption of Inflection in March.
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Tech & Society
Building an AI Oasis: Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion bet to become a global AI powerhouse
Saudi Arabia plans to spend billions of dollars to become a global AI hub.
Tech & Society
Amazon Rethinks Cashier-Free Stores: Amazon scales back its AI-powered "Just Walk Out" checkout service
Amazon withdrew Just Walk Out, an AI-driven checkout service, from most of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores...
Business
AI Progress Report, Manufacturing: Manufacturers embrace AI despite talent and data challenges
Manufacturers are embracing AI even as they struggle to find the talent and data required.
Tech & Society
Benchmarks for Industry: Vals AI evaluates large language models on industry-specific tasks.
How well do large language models respond to professional-level queries in various industry domains? A new company aims to find out.
Tech & Society
GPT Store Shows Lax Moderation: A report exposes policy violations in OpenAI’s GPT Store.
OpenAI has been moderating its GPT Store with a very light touch. In a survey of the GPT Store’s offerings, TechCrunch found numerous examples of custom ChatGPT instances that appear to violate the store’s own policies.
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Instability at Stability AI: Stability AI CEO steps down as company faces financial and market challenges
The CEO of Stability AI resigned as the company faces an increasingly competitive market.
Tech & Society
Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.
European AI champion Mistral AI unveiled new large language models and formed an alliance with Microsoft.
Tech & Society
AI Jobs Grow Beyond Established Hubs: AI careers spread across the U.S., outgrowing traditional tech hubs.
An analysis of United States job listings shows AI jobs are growing rapidly outside traditional tech hubs. Researchers at University of Maryland analyzed the distribution of AI jobs among U.S. job postings. California hosts the largest concentration...
Tech & Society
Sovereign AI: Governments invest billions to secure homegrown AI technologies.
Governments want access to AI chips and software built in their own countries, and they are shelling out billions of dollars to make it happen. Nations across the world are supporting homegrown AI processing and development, The Economist reported.
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AI Creates Jobs, Study Suggests: European Central Bank study finds surprising growth in jobs affected by AI.
Europeans are keeping their jobs even as AI does an increasing amount of work. Researchers at the European Central Bank found that employment in occupations affected by AI rose over nearly a decade.
Tech & Society
OpenAI Expands Platform Play: OpenAI releases the GPT store, a curated chatbot marketplace.
The GPT Store is open for business, providing curated, searchable access to millions of chatbots tailored for specific purposes.