Open Interpreter is a growing open-source project that leverages the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to control computing devices and applications. While LLMs are deft at navigating language-based interactions, including information retrieval, summarization, and text generation, they are not…
The Cloud-Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) approved Strimzi as an incubating project to streamline the deployment of Apache Kafka on Kubernetes. Strimzi provides a Kubernetes-native way to interact with Kafka through a set of operators that extend the Kubernetes API making…
With its lawsuit against Apple, the Justice Department focuses on outdated issues and irrelevant points, missing an opportunity to address more pressing concerns. Also: Why the company is talking to generative AI partners; Sonos readies a fresh Roam speaker; and…
More than two years after climate negotiators first attempted to consign coal to history, the dirtiest fossil fuel is having a moment. Thanks to a combination of China’s energy insecurity — pushing Beijing back to trusted power sources — plus…
Image source: Stability AI announcement of Stable Diffusion 3 Emad Mostaque, a co-founder of Stability AI, the company that helped propel Stable Diffusion to a dominant market share for text-to-image models, stepped down from his role as CEO and relinquished…
About 6,000 older Bitcoin mining machines in the US will soon be idled and sent to a warehouse in Colorado Springs where they’ll be refreshed and resold to buyers overseas looking to profit from mining in lower-cost environs. Wholesaler SunnySide…
This week’s generative AI news rundown (GAIN) features 20 stories shaping the industry. You can watch GAIN on YouTube above or click the links below to explore the stories in more depth. We begin with an in-depth discussion of Microsoft’s…
Senior lenders to AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the money-losing theater chain, met by phone Friday to discuss ways to bolster the company’s balance sheet, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The group is weighing options including making a…
Transcript Greef: The world is becoming more transactional, from servers to serverless, and per second billing. You used to buy a server every three years or rent dedicated by the month, then an instance by the hour, and now every…
-1711061476506.jpg "Microsoft Introduces .NET Smart Components: AI-Powered UI Controls")
Microsoft recently introduced .NET Smart Components, UI controls which offer AI-powered features to boost development productivity within .NET applications. According to Microsoft, these components are designed to simplify the integration of AI capabilities into existing .NET applications, requiring as stated, minimal…
South Korea is tapping into a multinational framework to review export controls for sensitive products like semiconductor-related equipment, the country’s trade minister said, an approach that may complicate US efforts to curtail China’s influence on technology supply chains. Washington is…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published a blog post this week stating that Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, two of Inflection AI’s three co-founders, will join Microsoft to lead a newly created organization, Microsoft AI. According to Nadella: Mustafa Suleyman and…