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In today's Techpresso:

👓 Apple is building smart glasses to take on Meta

🚗 Waymo considers selling robotaxis to individual owners

🤖 Huawei is readying new AI chip to challenge Nvidia

🧠 Third Neuralink patient with ALS communicates using brain implant

😵‍💫 Sam Altman admits ChatGPT's new personality is 'annoying'

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👓 Apple is building smart glasses to take on Meta LINK
  • Apple is reportedly developing AI-powered smart spectacles, similar to Meta's Ray-Bans, as part of an effort to incorporate Apple Intelligence into additional wearable devices following internal research.
  • This specific eyewear project focuses on real-time AI assistance using camera and audio input, differing significantly from the company's more ambitious, longer-term augmented reality headset plans.
  • Following successful employee trials under the codename "Project Atlas," the technology giant is proceeding with manufacturing, though a consumer release is not anticipated for several years.
🚗 Waymo considers selling robotaxis to individual owners LINK
  • Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Waymo is contemplating the future possibility of making its self-driving automobiles available for individual consumers to buy directly.
  • The autonomous technology firm currently manages a significant fleet exceeding 700 vehicles for its ride-hailing operations in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and Phoenix.
  • This consideration arises amid competition from companies such as Tesla, which aims to launch its own automated taxi service and critiques Waymo's expensive sensor approach.
🤖 Huawei is readying new AI chip to challenge Nvidia LINK
  • Huawei is preparing a new artificial intelligence processor, the Ascend 910D, aiming to challenge leading chips produced by the American company Nvidia in the competitive market.
  • Initial testing for this advanced semiconductor is scheduled to commence soon, with Chinese technology businesses expected to receive early units for evaluation by late May this year.
  • This chip development effort corresponds with China's goal for technological self-reliance, influenced by United States export controls hindering access to crucial parts and powerful foreign computing hardware.
🧠 Third Neuralink patient with ALS communicates using brain implant LINK
  • Bradford G Smith, an author diagnosed with ALS impacting motor functions, confirmed he is the third recipient of a Neuralink brain-computer interface implant system.
  • Mr. Smith leverages the sophisticated apparatus to navigate his laptop cursor, engage Grok AI for voice replication, and even edited his announcement video using the technology.
  • Company founder Elon Musk envisions the BCI restoring sight for the visually impaired, while Neuralink is pursuing significant venture capital for ongoing expansion efforts.
😵‍💫 Sam Altman admits ChatGPT's new personality is 'annoying' LINK
  • OpenAI chief Sam Altman confirmed the company is working on adjustments this week to lessen the overly effusive and sometimes bothersome personality observed in the latest ChatGPT model.
  • Many individuals interacting with the AI found its recent attempts at excitement and excessive praise irritating, desiring more straightforward and efficient replies without unnecessary conversational filler.
  • While awaiting the official modifications, users have devised specific prompts, including an 'Absolute Mode', enabling people to immediately reduce the AI's chattiness for a more direct interaction.

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Other news & articles you might like

  • Nike is facing a lawsuit from people who bought its NFTs LINK
  • The 2,700 reasons a made-in-USA iPhone would be a non-starter LINK
  • 20th anniversary iPhone likely to be made in China due to 'extraordinarily complex' design LINK
  • Spotify paid $100 million to podcasters as creator wars heat up LINK
  • IBM pledges $150 billion to boost U.S. tech growth, computer manufacturing LINK
  • 4chan is back online, says it’s been ‘starved of money’ LINK
  • Nothing’s second modular phone reinvents the rules LINK
  • MyPillow CEOs lawyers file AI-generated legal brief riddled with errors LINK

Latest research and tools

I486SX_soft_FPU: a software emulator restoring math calculation support for older 486SX computers running NetBSD 10, which lack a dedicated math chip. LINK
Cleverb.ee: an open-source tool using AI to automatically research topics online and create cited reports summarizing the findings. LINK
Tiny-LLM: teaches system engineers to build and optimize efficient Large Language Model serving systems on Apple Silicon from scratch using core MLX features. LINK
Inference-Aware Fine-Tuning for Best-of-N Sampling in Large Language Models: this paper introduces a fine-tuning method that improves model performance by making the training process aware of the best-of-N sampling strategy used during inference. LINK
ACI.dev: an open-source platform enabling AI agents to securely discover and use over 600 tools through a single interface, managing authentication and permissions. LINK
Do Large Language Models know who did what to whom?: the paper evaluates how well large language models identify the semantic roles of entities within sentences, such as who performed an action and who was affected by it. LINK

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