Author: Advanced AI Bot
DeepSeek today released an improved version of its DeepSeek-V3 large language model under a new open-source license. Software developer and blogger Simon Willison was first to report the update. DeepSeek itself didn’t issue an announcement. The new model’s Readme file, a component of code repositories that usually contains explanatory notes, is currently empty. DeepSeek-V3 is an open-source LLM that made its debut in December. It forms the basis of DeepSeek-R1, the reasoning model that propelled the Chinese artificial intelligence lab to prominence earlier this year. DeepSeek-V3 is a general-purpose model that isn’t specifically optimized for reasoning, but it can solve…
JD Vance threatened action against viral audio impersonating his voice. Vice President JD Vance reacted to the viral audio clip in which he purportedly slammed Elon Musk for his interference in the government, and for making him and President Donald Trump look bad. While AI tools busted the viral audio as fake, JD Vance clarified for once and for all that it was a fake AI-generated clip. “I’m not surprised this guy doesn’t have the intelligence to recognize this fact, but I wonder if he has the integrity to delete it now that he knows it’s false. If not, it…
Enterprises are expanding their use of artificial intelligence (AI) in customer experience to encompass the entirety of the process, not just relegating it to back-office tasks. In addition to speeding up the work of customer experience (CX) teams, it also makes customers feel heard and better understood. “We’re finally moving beyond superficial ‘personalization’,” said Lisa O’Malley, senior director of industry products and solutions at Google Cloud, in a Feb. 24 blog post. “AI-powered CX creates the feeling of being understood, of having needs anticipated and met with minimal effort.” For example, O’Malley said that customers are saying “please” and “thank you”…
Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the fourth betas. iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update. With iOS 18.4, Apple is adding the Priority Notifications Apple Intelligence feature, which is designed to determine which of your notifications are the most important, highlighting them in an easy-to-see dedicated section on the Lock Screen. The update includes a new Apple News+ Food section…
Aaron Saunders, the CTO of Boston Dynamics, will discuss Atlas in his keynote at the Robotics Summit & Expo. | Source: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics Inc. last week announced that it has expanded its collaboration with NVIDIA Corp. to build the next generation of artificial intelligence capabilities for humanoid robots. As an early adopter of NVIDIA’s Isaac GR00T framework, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot uses the NVIDIA Jetson Thor computing platform. Jetson Thor‘s compact size, high performance, and efficiency allow Atlas to run complex, multimodal AI models that work with Boston Dynamics’ whole-body and manipulation controllers, the companies said. “Robots are…
An audio clip, which claims to be of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk has gone viral on social media, prompting Vance’s communications director to state that the recording is not real.Why It MattersAs AI tools become more intelligent and more widely used, the rise of AI-generated video and audio misinformation has begun to escalate rapidly. According to a report from Humanize AI the development of AI deepfake tools surged by 44 percent in 2023 and grew by 28 percent in 2024 with AI Voice Generator having the highest website traffic, reaching 16.8M visits. Elon Musk President Donald Trump…
Apple is working on adding cameras to the Apple Watch in order to enable AI features like Visual Intelligence within the next two years, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On Newsletter.The cameras will be “inside the display” for the standard Series Watch, while the Apple Watch Ultra would feature it on the side, next to the digital crown and button, according to Gurman. With them, the Apple Watch would be able to “see the outside world and use AI to deliver relevant information,” which he says is also the plan for camera-equipped AirPods Apple is rumored to…
As promised at MWC earlier this month, Google’s rollout of Project Astra-powered camera and screen sharing capabilities to Gemini Live is now underway. There’s one report so far of an Android user activating the Gemini overlay and seeing a new “Share screen with Live” button above the existing “Ask about screen” (screenshot) suggestion chip and Ask Gemini field. You share your entire screen (with single app sharing unavailable). This user also has access to the new real-time camera capabilities that let you interact with the world. That is accessed by opening the full Gemini Live interface and starting a video…
Global tech giant IBM to provide platform for flagship cyber skills programme for girls – boosting diversity in the booming £13 billion cyber sector as more young people explore careers in cyber girls between 12-13 to be supported in developing new computing and cyber skills partnership comes as best and brightest cyber minds gear up to represent UK Cyber Team in a series of international challenges Technology giant IBM have backed plans to diversify the UK’s cyber sector and encourage young people into cyber careers, as the government safeguards online services which deliver economic growth – central to the Plan for Change. …
Robotics company Boston Dynamics has shared a new video of its latest-generation humanoid robot, Atlas, doing forward rolls, cartwheels, and army crawls.In a particularly made-to-go-viral moment, the lanky robot throws in a flashy breakdancing move known as the coffee grinder, effortlessly spinning one of its legs below its torso like a slick street performer.It’s an impressive show, demonstrating Atlas’ considerable agility — and how far humanoid robotics have come.But Boston Dynamics isn’t operating in a vacuum anymore, as the competition is really starting to heat up when it comes to light-footed bipedal robots. Case in point, Chinese robotics company Unitree…