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QWEN CHAT GITHUB HUGGING FACE MODELSCOPE DISCORDIntroduction#Last December, we launched QVQ-72B-Preview as an exploratory model, but it had many issues. Today, we are officially releasing the first version of QVQ-Max, our visual reasoning model. This model can not only “understand” the content in images and videos but also analyze and reason with this information to provide solutions. From math problems to everyday questions, from programming code to artistic creation, QVQ-Max has demonstrated impressive capabilities. Though this is just our first version, its potential is already eye-catching.MathVision is a benchmark that aggregates various challenging multimodal mathematical problems, and we evaluate a…

Instacart unveiled three new features that it said will increase the chances its customers will get the items they order. In the future, these features will also help Instacart’s partner retailers and brands get real-time information about whether products are on the shelves, the online grocery marketplace said in a Thursday (March 27) blog post. With one new feature, Store View, Instacart shoppers will be able to earn more by taking videos of store shelves, Instacart’s artificial intelligence and computer vision technology will analyze the videos to determine whether products are in stock, and then Instacart will use those findings…

OpenAI released a new image generator this week, and AI-generated Studio Ghibli slop is now all over the internet.In the livestream demo of the native image generation in ChatGPT and Sora, OpenAI took a selfie and asked the new generator to turn it into an anime frame. The result looked a lot like art from a Studio Ghibli film. It went viral, despite some social media users pointing out the potential copyright violations. All the while, Hayao Miyazaki, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, has been vocally disgusted by the use of AI in art. SEE ALSO: OpenAI announces native image…

Andrew Ng, the Stanford professor and former Google Brain scientist, has launched a “Vibe Coding 101” short course for newbies who want to learn how to use generative AI tools to write and manage code. Vibe coding, a term coined in February by OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy, describes how software development is being increasingly automated by AI agents that are given prompts by humans. Ng, a computer science veteran, wrote on X that while he believes coding agents are “changing how we write code,” making vibe coding work in practice takes a bit of work. “Contrary to popular belief, effectively…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LAS VEGAS — Retail’s disruptors come in all shapes and sizes, from bed-in-a-box firms to nonalcoholic beer companies. But for Kevin O’Leary, an investor known for his role on “Shark Tank,” one shape in particular is no longer welcome. “I don’t want to see another hot sauce — I can’t take it anymore,” O’Leary said on a panel at Shoptalk Spring on Tuesday. “To think that you can break into an ancient category that is hardly growing with another hot sauce —…

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LAS VEGAS — Levi’s is in the midst of multiple strategy shifts, including a pivot to be DTC-first and an effort to grow beyond denim and become a full lifestyle brand. But the most imminent problem to tackle may be the consumer, who’s become increasingly wary in an uncertain political environment. Addressing questions about consumer sentiment and discretionary spending, Levi’s CEO Michelle Gass on Wednesday noted that the denim brand already has an “approachable price point” but acknowledged that shoppers may nevertheless…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Chewy’s Q4 net sales rose nearly 15% year over year to $3.25 billion, buoyed by an extra week. Adjusting for that week, Q4 net sales grew nearly 7%, according to Chief Financial Officer David Reeder. Autoship subscription sales rose over 21% to $2.62 billion and drove over 80% of net sales. Gross margin expanded 30 basis points to 28.5%, as net income tumbled 28.5% to $22.8 million. After eight quarters of declines, Chewy’s active customer base rose more than 2% to…

People gather at the beach after sunset with offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance in Seal Beach, California on Jan. 5, 2025.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesOil executives are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his “drill, baby, drill” message have created uncertainty in energy markets that is already affecting investment.The executives, shielded by anonymity, bluntly criticized Trump in their responses to a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from March 12 to March 20.”The administration’s chaos is a disaster for the commodity markets,” one executive said. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of…

Adolph Zukor, left, Paramount president, is the man whose organization engineered Mae West’s rise. Leo McCarey, right, is directing West in “It Ain’t No Sin.”Bettmann Archive Do homes ever truly shake their storied pasts? Sit quietly in any aged home and tales of former owners and their well-lived lives reverberate. The residence owned by Paramount pioneer Adolph Zukor is certainly high-spirited—it includes echoes of antics of such party guests as Mick Jagger and composer Kurt Weill. Further back, early stars that Zukor signed were a presence. They included Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford and Rudolph Valentino. Known as Mountain…

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 company-compiled delivery consensus of sell-side analysts. Based on Tesla’s release, it appears that analysts are expecting Tesla to post conservative vehicle delivery results for the first quarter. Images of Tesla’s Q1 2025 company-compiled consensus were shared recently on social media.  The Consensus As could be seen in Tesla’s first quarter 2025 company-compiled vehicle delivery consensus, analysts are expecting the electric car maker to post 377,592 deliveries for Q1 2025. Analysts expect this number to be comprised of 351,893 Model 3/Model Y and 21,241 other models. The company-compiled consensus also suggests that Tesla will…