Catégorie : Tech News
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Fwd: The Briefing: Group Chats Blow Up
– Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of Defense, participated in private Signal chats with Trump administration officials and family members discussing U.S. military operations. – Ben Smith at Semafor published a story about Silicon Valley elite, including Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale, using WhatsApp and Signal for private discussions. – Group chats are pulling meaningful conversations…
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AI Avatars Escape the Uncanny Valley | Andreessen Horowitz
Key opinions, facts, dates, locations, numbers, statistical information, who, what, why, where, when, and how: – AI is now capable of producing realistic photos, videos, and voices. – The next advancement is AI avatars with expressive faces and body language synced with voices. – Real progress in AI avatars has been seen in content creation,…
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AI 2027
OpenBrain is developing massive datacenters to train AI models, with the fictional company imagined to be slightly ahead of competitors in the race for advanced artificial intelligence. Their latest model, Agent-1, was trained with 10^27 FLOPS and their new datacenters will allow training models up to 10^28 FLOPS. OpenBrain’s AI, Agent-1, is designed to accelerate…
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Apple’s encryption row with UK should not be secret, court rules
A judge ruled that a legal dispute between the UK government and Apple concerning data privacy must not be held in secret, siding with civil liberties groups and news organizations, including the BBC. The Home Office seeks access to information secured by Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP), but Apple refuses to create a “backdoor,” fearing…
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Google announces ‘Workspace Flows’ automation with Gems, audio in Docs, and more Gemini
Google Workspace Flows was announced at Cloud Next 2025 as a tool to automate multi-step processes using AI without complex coding, and it’s available through an alpha program. In addition to this, Google Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat, and Vids introduced new features like audio capabilities, analysis aids, in-meeting advisors, conversation summaries, and video clip generation,…
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Yahoo Is Still Here—and It Has Big Plans for AI
Jim Lanzone became the CEO of Yahoo in September 2021 after Apollo Global Management acquired the company from Verizon for $5 billion. Lanzone, known for turning around AskJeeves and modernizing CBS Interactive, aims to reinvent Yahoo by focusing on its strengths, investing in AI, and leveraging its leading positions in news, finance, and sports, while…
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company
Key opinions, facts, dates, locations, numbers, statistical information, who, what, why, where, when, and how extracted from the article: – Stratechery interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, part of the Stratechery Founder series. – OpenAI considered a startup with no real data on the business. – OpenAI seen as a defining and potentially historically significant…
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Why some DVLA digital services don’t work at night
Key Opinions, Facts, Dates, Locations, Numbers, Statistical Information, Who, What, Why, Where, When, How: – Social media users often ask why the DVLA’s online service isn’t available overnight in the 21st century. – DVLA is approximately 60 years old, operating in England, Scotland, and Cymru, managing driving licenses and vehicle records. – DVLA’s technology was…
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AI Voice Cloning for Historical Preservation: Bringing the Past to Life
AI voice cloning technology utilizes artificial intelligence to create synthetic speech mimicking a human’s tone, pitch, and nuances, and is being applied in historical preservation to provide auditory experiences of historical figures’ voices. This technology helps recreate speeches, narrate events, and maintain vocal characteristics of individuals from the past, with applications in museums and educational…
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New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools
The New York Times is adopting AI tools for its editorial and product staff, including an internal tool named Echo for summarizing content, while setting guidelines to avoid misuse like copyright infringement. The company is in a legal battle with OpenAI over copyright infringement claims but sees AI as a powerful tool to enhance journalism,…