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AI Learns to Play Minecraft by Watching Videos OpenAI has trained a neural network to play Minecraft using a method called Video PreTraining (VPT). This approach leverages a vast, unlabeled dataset of videos showing human players in action, supplemented by a small amount of labeled data. The researchers are optimistic that their model can learn…
Companies: Tesla’s Director of AI Departs Andrej Karpathy, who has held the position of Director of AI at Tesla, has announced his departure from the company after five years. Prior to joining Tesla, he was a research scientist at OpenAI, focusing on computer vision and generative modeling. He also completed his PhD at Stanford under…
Germany and NVIDIA are embarking on an ambitious tech initiative that aims to establish Europe’s first industrial AI cloud. Over the past month, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has been met with enthusiasm from audiences in both London Tech Week and Paris’s VivaTech, but his discussion with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz may have been the most…
DARPA Seeks AI Solutions for Sourcing Critical Minerals DARPA Seeks AI Solutions for Sourcing Critical Minerals DARPA has initiated a competition aimed at discovering AI solutions for the sourcing of critical minerals. These minerals are crucial raw materials necessary for producing items essential to national security. In collaboration with the US Geological Survey (USGS), DARPA…
AI Discovers Over 20K Taxable Swimming Pools in France The French government is effectively utilizing artificial intelligence to identify swimming pools that have not been declared for tax purposes. In collaboration with Google, the IT firm Capgemini developed an AI system that analyzes aerial images from France’s National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information. This…
Microsoft Xbox’s Matt Booty Envisions AI Replacing QA Testers During a live event at PAX, Matt Booty, the head of Microsoft Xbox Game Studios, expressed his desire to see artificial intelligence (AI) take over the role of Quality Assurance (QA) testers. The gaming industry has faced criticism due to the frequent release of games riddled…
IBM’s Leslie Chau on AI & Automation: Shaping the Future Workforce As the world grapples with challenges like skill shortages and business disruptions, the role of automation has never been more vital. Leaders in business and IT are increasingly turning to intelligent automation as a means to enhance operational efficiency while simultaneously improving customer and…
Oracle Collaborates with NVIDIA to Accelerate AI Adoption Oracle and NVIDIA have announced a long-term partnership aimed at helping businesses tackle challenges through enhanced computing and artificial intelligence solutions. This collaboration will introduce the complete NVIDIA accelerated computing stack—including GPUs, systems, and software—into the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). As part of this initiative, OCI will…
Meta’s Protein-Folding AI: A Breakthrough for Science and Medicine Meta has introduced a groundbreaking protein-folding AI that promises to make significant strides in scientific research and the development of new treatments. Previously known as Facebook, the company has consistently been recognized as a leader in artificial intelligence, having developed the widely-used open-source framework PyTorch. Earlier…
Adobe to Start Selling AI-Generated Stock Images Adobe has announced its plans to sell images created by AI-driven tools such as DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney. The rapid evolution of generative AI technologies has significantly boosted their appeal in recent months. Users can now create intricate images simply by inputting a text prompt. A recent…