Create games like Super Mario from scratch with Google DeepMind’s new generative model
Will Douglas Haven | MIT Technology Review
“OpenAI recently announced its amazing generative model Sora, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with text-to-video conversion. Google DeepMind brings text-to-video games. Genie and Called New Models, you can take a short description, hand-drawn sketch, or photo and turn it into a playable video game in the style of classic 2D platformers like Super Mario Bros.”
Riding the wave of humanoid robot hype, $2.6 billion valuation
Brian Heater | TechCrunch
“[On Thursday] Confirmed numbers A long-standing rumor that they raise more money than God. The Bay Area-based robotics company announced a $675 million Series B round, valuing the startup at $2.6 billion post-money. The lineup of investors is equally impressive. This includes Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Jeff Bezos (via Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, and ARK Invest. That’s a daunting amount for a young startup with 80 employees. That last part will almost certainly change this round. ”
How will first contact with whale civilization unfold?
ross andersen atlantic
“One night last winter, over drinks in downtown Los Angeles, biologist David Gruber told me that humans might one day be able to talk to sperm whales. He said he wanted to record billions of animal clicks with hydrophones and use neural networks to decipher the meaning of the sounds. I was immediately intrigued. He was enthusiastically writing a book about the search for an alien civilization that could communicate, and this was right here on Earth.”
Rest in peace, Applecar.this is why it died
Aryan Marshall | Wired
After a decade of rumors, secret developments, executives coming and going and changes in direction, Apple told employees yesterday that the car project, known internally as Project Titan, is coming to an end. …”Prototyping is easy, mass production is hard. Positive cash flow is unbearable,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a few years ago. This seems to have been learned over and over again, not only by Tesla but also by those who aspire to become car companies. Despite a decade of efforts, Apple was unable to reach the first step. ”
Apple revolutionized the auto industry without selling a single car.
Mateo Wong | Atlantic
“Apple is so big and its devices so popular that it didn’t need to sell a single vehicle to transform the auto industry with software, not batteries or engines. The previously developed ability to link smartphones to car touchscreens is now standard, with virtually every major car company adopting an Apple-inspired approach to technology. So much so that “smartphones on wheels” has become an industry cliché. The Apple Car already exists, and you’ve almost certainly driven one. ”
Bitcoin soars towards all-time highs as everyone forgets what happened last time
Matt Novak | Gizmodo
“Bitcoin price soared above $63,000 before falling slightly on Wednesday, reaching levels not seen by the cryptocurrency coin since November 2021. There’s still some way to go to reach $8,000, but it’s comfortably within reach. Given what happened two years ago, you’re not alone in feeling anxious about the rally.”
Fast humanoids feel like a step change in robotics
Roz Blaine | New Atlas
“I’ve seen a lot of videos of humanoid robots, but this one feels different. It’s Sanctuary’s Phoenixbot, with the “world’s best robot hand,” fully autonomous at near-human speeds. works much faster than Tesla or Figure robots.
Amazing experience with chatbots that respond instantly
Stephen Levy | Wired
“Groq is creating chips optimized to accelerate the large-scale language models that have captivated and horrified our imaginations over the past year. …to generate responses. The experience of using a chatbot that doesn’t require more than a few seconds is mind-blowing.I typed in a straightforward request, just like in my recent LLM: “Write a musical about AI and dentistry.” Before I could stop typing, the screen was filled with detailed blueprints for his second act. the mystery of the mouth”
safety
Introducing AI worms
Matt Burgess | Wired
“To demonstrate the risks of connected, autonomous AI ecosystems, a group of researchers created what they claim is one of the first generative AI worms that It can spread to your system, potentially stealing data and deploying malware in the process.” “This basically means we now have the ability to execute or carry out new types of cyberattacks that we’ve never seen before,” said Cornell Tech researchers who supported the study. Ben Nassi said.
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