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Tech Titans Battle For AI Supremacy
- The battle for Artificial Intelligence (AI) supremacy is transforming industries, economies, and societies. Tech giants such as Meta, formerly Facebook, and Elon Musk's ventures, including Tesla, are among the biggest players in this high-stakes race for control of AI. Meta’s focus on the immersive virtual world called the metaverse could position it as a key player in the AI-powered era. At the same time, Elon Musk’s multifaceted approach ranges from autonomous vehicles at Tesla to AI-driven content moderation at X. Either way, the AI landscape will be shaped by how these tech titans collaborate, innovate, and address ethical and societal challenges posed by the widespread deployment of AI technologies.
- Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has increasingly shifted its focus from social media to the metaverse — a virtual world powered by immersive technologies such as VR, AR, and AI. As Meta moves into the metaverse, AI plays a critical role in making the digital world more immersive and interactive.
- Elon Musk leads the AI-driven autonomous driving technology at Tesla, where the Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology is powered by deep learning, computer vision, and sensor fusion. Tesla’s AI system uses a neural network to interpret the environment and learn from every mile driven by Teslas.
- Elon Musk aims to create an AI-driven version of X (formerly Twitter), where the platform's algorithms not only tailor content but also engage users in a more personalized, dynamic manner. He has also hinted at using AI to combat misinformation, bots, and enhance user interactions with the platform.
- OpenAI, co-founded by Elon Musk, is the company behind some of the most advanced AI models today, including GPT-3 and GPT-4. Musk’s focus on ethical AI development, transparency, and open-source AI continues to influence the broader AI discourse.
- As AI continues to evolve, governments and regulatory bodies will be essential to ensure the ethical development and deployment of AI technologies, addressing the risks of bias, safety, and privacy. Partnerships between companies, academic institutions, and governments may become necessary in advancing AI technologies while ensuring safety and fairness.
- The wider implications of AI in the job market and society are inevitable. As AI-driven automation displaces certain roles and creates new ones, how will workers be retrained? How will societies manage the social and economic implications of mass automation? These are questions that need to be answered in the coming years.
- The future of AI will depend on how companies collaborate, innovate, and address the ethical and societal challenges posed by the widespread deployment of AI technologies. Who leads the way and how they choose to wield their power will shape the future of AI.
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StartupDaily
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The Australian government is going to force Meta and other tech companies to pay media
- The Australian government is proposing a new plan to force big tech companies to pay a charge to help fund journalism or enter into commercial deals with news organizations.
- The plan comes after a system introduced in 2021, the news media bargaining code, saw companies such as Google and Meta pay news organizations for journalism funding.
- Platforms that choose not to enter or renew commercial agreements with news publishers will pay the charge, and platforms with agreements will be able to offset their liability.
- The new plan is similar to a system with private health insurance: those without insurance pay a higher Medicare levy.
- The news bargaining code worked well for the first three years, but Meta announced it would not renew the news media contracts it had in place, while Google has contracts that have been renewed for at least a year.
- Only companies designated under the bargaining code have to comply, so the government is considering a different approach.
- The new approach is to say to big tech firms, “If you have contracts with news media businesses, then carry on. If you don’t, then you need to pay a charge.”
- The revenue from the charge will be used for public interest journalism or pay the news media businesses that would have been paid if they had deals with big platforms.
- This new approach is similar to an idea proposed in a submission to a parliamentary committee examining this and other online issues.
- The government will consult on creating a new system that requires big platforms to be subject to the new regime and has set a threshold where only platforms with Australian revenue above $250 million per year will be affected.
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Meta has donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. It's the latest sign relations between the president-elect and Zuckerberg are mending.
- Meta has donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund.
- This is a sign of Mark Zuckerberg's attempts to mend relations with the president-elect.
- Trump was banned from Meta platforms in 2021 and reinstated two years later.
- Meta is preparing to face an antitrust trial next year over accusations of monopolistic practices.
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World of Warcraft shows off the new zone, story, and activities of patch 11.0.7
- The next patch for World of Warcraft introduces a new zone called Siren Isle.
- The island used to be an Azerite mine run by Kul Tiras, but the miners have vanished.
- Players will encounter regular storms and crustaceans seeking to overtake the land.
- The patch also includes new questlines, events, and the ability to queue up with cross-faction friends.
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Call of Duty Dev Explains Why Black Ops 6 Has So Many Wacky Skins
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 contains wacky and controversial character skins.
- Miles Leslie, associate creative director at Treyarch, explained that fun is the priority for the developers.
- The Black Ops series is more inclined to include outlandish items and skins.
- Campaign development focuses on realism, while multiplayer allows for fun cosmetics.
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Warcraft Rumble kicks off its PC beta along with its Winter Veil festivities
- Warcraft Rumble has started its PC beta testing via the Battle.net client.
- Players on PC or mobile can enjoy the game's Winter Veil festivities and unlock various Twitch drops.
- The game features Split Leaders that can take on two different factions.
- Rewards are available for consistently logging in during the beta testing phase.
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Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp affected by global Meta outage
- Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, has experienced a global outage.
- Users have reported issues with accessing the social media apps and the WhatsApp messaging service.
- Downdetector, a website monitoring service, recorded a significant increase in complaints regarding Facebook and Meta app outages.
- This outage is not as severe as the 2021 Facebook outage but is not the first time Meta services have experienced worldwide outages this year.
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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2024
- World of Warcraft finally getting housing is the most substance-free announcement you can get apart from those “announcement for an announcement” announcements.
- City of Heroes has an official server again. That’s a real win after twelve years of waiting.
- Cryptic gets sold off for scrap, which is a real loss to the industry.
- 2024 saw rampant, horrid, unrelenting layoffs across the MMO industry, which seems to have shocked insiders.
- Stars Reach, the long-in-the-works game from Raph Koster, was finally unveiled as a giant potential ‘hey, we’re entering new territory’ signpost.
- Concord, the Sony hero shooter, folded almost instantly, a baffling product misfire.
- Seeing Gigantic come back after its original short run was a pretty big shocker.
- Palia, which came out to a small splash, was saved by Daybreak, which few would have predicted.
- ArcheAge sunsetted despite being a reliable mid-tier performer, and its sequel is going in weird directions.
- Microsoft finally got Final Fantasy XIV only to make it arbitrarily way more expensive on the console, blowing it.
- Jagex was sold for the fourth time in eight years, creating questions about what’s going on.
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Will the world's fastest supercomputer please stand up?
- Companies like Oracle and xAI are claiming to have the world's largest and fastest supercomputers, making it difficult to determine the true leader.
- Supercomputing power is not solely determined by cluster size, but also factors like networking, programming, and power efficiency.
- Nvidia's largest customers, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI, likely have the most powerful clusters.
- The race to build more advanced models requires a combination of compute power and efficiency.
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Open Source AI Is Leading to Breakthroughs in Healthcare, Education and Entrepreneurship
- Open source AI is leading to breakthroughs in healthcare, education and entrepreneurship.
- Llama is one of the open-source models that developers around the world are using to shape the future and solve pressing global issues.
- At the City of Hope National Medical Center, researchers are using LLMs to build tools for cancer doctors, including a tool that matches cancer patients with relevant clinical trials.
- OtonoCo uses open source LLMs to power Gene Outlook, a platform designed to accelerate discovery and extraction of insights from data, particularly in the field of genomics.
- DLYog Lab was co-founded by Tarun Chawdhury and Mousumi Chawdhury, who were inspired by their experience with their son, who has special needs.
- Pratham Education Foundation (PEF), located in India, used Llama to build a solution for young mothers to learn about childcare and early childhood education.
- HiiiWAV is an incubator based in Oakland, California, teaching artists, particularly Black musicians, how to build startups using AI.
- Entrepreneurs in the HiiiWAV incubator have used open source AI to build a variety of tools, including GooRoo, a mobile voice-assisted record producer and Choice Scores, an AI-powered platform.
- AIIRA, the AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture, builds AI tools to help agriculturists with their daily operations.
- These innovative projects exhibit the unique advantages of open source AI and demonstrate how transparent and accessible source code allows for collaboration, ingenuity, and flexibility.
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World of Warcraft Needs a Tinker Class
- World of Warcraft players are discussing the possibility of a new class called the Tinker.
- The Tinker class would be a technology-focused fighter concept utilizing gadgets and intelligence.
- The class could have various playstyles such as tanking, healing, or support.
- The Tinker class fits well with Warcraft's longstanding theme of wacky technology and could be a symbol of independence in the game's future story.
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Best VR games on PC 2024
- The release of the Meta Quest 3 has kickstarted a golden era for VR games.
- The majority of these games can be played on any major VR gaming headset.
- Handpicked selection of the top VR games to play using the best VR headsets.
- For those preferring traditional gaming, check out the best PC games.
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Introducing NipsApp Studios Metaverse Schooling: Revolutionizing Education
- NipsApp Studios is revolutionizing the conventional framework of education by pouring the fundamentals of education into advanced metaverse game development and virtual reality application development with their newly launched Metaverse School and University initiative.
- NipsApp can be described as an absolutely new educational universe providing an interactive and immersive virtual learning environment for both students and teachers to come together, collaborate, and grow in ways never known before.
- The system offers safe key access with a feature of personalization and safe learning environment both for learners and teachers with the use of VR application development.
- Inclusivity is a core principle of NipsApp’s Metaverse School, with dedicated sections for students who are disabled and those belonging to autism spectrums on the platform.
- NipsApp democratizes education through technology to ensure that the future built is borderless where knowledge has no bounds.
- NipsApp Studios plans to expand by recruiting game developers and specialists in virtual reality to improve functionalities and incorporate higher features into its platform.
- Through the integration of metaverse game development, virtual reality application creation, and sophisticated educational resources, the platform ensures that the learning experience is no longer limited to the four walls of a traditional classroom.
- NipsApp Studios is not only revolutionizing education but also recasting the way we conceive and interact with knowledge.
- As the movement continues, it promises to make a significant impact upon students, educators, and the greater technological landscape.
- NipsApp has more than 14 years in the game development world, making it a trusted partner for numerous businesses and institutions around the world.
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Heroes of the Storm closes out 2024 with its fourth balancing and bugfixing patch of the year
- Heroes of the Storm closes out 2024 with its fourth balancing and bugfixing patch of the year
- This latest patch brings balance adjustments to heroes, brings back the Snow Brawl map, and applies bug fixes.
- Blizzard's maintenance mode MOBA Heroes of the Storm continues to receive patches.
- The patch offers something different for players who still enjoy the game.
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Meta Sounds Pre-Holiday Alarm As Scam Incidents Jump 56%
- Meta has launched a pre-holiday anti-scam awareness campaign to keep users safe.
- Scammers are using various tactics like fake coupons, gift cards, and non-existent Christmas decorations.
- Meta advises users to be cautious of phishing emails and texts and to avoid sharing personal information.
- Scam-related fraud has increased by 56%, making it the leading form of fraud.
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