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CNET

Generative AI, or AI models trained on large volumes of data that create content in response to prompts, has exploded in popularity following the success of ChatGPT. Tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, Samsung and Amazon, among many others, have …

Forbes

In a new study, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) compared a large language model’s clinical reasoning capabilities against human physician counterparts. The investigators used the revised-IDEA (r-IDEA) score, which is a …

CBS News

Two decades ago, Google launched its free email service Gmail with an announcement that had people wondering if it was another April Fools’ Day prank by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Page and Brin had made a tradition of rolling out …

Forbes

Apple looks set to introduce new AirPods this year, with two new versions of AirPods fourth generation predicted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman—full details here. Now, a new report suggests there will be a new pair of over-ears, that is a second-generation …

The Wall Street Journal

Firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic are working to find enough information to train next-generation artificial-intelligence models. Data is among several essential AI resources in short supply. Emil Lendof/The Wall Street Journal, iStock.

The Verge

Samsung and Google also made a big deal about the Galaxy S24 phones using Gemini Nano — Google’s on-device AI model. It wouldn’t have been a stretch to see Samsung replace Bixby with Google’s Gemini-powered assistant, but apparently, that’s not the plan.

Car and Driver

The Edition 1 adds matte grey paint and orange accents inside and out, and it includes the AMG Aerodynamics package as standard. All of that extra kit comes at a cost, with the Edition 1 going …

Phys.Org

Perfect absorption arises from the strong interaction of valence electrons with light in a conducting material. Optical metamaterial is an effective approach to exploit the superior photon capture capability. Thus, the perfect absorbers could be …

The Verge

The two sides declined to share the cost of the acquisition, but both made clear Yahoo is acquiring Artifact’s tech rather than its team. Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, Artifact’s co-founders, will be “special advisors” for Yahoo but won’t be joining the …

NPR

The United Nations’ main judicial body says Israel must allow more aid into Gaza, but can the court’s order be enforced? Many California fast food workers get a big raise Monday, but restaurant owners say the increase to $20 an hour puts them in a bind …