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Jack Dorsey’s Block Introduces Codename Goose, an Open-Source AI Agent That Can Automate Coding Tasks
Jack Dorsey’s Block introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) agent dubbed Codename Goose on Tuesday. The parent company of mobile payments system Cash App, point-of-sale service Square, and music streaming platform Tidal, has now released an open-source AI agent that can handle software development tasks. The agent comes with compatibility for ...
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get Shazam Integration, Enabling Hands-Free Music Identification on the Go
Meta Platforms on Monday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. While the Live AI with real-time video processing ability and live translation in real-time within the supported languages were the standout additions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the company also introduced integration with Shazam — Apple’s music ...
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Cognition Labs’ AI Software Engineer Devin Launched for Subscribers
Cognition Labs released its artificial intelligence (AI) platform Devin on Tuesday. First announced in March, the AI tool can function as a software engineer and perform complex coding tasks such as writing code in different languages, building and deploying websites and apps, fixing bugs, code debugging, and more. The AI firm claimed that Devin wa...
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Lightricks Introduces Open-Source LTX Video AI Model With Real-Time Video Generation Capability
Lightricks, a software company focused on image and video editing, released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) video model in preview last week. Dubbed LTX Video, the AI model can generate medium-resolution videos in real time. While real-time video generation capability exists in a few large language models (LLMs), this is the first one t...
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Adobe Develops SlimLM That Can Process Documents Locally on Devices Without Internet Connectivity
Adobe researchers have published a paper that details a new artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of processing documents locally on a device. Published last week, the paper highlights that researchers experimented with existing large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs) to find how to reduce the size of the AI model while k...
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Google Software Engineering Internship 2025: Check Eligibility, Duration, And More
They should have experience coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, JavaScript, C, C++, Python, or a related language.
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Adobe Firefly Video Model With AI-Powered Video Generation Feature Teased
Adobe Firefly Video Model, the upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of video generation, was previewed by the company on Wednesday. The software giant first announced the under-development video model in April and has now shared more details about it. The large language model (LLM) will be able to generate videos from text prompts as...
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Gigabyte AI Top Unveiled at Computex 2024, to Enable End-to-End Local AI Training
Gigabyte unveiled its end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) solution to train large language models (LLMs) locally on a device during AMD’s Computex 2024 event. The full-stack AI solution includes AI Top Utilities, AI Top Hardware, and AI Top Tutor, which encompass various aspects of training open-source AI models. AI Top Utilities is a trainin...
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Apple Said to Plan AI-Based Siri Overhaul to Control Individual App Functions
Apple is said to be working on an overhaul of its Siri virtual assistant with AI powered features. This would allow Siri to control individual app functions via a user's voice, but would require a revamp of Siri's underlying software using LLMs, or large language models, a core technology behind generative AI (GenAI). Apple's Siri assistant would t...
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Brave Browser Is Bringing its AI Assistant Leo to Android Devices
Brave browser, known for its privacy-focused features, is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Leo to Android devices. The software firm first announced its AI chatbot in November 2023, when Leo was added to the desktop browser. The company’s chatbot can run on several large language models, which are available for both the free ve...
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Nothing Phone 2: An Upgrade to the Phone 1 or Will the Two Coexist?
Nothing Phone 2 is the company's latest smartphone and the successor to the Nothing Phone 1. In this week’s episode of Orbital, we take a closer look at the Phone 2, which follows a similar design language that Phone 1 drew its initial user base to the brand and but adds more customisability and a bit of complexity to the mix. We also discuss its...
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Why India Risks Falling Behind in the AI Race
This was the perfect time for the traditional Indian coding powerhouses — the likes of Tata Consultancy Services and its rival Infosys — to put their superior financial muscle to use and assert leadership in generative AI. But they have their own governance challenges.
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Google Bard Now Helps Write Software Codes in 20 Programming Languages
Google said it will update Bard, its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, to help people write code to develop software. Bard will be able to code in 20 programming languages including Java, C++ and Python, and can also help debug and explain code to users, Google said on Friday.
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Google Disagrees With Engineer Who Claimed LaMDA AI Chatbot Had Become Sentient, Sent Him on Leave
Google suspended senior software engineer Blake Lemoine on June 13 for sharing transcripts of a chat with a “sentient” artificial intelligence (AI) and violating Google's confidentiality policy. He had published transcripts of chats between him and the company's LaMDA (Language Model For Dialogue Applications) chatbot development system. Lemoin...
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PS5 Beta Announced With Voice Commands, Open Party Support and Accessibility Improvements
Sony is set to roll out its second PlayStation 5 system software beta today, which will offer the ability to test support for Open Parties and Voice Commands. Gamers will also be able to test improvements to the Game Base and user interface. Sony will introduce support for mono audio on headphones, while increasing the number of Screen Reader langu...
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Jack Dorsey’s Block Introduces Codename Goose, an Open-Source AI Agent That Can Automate Coding Tasks
Jack Dorsey’s Block introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) agent dubbed Codename Goose on Tuesday. The parent company of mobile payments system Cash App, point-of-sale service Square, and music streaming platform Tidal, has now released an open-source AI agent that can handle software development tasks. The agent comes with compatibility for ...
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get Shazam Integration, Enabling Hands-Free Music Identification on the Go
Meta Platforms on Monday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. While the Live AI with real-time video processing ability and live translation in real-time within the supported languages were the standout additions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the company also introduced integration with Shazam — Apple’s music ...
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Cognition Labs’ AI Software Engineer Devin Launched for Subscribers
Cognition Labs released its artificial intelligence (AI) platform Devin on Tuesday. First announced in March, the AI tool can function as a software engineer and perform complex coding tasks such as writing code in different languages, building and deploying websites and apps, fixing bugs, code debugging, and more. The AI firm claimed that Devin wa...
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Lightricks Introduces Open-Source LTX Video AI Model With Real-Time Video Generation Capability
Lightricks, a software company focused on image and video editing, released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) video model in preview last week. Dubbed LTX Video, the AI model can generate medium-resolution videos in real time. While real-time video generation capability exists in a few large language models (LLMs), this is the first one t...
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Adobe Develops SlimLM That Can Process Documents Locally on Devices Without Internet Connectivity
Adobe researchers have published a paper that details a new artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of processing documents locally on a device. Published last week, the paper highlights that researchers experimented with existing large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs) to find how to reduce the size of the AI model while k...
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Google Software Engineering Internship 2025: Check Eligibility, Duration, And More
They should have experience coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, JavaScript, C, C++, Python, or a related language.
-
Adobe Firefly Video Model With AI-Powered Video Generation Feature Teased
Adobe Firefly Video Model, the upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of video generation, was previewed by the company on Wednesday. The software giant first announced the under-development video model in April and has now shared more details about it. The large language model (LLM) will be able to generate videos from text prompts as...
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Gigabyte AI Top Unveiled at Computex 2024, to Enable End-to-End Local AI Training
Gigabyte unveiled its end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) solution to train large language models (LLMs) locally on a device during AMD’s Computex 2024 event. The full-stack AI solution includes AI Top Utilities, AI Top Hardware, and AI Top Tutor, which encompass various aspects of training open-source AI models. AI Top Utilities is a trainin...
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Apple Said to Plan AI-Based Siri Overhaul to Control Individual App Functions
Apple is said to be working on an overhaul of its Siri virtual assistant with AI powered features. This would allow Siri to control individual app functions via a user's voice, but would require a revamp of Siri's underlying software using LLMs, or large language models, a core technology behind generative AI (GenAI). Apple's Siri assistant would t...
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Brave Browser Is Bringing its AI Assistant Leo to Android Devices
Brave browser, known for its privacy-focused features, is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Leo to Android devices. The software firm first announced its AI chatbot in November 2023, when Leo was added to the desktop browser. The company’s chatbot can run on several large language models, which are available for both the free ve...
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Nothing Phone 2: An Upgrade to the Phone 1 or Will the Two Coexist?
Nothing Phone 2 is the company's latest smartphone and the successor to the Nothing Phone 1. In this week’s episode of Orbital, we take a closer look at the Phone 2, which follows a similar design language that Phone 1 drew its initial user base to the brand and but adds more customisability and a bit of complexity to the mix. We also discuss its...
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Why India Risks Falling Behind in the AI Race
This was the perfect time for the traditional Indian coding powerhouses — the likes of Tata Consultancy Services and its rival Infosys — to put their superior financial muscle to use and assert leadership in generative AI. But they have their own governance challenges.
-
Google Bard Now Helps Write Software Codes in 20 Programming Languages
Google said it will update Bard, its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, to help people write code to develop software. Bard will be able to code in 20 programming languages including Java, C++ and Python, and can also help debug and explain code to users, Google said on Friday.
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Google Disagrees With Engineer Who Claimed LaMDA AI Chatbot Had Become Sentient, Sent Him on Leave
Google suspended senior software engineer Blake Lemoine on June 13 for sharing transcripts of a chat with a “sentient” artificial intelligence (AI) and violating Google's confidentiality policy. He had published transcripts of chats between him and the company's LaMDA (Language Model For Dialogue Applications) chatbot development system. Lemoin...
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PS5 Beta Announced With Voice Commands, Open Party Support and Accessibility Improvements
Sony is set to roll out its second PlayStation 5 system software beta today, which will offer the ability to test support for Open Parties and Voice Commands. Gamers will also be able to test improvements to the Game Base and user interface. Sony will introduce support for mono audio on headphones, while increasing the number of Screen Reader langu...
