Meta’s Smart Glasses Come Into Focus: Meta reveals further details of Aria Gen 2 smart glasses for multisensory AI research
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Meta’s Smart Glasses Come Into Focus: Meta reveals further details of Aria Gen 2 smart glasses for multisensory AI research

Meta revealed new details about its latest Aria eyeglasses, which aim to give AI models a streaming, multisensory, human perspective.

July 2, 20253 min read
Amazon’s Constellation of Compute: Amazon plans to spend tens of billions on AI infrastructure with Project Rainier
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Amazon’s Constellation of Compute: Amazon plans to spend tens of billions on AI infrastructure with Project Rainier

Amazon revealed new details of its plan to build a constellation of massive data centers and connect them into an “ultracluster.” Customer Number One: Anthropic.

July 2, 20252 min read
Low Precision, High Performance: Researchers at Microsoft and Tsinghua researchers propose 1.58-bit AI model that rivals full-precision competitors
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Low Precision, High Performance: Researchers at Microsoft and Tsinghua researchers propose 1.58-bit AI model that rivals full-precision competitors

Reducing the number of bits used to represent each parameter in a neural network from, say, 16 bits to 8 bits shrinks the network’s size and boosts its speed. Researchers took this approach to an extreme: They built a competitive large language model whose weights are limited to three values.

June 25, 20253 min read
AI Uses Energy, AI Saves Energy: The International Energy Agency examines the energy costs and potential savings of the AI boom
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AI Uses Energy, AI Saves Energy: The International Energy Agency examines the energy costs and potential savings of the AI boom

AI’s thirst for energy is growing, but the technology also could help produce huge energy savings over the next five to 10 years, according to a recent report.

June 4, 20253 min read
How DeepSeek Did It: Researchers describe training methods and hardware choices for DeepSeek’s V3 and R1 models
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How DeepSeek Did It: Researchers describe training methods and hardware choices for DeepSeek’s V3 and R1 models

DeepSeek made headlines late last year, when it built a state-of-the-art, open-weights large language model at a cost far lower than usual. The upstart developer shared new details about its method.

May 28, 20253 min read
4-Bit Efficiency, 16-Bit Accuracy: Microsoft researchers show that heavily quantized versions of Llama can perform as well as near-full-precision
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4-Bit Efficiency, 16-Bit Accuracy: Microsoft researchers show that heavily quantized versions of Llama can perform as well as near-full-precision

Using an 8-bit number format like FP8 during training saves computation compared to 16- or 32-bit formats, but it can yield less-accurate results. Researchers trained models using 4-bit numbers without sacrificing accuracy.

May 21, 20252 min read
U.S. to Supply Middle Eastern AI Hubs: Nvidia, AMD, Amazon, and others strike deals with Saudi Arabia’s Humain and G42 in the UAE
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U.S. to Supply Middle Eastern AI Hubs: Nvidia, AMD, Amazon, and others strike deals with Saudi Arabia’s Humain and G42 in the UAE

The United States government announced sweeping agreements to sell tens of billions of dollars worth of AI technology and services to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

May 21, 20253 min read
Hugging Face Rolls Out Open Robot: Hugging Face acquires Pollen Robotics, launches Reachy 2 robot for open-source research
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Hugging Face Rolls Out Open Robot: Hugging Face acquires Pollen Robotics, launches Reachy 2 robot for open-source research

Hugging Face has made a name by providing open AI models. Now it’s providing an open robot.

April 23, 20252 min read
Big AI Spending Continues to Rise: Tech giants increase cloud spending to meet growing infrastructure demands
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Big AI Spending Continues to Rise: Tech giants increase cloud spending to meet growing infrastructure demands

Top AI companies announced plans to dramatically ramp up their spending on AI infrastructure.

February 26, 20253 min read
Big AI Spending Continues to Rise: Tech giants increase capital spending to meet growing infrastructure demands
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Big AI Spending Continues to Rise: Tech giants increase capital spending to meet growing infrastructure demands

Top AI companies announced plans to dramatically ramp up their spending on AI infrastructure.

February 26, 20253 min read
Generated Chip Designs Work in Mysterious Ways: Researchers used deep learning and an evolutionary algorithm to design chips in minutes
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Generated Chip Designs Work in Mysterious Ways: Researchers used deep learning and an evolutionary algorithm to design chips in minutes

Designing integrated circuits typically requires years of human expertise. Recent work set AI to the task with surprising results.

January 22, 20252 min read
Generated Chip Designs Work in Mysterious Ways: Researchers used deep learning and an evolutionary algorithm to design chips in minutes
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Generated Chip Designs Work in Mysterious Ways: Researchers used deep learning and an evolutionary algorithm to design chips in minutes

Designing integrated circuits typically requires years of human expertise. Recent work set AI to the task with surprising results.

January 22, 20252 min read
Humanoid Robot Price Break: Unitree and EngineAI showcase affordable humanoid robots
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Humanoid Robot Price Break: Unitree and EngineAI showcase affordable humanoid robots

Chinese robot makers Unitree and EngineAI showed off relatively low-priced humanoid robots that could bring advanced robotics closer to everyday applications.

January 22, 20253 min read
Humanoid Robot Price Break: Unitree and EngineAI showcase affordable humanoid robots
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Humanoid Robot Price Break: Unitree and EngineAI showcase affordable humanoid robots

Chinese robot makers Unitree and EngineAI showed off relatively low-priced humanoid robots that could bring advanced robotics closer to everyday applications.

January 22, 20253 min read
AI Supercomputer on Your Desk: Nvidia introduced Project Digits, a $3,000 home supercomputer for AI models
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AI Supercomputer on Your Desk: Nvidia introduced Project Digits, a $3,000 home supercomputer for AI models

Nvidia’s new desktop computer is built specifically to run large AI models.

January 15, 20252 min read

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