Author: bigboss
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Exploring the Future: National Grid Partners’ $450m Project Portfolio
– National Grid Partners (NGP) announced $17 million in new project investments for climate tech and net zero innovation – NGP’s project portfolio includes companies like Captura, Luminance, and Transcend that develop technologies for carbon capture, legal AI systems, and generative design platforms – NGP has also invested in companies like AutoGrid, Copper Labs, and…
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EyeEm, a photo-sharing community, will utilize users’ photos to train AI if they are not deleted
1. EyeEm is now licensing users’ photos to train AI models without explicit consent, giving users only 30 days to opt out by deleting their content. 2. EyeEm was acquired by Freepik in 2023 and has updated its Terms & Conditions to grant the company rights to use photos for software development and training. 3.…
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Canopus secures €3 million in follow-on investment for geothermal drilling technology
– Canopus Drilling Solutions Geothermal BV secured a €3 million follow-on investment led by new investor Underground Ventures and existing investors SHIFT and ENERGIIQ at the Global Geothermal Impact Summit in The Hague. – The investment is for Canopus’s directional steel shot drilling technology, which combines conventional diamond cutter technology with erosion by steel particles…
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Detect and monitor data skew and drift in Machine Learning models using BigQuery
1. Default detection methods for numerical and categorical data are the same as for other functions, with customization available for precision monitoring needs. 2. Unified model monitoring approach for online and batch serving using BigQuery’s model monitoring functions for models deployed on Vertex AI Prediction Endpoints or batch serving data stored in BigQuery. 3. Automation…
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Lighter Floating Platforms Help Save Offshore Wind Industry
1. Ocergy, a US-based firm, has welcomed a new investor to accelerate its plans for a new lightweight floating wind platform. 2. Ocergy’s floating platform design focuses on low Levelized Cost Of Electricity, high turbine efficiency, and an efficient manufacturing process. 3. Moreld Ocean Wind and Octopus Energy have also invested in Ocergy to help…
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Feds launch investigation into Tesla Autopilot recall following continued crashes.
– Feds investigating if Tesla’s 2023 Autopilot recall was effective – Tesla recalled 2 million Autopilot-equipped vehicles with a software update last year – Prior report found Autopilot was connected to hundreds of crashes before the recall The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently investigating whether Tesla’s 2023 Autopilot recall was successful. In December,…
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Japan’s reactor approved by IAEA for operation up to 60 years
– Reactors in Japan were left idle after the Fukushima disaster in 2011 – Japanese regulators introduced regulations in 2013 allowing for 20-year extensions to reactor operating periods – Kansai Electric Power Company received a license extension in 2016 for its Mihama unit 3, which became the first reactor to operate beyond 40 years. The…
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Mixtral 8x22B establishes a new standard for open models
– Mistral AI releases Mixtral 8x22B, a high-performance open source model with multilingual capabilities – Mixtral 8x22B operates as a Sparse Mixture-of-Experts model utilizing 39 billion of its 141 billion parameters – The model outperforms existing models in various benchmarks and is available for exploration on Mistral AI’s interactive platform Mistral AI has introduced Mixtral…
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Boviet Solar Announces Plans to Build 2-GW Solar Panel Factory in North Carolina
– Boviet Solar plans to start a solar panel manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina – The facility will be located in Indigreen Corporate Park and will support 900 jobs – Ningbo Boway Alloy Materials Co. announced plans to build a 3-GW TOPCon cell plant in Vietnam in addition to supporting Boviet Solar’s expansion in…
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New Synthesia model allows AI avatars to smile, creating unsettling results
1. Nvidia-backed Synthesia has rolled out new AI avatars that are more expressive and lifelike, using a new language model and diffusion technology to show human-like emotions. 2. Synthesia’s focus is on the business market, creating videos for sales, marketing, and finance that can replace boring PowerPoint presentations with more animated content. 3. Synthesia offers…