Author: bigboss
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Weekly Roundup: Major Changes at Leading AI Companies
1. Stability AI CEO quits, leaving unicorn startup without permanent CEO 2. Microsoft acquires Inflection AI, including co-founders and staff, for $650 million 3. Trend of the week: Transportation trouble, with Fisker facing financial woes and Canoo acquiring assets from bankrupt Arrival The week brought significant developments in the startup world. Stability AI saw its…
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Global Renewables Alliance’s ‘Time 4 Action’ campaign aims to achieve 2030 renewable energy target
1. Global goal to triple renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade agreed at COP28. 2. Global Renewables Alliance launches ‘Time 4 Action’ campaign to mobilize US$10 trillion and establish policy frameworks. 3. Urgent action needed on finance, permits, supply chains, and grids to reach renewable energy target by 2030. The Global Renewables…
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UK knighthood awarded to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis for his contributions to artificial intelligence
1. Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, awarded knighthood in the U.K. for services to artificial intelligence. 2. Ian Hogarth and Matt Clifford also recognized for their contributions to AI with CBE awards. 3. U.K. positioning itself at the forefront of AI revolution, recognizing top figures in the field with knighthoods. Demis Hassabis, the CEO of…
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Monocrystalline Solar Cells Made in the USA: No Longer a Dream
1. Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email or follow on Google News. 2. Suniva, the oldest domestic supplier of monocrystalline solar cells in the US, is back in business. 3. Suniva has forged a strategic sourcing contract with Heliene to produce US-made solar cells, creating jobs in Georgia and contributing to…
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Everything You Need to Know about Ryan Scott Anderson
1. Gypsy Rose Blanchard has separated from her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, and moved in with her parents only three months after her release from prison. 2. Blanchard and Anderson met through letters while she was in prison in 2020 and wed while she was still serving a 10-year sentence for conspiring to kill her…
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Eneco and Equinor pull out of Dutch offshore wind tender for 4GW
1. Eneco and Equinor have withdrawn from a 4GW offshore wind tender in the Dutch North Sea. 2. The tender is for building permits at two sites within the IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone. 3. Eneco cited supply chain issues, increased raw material costs, uncertainty around power prices, and high borrowing rates as reasons for…
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“Space and Time claims it can provide more data transparency to the AI world”
– Scott Dykstra emphasizes the need for data and brands to be verifiable in the age of AI and internet manipulation – Dykstra suggests using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs) to verify data without revealing sensitive information – Space and Time aims to be a verifiable computing layer for web3, indexing data from major blockchains and…
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After 45 years in business, AEE Solar distributor to shut down
1. AEE Solar, founded in 1979 in Redway, California, is closing on May 3, 2024. 2. The distributor is selling off its remaining inventory at clearance prices. 3. Sunrun acquired AEE Solar in 2014 along with SnapNrack, and recommends buyers contact their territory sales manager to purchase directly from SnapNrack in the future. AEE Solar,…
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OpenAI has developed a voice cloning tool, but it’s not available for public use… yet
1. OpenAI has developed Voice Engine, allowing users to upload voice samples to generate synthetic copies responsibly. 2. The model powering Voice Engine has been in development for two years and is not trained on user data for privacy reasons. 3. OpenAI is taking steps to prevent Voice Engine from being misused, including watermarking clones…
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CPS Energy to Purchase Talen’s 1.7-GW Gas Power Fleet in Texas for $785 Million
1. CPS Energy will acquire Talen Energy’s 1.7-GW portfolio of three natural gas-fired power plants in Texas for $785 million. 2. The acquisition will support CPS Energy’s Vision 2027 plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 by retiring old coal and gas units and adding renewables and energy storage. 3. Talen Energy will exit the…