Eric Barone makes $125,000 donation to the C# framework Stardew Valley uses, as well as 'an ongoing monthly commitment' in what the team behind it calls an 'extra…

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TechCrunch

Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model

The race to release world models is on as AI image and video generation company Runway joins an increasing number of startups and Big Tech companies by launching its first one. Dubbed GWM-1, the model ...
The Conversation

What are small language models and how do they differ from large ones?

Lin Tian receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and the Defence Innovation Network. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities ...
Nature

AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?

Are AIs capable of murder? That’s a question some artificial intelligence (AI) experts have been considering in the wake of a report published in June by the AI company Anthropic. In tests of 16 large ...
Tech.co

Databricks Will Pay $100 Million to Add OpenAI Models

Analytics and AI software platform Databricks just made a $100 million bet on OpenAI. That’s how much it’ll be paying for a multi-year deal that will see OpenAI’s models incorporated into Databrick ...
MIT Technology Review

How do AI models generate videos?

With powerful video generation tools now in the hands of more people than ever, let's take a look at how they work. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of ...
New York Post

Microsoft to add Anthropic AI models — as rift with OpenAI grows: report

Microsoft is preparing to overhaul its Office 365 suite by adding artificial intelligence models from Anthropic — the latest sign of a growing rift with OpenAI, according to a report. The software ...
Bloomberg L.P.

BlackRock Explores Risk Models to Boost Emerging-Markets Finance

BlackRock Inc. is exploring ways to attract more capital to emerging markets, where efforts to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy have so far been slowed by perceptions of risk. Clients ...
InvestmentNews

BlackRock explores risk models to add scale to blended finance

BlackRock Inc. is exploring ways to attract more capital to emerging markets, where efforts to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy have so far been slowed by perceptions of risk. Clients ...
Quanta Magazine

‘World Models,’ an Old Idea in AI, Mount a Comeback

The latest ambition of artificial intelligence research — particularly within the labs seeking “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI — is something called a world model: a representation of the ...
eWeek

Microsoft’s New AI Models Add More Naturalistic Speech to Copilot – and Rival OpenAI

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...