David Savage of Geotab said that people are hesitant to invest in electric vehicles as Ireland had one of the worst EV sales performances in the EU last month. Read more: ‘Range anxiety’ pr...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/ireland-ev-sales-electric-vehicles-data-geotab-david-savage
Google is combining its research teams and its various product teams to speed up its AI research and bring more AI-powered features to its users. Read more: Google goes all in with AI as it mer...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/google-ai-research-deepmind-android
Meta claims Llama 3 is a 'major leap' from its predecessor and 'on par' with the best options on the market. Read more: Meta unveils Llama 3, claims it’s the ‘most capable’ open LLM
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/meta-llama-3-ai-llm-large-lanuage-model
The new robot is capable of some very unique forms of movement, and Boston Dynamics claims it won't be 'constrained by a human range of motion'. Read more: Boston Dynamics reveals freaky flexib...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/boston-dynamics-electric-atlas-robot-flexible
The latest Stanford AI Index suggests the cost of training advanced AI models has surged, generative AI investment has skyrocketed and industry continues to dominate AI development. Read more: ...
The US said the funding would help Samsung invest more than $40bn into multiple semiconductor projects in Texas. Read more: Samsung scores up to $6.4bn to build US chip plants
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/samsung-us-funding-chips-semiconductor-manufacturing-texas
xAI claims the new multimodal version of Grok exceeds leading AI models in terms of text reading and real-world understanding, but it is still unclear when - or if - Grok will make a mark that ca...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/grok-ai-elon-musk-xai-twitter-chatgpt
The new deal will require record labels to get consent from artists and provide compensation before releasing a 'digital replication' of their voice. Read more: SAG-AFTRA says new deal will pro...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/sag-aftra-ai-musicians-music-record-labels
The hospital is using a new robot to boost productivity and a cancer patient recently received a treatment made by this robot. Read more: St James’s Hospital rolls out robot to make cancer dr...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/st-james-hospital-robot-cancer-drugs-chemotherapy
The study claims there is 'scant evidence' the DeepMind AI found compounds that 'fulfil the trifecta of novelty, credibility and utility', but DeepMind stands by its claims. Read more: Study ta...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/deepmind-ai-study-criticism-materials-discovery
Reviews of the small wearable device shared a wave of complaints, from overheating and battery issues to comments that it is 'thoroughly unfinished' and broken. Read more: Reviews for the Human...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/humane-ai-pin-reviews-wearables
The Facebook and Instagram parent claims that the new chip ‘more than doubles’ the compute and memory bandwidth of its predecessor. Read more: Meta unveils new chip to power its increasing ...
Revenue at the Asian chip giant was more than a third higher last month than it was in March 2023. Read more: TSMC revenue shoots up amid global demand for chips
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/tsmc-taiwan-semiconductor-revenue-earnings-chip-demand-ai
Google and Bayer plan to help radiologists gain new insights into vast amounts of medical imaging data with the power of AI. Read more: Google Cloud and Bayer team up to bring AI to radiologist...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/google-cloud-bayer-ai-radiologists-healthcare
Amid mounting losses at its foundry business, Intel hopes the new AI chip – to be used by the likes of Dell and HPE – will give it a boost in the AI race. Read more: Intel takes aim at Nvid...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/intel-gaudi-3-ai-chip-nvidia-h100-performance
Expected to be available to Google Cloud customers later this year, the Axion chips are already powering YouTube ads and other Google services. Read more: Google reveals new Arm-based Axion chi...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/google-axion-chips-processor-arm-cpu-ai
Describing him as an ‘exceptional’ AI scientist and engineer, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said Hoffman is the first of many hires to work on the ‘most interesting and challenging AI q...
The US is reportedly offering more than $11bn in grants and loans to help TSMC build chip factories in Arizona, following a recent similar investment into Intel. Read more: TSMC wins massive US...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/us-tsmc-subsidy-chip-factories-semiconductors
UK and Australian premium users of the music streaming app will soon be able to curate playlists quickly by describing what they are looking for through text. Read more: Spotify testing AI feat...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/spotify-ai-playlist-feature-uk-australia-premium-users
Justin Trudeau, the country’s prime minister, said that AI job growth in Canada increased by nearly a third in the past year – one of the highest growths in any sector. Read more: Canada pu...