LightEval: Hugging Face’s open source solution to AI’s accountability problem

AI on your smartphone? Hugging Face’s SmolLM2 brings powerful models to the palm of your hand

Hugging Face launches SmolLM2, a new family of compact AI language models that deliver impressive performance on mobile and edge devices, outperforming larger models like Meta’s LLaMA in key ...

Tech - VentureBeat - November 1

SambaNova and Hugging Face make AI chatbot deployment easier with one-click integration

SambaNova and Hugging Face's new tool lets developers build ChatGPT-style apps in one click, cutting setup time from hours to minutes and making AI projects simpler for businesses.

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

Meta under fire for ‘polluting’ open-source

Open Source Initiative chief criticises tech group for using the term to describe its Llama models

Business - Financial Times - October 17

IBM debuts open source Granite 3.0 LLMs for enterprise AI

IBM is launching its new open source Granite 3.0 family of models for enterprise AI as it looks to a future state of generative computing.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 21

The enterprise verdict on AI models: Why open source will win

While closed models like OpenAI's GPT-4 dominated early adoption, open source models have since closed the gap in quality, and are growing at least as quickly in the enterprise, according to ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 24

What open-source AI models should your enterprise use? Endor Labs analyzes them all

The new tool tells developers how popular and secure open-source, pre-built models are and how recently they were created and updated.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 16

AI video startup Genmo launches Mochi 1, an open source rival to Runway, Kling, and others

Available under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, Mochi 1 offers users free access to cutting-edge video generation capabilities...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 22

DeepMind and Hugging Face release SynthID to watermark LLM-generated text

SynthID makes subtle changes to LLM-generated text to create a statistical signature while preserving the quality of the output.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 25

Nuclear-Powered AI: Big Tech's Bold Solution or a Pipedream?

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are investing billions in nuclear power, but the projects are years away and rely on unproven technology.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 22

Starbucks’ new CEO has diagnosed its problems. Analysts say the solutions could get expensive.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has laid out a bold turnaround plan for the coffee chain, with plans to tighten up service and redesign stores. But analysts are proceeding with caution.

Business - MarketWatch - November 1

Sources: Middleton expected to miss opener

Bucks star Khris Middleton, who is rehabbing from offseason ankle surgeries, is expected to miss Wednesday's season opener against the 76ers, sources told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 21

With This 1 Move, Google May Have Solved a Huge AI Content Problem

As AI tech gets smarter it’s getting harder to spot the difference between content made by a human and what’s been dreamed up by an algorithm. Google, pushing the AI envelope itself, is aware of ...

Business - Inc. - October 24

The Diamondbacks are facing a climate problem. They aren’t alone among US sports teams

As the threats of climate change continue to become realities in new and sometimes terrifying ways, more and more teams and leagues will have to address the problem. The Arizona Diamondbacks have a ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

McDonald's, Food Safety Officials Scrutinize Onions in E. Coli Outbreak

The CDC is investigating Quarter Pounders as the possible source of the food-safety crisis, with one death and dozens of illnesses across 10 states.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

Sources: Celtics to waive Walker, open 15th spot

The Boston Celtics are waiving guard Lonnie Walker IV, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday.

Sports - ESPN - October 19

Sources: Murray fractured hand in Pelicans debut

Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray will be sidelined for an extended period of time after fracturing his left hand during Wednesday night's season opener, sources told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 24

Sources: Rams open to trading away CB White

The Rams and cornerback Tre'Davious White are discussing options for his future, including a potential trade, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Sports - ESPN - October 26

Hosts England to face USA in World Cup opener

England will play USA in the opening match of the Women's 2025 Rugby World Cup at Sunderland's Stadium of Light on 22 August.

Sources: Lions WR Williams facing two-game ban

Jameson Williams is facing a two-game suspension for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing substances (PES) policy, sources told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 22

Timescale expands open source vector database capabilities for PostgreSQL

Timescale debuts open source pgai Vectorizer for AI embeddings as it looks to push vector database beyond RAG.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 29

Apple AirPods Pro's new hearing aid feature could help people face a problem they'd rather ignore

Millions who could benefit from hearing aids have never tried them

Health - ABC News - October 28

Manchester City 4-0Tottenham, Arsenal 5-0 Brighton: WSL and more – as it happened

Manchester City and Arsenal both recorded big wins over Spurs and Brighton respectively while Watford beat Oxford 1-0. Jobe Bellingham, younger brother of Jude, has received his first call-up to ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Russell Westbrook's Denver debut marred by same old problems as Nuggets look shaky in season-opening loss

The Nuggets have serious flaws, and the addition of Westbrook only magnifies them

Sports - CBS Sports - October 25

UK graduates face tough jobs market as AI transforms recruitment

Fierce competition for roles has been sharpest in highly paid sectors such as IT and consulting

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Man faces jail over AI-generated child abuse images

Hugh Nelson, 27, made "bespoke" explicit images depicting children being harmed, a court heard.

Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation

Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic

Tech - ABC News - October 24

Open: This is "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 13, 2024

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks about election security amid concerns about Jan. 6-like violence. Plus, CBS News Director of Election and ...

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