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Hugging Face’s SmolVLM could cut AI costs for businesses by a huge margin

Hugging Face launches SmolVLM, a compact and efficient vision-language AI model, offering businesses a cost-effective solution for advanced AI implementation without sacrificing performance.

Tech - VentureBeat - 7 hours ago

US regulator says AI scanner 'deceived' users after BBC story

In a proposed settlement, Evolv Technology will be banned from making certain claims about its products.

Why the Founder of an AI Education Startup Is Now Accused of Fraud

AllHere founder and CEO Joanna Smith-Griffin ran what appeared to be a fast-growing AI education startup. The FBI claims she was faking financials and lying to investors.

Business - Inc. - 5 hours ago

AI boom thrusts Europe between power-hungry data centers and environmental goals

The growth in demand for AI could come at a cost to Europe's decarbonization goals as the specialized chips used by firms like Nvidia are expected to result in a rise in energy use of already ...

Business - CNBC - October 29

Robert Downey Jr: ‘I will sue all future executives who make AI replicas of me’

The actor who will be returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom said he believed Marvel would ‘never’ recreate him on screen without his permission. Robert Downey Jr has said he will instruct his lawyers ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Vista's Robert Smith: How to prevent AI from further widening the racial wealth gap

. If current trends hold, the new wealth created by generative AI alone will increase the racial wealth gap by $43 billion annually, according to McKinsey.