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Amazon says it will work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, to invest “$5 billion-plus” in a strategic partnership to build an “AI Zone” in Saudi Arabia. The AI Zone will include dedicated Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI infrastructure, servers, networks, and training and certification programs, according to a press release. Humain is pledging to develop AI solutions using AWS technologies and to work with AWS on providing access to tools and programs for Saudi Arabia-based AI startups. AWS joins tech giants Nvidia, AMD, and others in partnering with Humain, which is…
WizardLM, a Beijing-based Microsoft AI research group, appears to have joined Tencent, the Chinese company that owns WeChat and blockbuster games like PUBG Mobile. In a post on X on Tuesday, Can Xu, a senior AI researcher who led a number of projects within WizardLM, said that he and the team left Microsoft to join Hunyuan, one of Tencent’s AI development orgs. Over the past few months, Hunyuan has released AI models, including video and 3D object generators. WizardLM has already released a Hunyuan-branded model, in fact: Hunyuan-TurboS 0416. In an X post, Qingfeng Sun, who claims to be a…
TikTok is launching its first image-to-video AI feature, the company announced on Tuesday. The new feature is called “TikTok AI Alive” and allows users to turn static photos into videos within TikTok Stories. The feature is only accessible via TikTok’s Story Camera and uses AI to create short-form videos with “movement, atmospheric and creative effects,” TikTok says. For instance, if your static photo features a sky, clouds, and the ocean, TikTok could turn the photo into a video where the sky gradually shifts hues, the clouds start to drift, and you hear the sound of waves crashing. Or, you could…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia — The chipmaker jumped 5.63% following the announcement it will sell more than 18,000 of its artificial intelligence chips to Saudi Arabian company Humain to be used in the latter’s 500 megawatt data center. UnitedHealth Group — The insurance stock tumbled 17.79% to trade at lows not seen since February 2021. The sell-off came after the company said CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down for “personal reasons.” The company also pulled its 2025 guidance partly due to higher medical costs, which dragged down other insurance stocks. Coinbase — Shares rallied…
During the Android Show on Tuesday, leading up to Google I/O, Google announced that it’s bringing Gemini to Wear OS smartwatches and Google TV. The announcement is part of Google’s plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini across all of its devices and platforms. Tuesday’s announcement doesn’t come as a surprise, as users have been expecting Google to bring its AI assistant to Wear OS smartwatches and Google TV. The tech giant says this expansion will make its AI assistant accessible beyond phones to allow people to use it when they’re doing things like going on a run or relaxing…
With Mafia: The Old Country now officially set for an August 8th release date, your time is ticking to catch up on the series before the newest iteration drops. Luckily, the Xbox Store is hosting a sale that sees the previous entries of the franchise at massive discounts. There’s no better time than now to join the family. The Xbox Store’s Mafia sale sees all three previously released games at discounts of up to 85% off. But it’s not just the original titles, it’s actually the Definitive Edition of each title that is up for grabs at an extreme discount.…
Infinite Node Foundation (NODE), a nonprofit focused on digital art, has acquired the intellectual property of the CryptoPunks non-fungible token (NFT) collection from Yuga Labs, NODE said in a May 13 announcement. The acquisition of CryptoPunks, plus its additional $25 million endowment, establishes NODE as “the most well-capitalized nonprofit dedicated solely to digital art in the United States,” the foundation said in an X post. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The nonprofit said it has assembled an advisory board to oversee the CryptoPunks collection. It comprises Matt Hall and John Watkinson — the artists behind the NFT collection — and…
The innocent 16-year-old girl struck by a stray bullet as she rode a scooter outside a Bronx school playground was celebrating her one-year anniversary with her boyfriend when she was killed, her heartbroken family said Tuesday. Evette Jeffrey had spent the afternoon with her beau when cops say a 14-year-old gunman opened fire into a crowd outside the Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School campus near Home St. and Tinton Ave. in Morrisania about 5 p.m. Monday. “Her and her boyfriend were together for one year so they went out to eat and they went to the park and they…
May 13, 2025 – We are proud to announce that My First Bitcoin has received a $1 million grant from #startsmall. With this financial support from Jack Dorsey’s philanthropic initiative, we will continue to serve grassroots Bitcoin education initiatives worldwide. This grant accelerates our work in the creation and distribution of free and open-source Bitcoin education materials and infrastructure. It will not only help us improve existing resources, such as the Bitcoin Diploma, Bitcoin Intro Course, and teacher training workshops, but also to scale our digital platforms like our Online School and Community Hub. As a non-profit, founded in 2021,…
In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to allow users to request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, initially only supported in English, in over 60 markets for its Premium subscribers. Previously, users could only listen to the AI DJ play songs with added commentary in between certain tracks. Now, the feature is becoming interactive. Users can tell the AI DJ to change the mood or genre, or have it play tracks from specific artists. Image Credits:Spotify To use…