India edtech firm Byju’s has received $250 million in a fresh funding round from Davidson Kempner Capital Management and is in talks for another $750 million by the end of the month. The $750 million funding will be at a flat valuation of $22 billion. Byju’s, backed by investors like the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative and Naspers, aims to use the funds to fuel its expansion and strengthen its position in the competitive edtech market.
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15 May, 2023
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Google’s latest language model for dialogue applications, Bard, has been making headlines recently, competing with ChatGPT-4 as one of the most popular conversational AI tools. In this head-to-head comparison, we take a closer look at these two chatbots and evaluate them based on several parameters, including their human-like response, training dataset and underlying technology, authenticity of response, access to the internet, user-friendliness and interface, text processing.
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15 May, 2023
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Google has launched a set of AI-powered coding tools that compete with GitHub Copilot. The tools, based on Google’s PaLM 2 large language model, include a chat tool for coding questions and AI-assisted coding in Google’s no-code AppSheet product. Developers can access the tools through an extension for Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, the Google Shell Editor, and in Google’s cloud-hosted Workstations service. The tools are currently available only to a small set of trusted testers.
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12 May, 2023
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Google’s PaLM 2 is the next-generation language model with multilingual, reasoning, and coding capabilities, providing powerful tools for developers and users alike.
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11 May, 2023
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Google has announced the launch of Search Labs, a new program that invites users to test early-stage search experiences in…
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11 May, 2023
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Google I/O 2023 is set to be an exciting event for tech enthusiasts around the world. Expect to see new advancements in AI, virtual and augmented reality, and updates on Google’s existing software and hardware offerings. With keynote speeches from top executives, breakout sessions, and hands-on demos, attendees can look forward to gaining insights into the future of technology and the role that Google plans to play in shaping it.
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08 May, 2023
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Microsoft and AMD are collaborating to create a new AI processor to compete with Nvidia in the AI-capable graphics processing unit (GPU) market. The chip, code-named Athena, will be designed to handle AI workloads and is being developed with financial support and engineering resources from Microsoft. This partnership highlights the growing demand for AI-capable chips and the need for competition in the industry to drive innovation and development. The development of specialized AI chips like Athena is becoming increasingly important as AI technology continues to advance and revolutionize various industries.
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05 May, 2023
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Microsoft has announced that its AI-powered search engine Bing is now available for all users in open preview, and no longer requires a waitlist. The company has also introduced new features to Bing Chat, as well as expanded the capabilities of its Image Creator. The new Bing Chat experience includes richer, more visual answers, such as charts and graphs, to help users find information more easily. Chat histories will also be accessible, shareable and exportable, while third-party plugins for Bing Chat will be made available for developers to build. Microsoft is also introducing Edge actions, which will allow users to find and play movies from where they are available, while the summarisation capabilities of Chat in Microsoft Edge will be improved for longer documents. Image Creator will be expanded to over 100 languages and will allow users to search for related content on Bing.
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05 May, 2023
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