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Pinterest launches new tools to fight AI slop

​Pinterest says it’s finally going to do something about the AI slop that’s taken over its platform. After an increasing volume of complaints, the social networking and image pinboarding site announced Wednesday a plan to begin labeling AI-generated and AI-modified images. It will also introduce a new option that allows users to reduce the number […]  

Amazon updates Q Business to let companies build public-facing chatbots

​Amazon wants companies to build public-facing chatbots using its Q Business assistant. On Wednesday, the company announced that Q Business, its AWS-hosted AI assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, and complete tasks, now supports anonymous user access. This effectively means that AWS users can now create Q Business chatbots for websites, support portals, and […]  

Rivian’s reportedly sitting on a stockpile of tariff-free batteries

Rivian’s reportedly sitting on a stockpile of tariff-free batteries

​Rivian built up a stockpile of batteries for its trucks, SUVs, and commercial vans before and after the election of Donald Trump, a strategy used to soften the blow of the president’s tariffs, according to Bloomberg News. The company apparently bought an undisclosed number of lithium iron phosphate batteries from Chinese firm Gotion before the […]  

JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model

​JetBrains, the company behind a range of popular app development tools, has released its first “open” AI model for coding. On Wednesday, JetBrains made Mellum, a code-generating model the company released for its various software development suites last year, openly available on the AI dev platform Hugging Face. Mellum, trained on more than 4 trillion […]  

Anthropic suggests tweaks to proposed U.S. AI chip export controls

​Anthropic agrees with the U.S. government that implementing robust export controls on domestically made AI chips will help the U.S. compete in the AI race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions. Anthropic released a blog post on Wednesday stating that the company “strongly supports” the U.S. Department […]  

Traveling Around!

Traveling Around!

​[[{“value”:” Being abroad in Europe has allowed me the opportunity to travel around to lots of cool places. For this post, I will be sharing some of my favorite trips and experiences in other parts of Spain and other countries near to me. All of these trips were incredible and helped me learn more about other cultures and gain a…