Google weighing ‘Project Ellmann,’ uses Gemini AI to tell life stories

Google weighing ‘Project Ellmann,’ uses Gemini AI to tell life stories

“Project Ellmann” is an internal Google proposal to use artificial intelligence to help users get a “bird’s-eye view” of their life stories. The idea would to use LLMs like Gemini to ingest search results, spot patterns in a user’s photos, create a chatbot and “answer previously impossible questions” about a person’s life. The team also …

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Microsoft’s president meets with the Chinese government to talk A.I.

Microsoft’s president meets with the Chinese government to talk A.I.

Microsoft President Brad Smith met with China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao to discuss topics ranging from artificial intelligence to trade relations between Washington and Beijing. The meeting underscores China’s attempt to show it remains favorable to American businesses amid continued tensions with the U.S. and as it looks to reinvigorate its economy. The statement …

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Meta and Microsoft to buy AMD’s new AI chip as alternative to Nvidia

Meta and Microsoft to buy AMD’s new AI chip as alternative to Nvidia

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft said they will use AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X — a sign that tech companies want alternatives to the expensive Nvidia graphics processors that have been essential for artificial intelligence. If the MI300X is good enough and inexpensive enough when it starts shipping early next year, it could lower …

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