Nvidia launches NIM to make it smoother to deploy AI models into production
At its GTC conference, Nvidia today announced Nvidia NIM, a new software platform designed to streamline the deployment of custom and pre-trained AI models into production environments. NIM takes the software work Nvidia has done around inferencing and optimizing models and makes it easily accessible by combining a given model
Read moreNvidia enlists humanoid robotics’ biggest names for new AI platform, GR00T
It’s tough to argue with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang when he notes, “Building foundation models for general humanoid robots is one of the most exciting problems to solve in AI today.” The humanoid form factor is one of the most hotly contested topics in the world of robotics at the
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Read moreX users are still complaining about arbitrary shadowbanning
Users of Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) continue complaining the platform is engaging in shadowbanning — aka restricting the visibility of posts by applying a “temporary” label to accounts that can limit the reach/visibility of content — without providing clarity over why it’s imposed the sanctions. Running a search on
Read moreWhy Elon Musk’s AI company ‘open-sourcing’ Grok matters – and why it doesn’t
Elon Musk’s xAI released its Grok large language model as “open source” over the weekend. The billionaire clearly hopes to set his company at odds with rival OpenAI, which despite its name is not particularly open. But does releasing the code for something like Grok actually contribute to the AI
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Read moreTelegram raises $330 million fresh capital through bond sales
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said on his channel today that the company secured $330 million in investment through bond sales last week. Durov said that the offering was oversubscribed with favorable terms to the company. “This bond offering was oversubscribed, and we were delighted to have global funds
Read moreYC-backed digital bank Onyx Private tells customers it’s closing their accounts
Miami-based Onyx Private, a Y Combinator-backed digital bank that provided banking and investment services for high-earning Millennials and Gen Zers, is terminating its bank operations. In a March 13 email to a customer viewed by TechCrunch, with a subject line that read: “Important Notice: Termination of Bank Operations and Account
Read moreRivian starts offering adapters to access Tesla’s Supercharger network
Rivian customers can now request an adapter to tap into Tesla’s vast North American network of Superchargers, making it the second automaker to do so behind Ford. The company announced Monday that it will start shipping adapters to Rivian owners — one per VIN — starting in April for free,
Read moreChris’ Corner: Cool Ideas
Lossy compression can be good. For something like a JPG, that naturally uses compression that can be adjusted, that compression leads to lost image data. In a good way. The image may end up being much smaller, which is good for performance. Sometimes the lost image data just isn’t a
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