Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products
Popular iPad design app Procreate is coming out against generative AI, and has vowed never to introduce generative AI features into its products. The company said on its website that although machine learning is a “compelling technology with a lot of merit,” the current path that generative AI is on
Read MoreMike Lynch, recently acquitted in HP-Autonomy fraud case, is missing after yacht capsized off Sicily
Mike Lynch, the investor and high-profile founder of U.K. tech firm Autonomy, has been declared missing at sea after the yacht he was on, the Bayesian, capsized in a storm off the coast of Sicily early Monday morning. TechCrunch confirmed with a source close to the rescue operation that Lynch
Read MoreElevenLabs’ text-to-speech Reader app is now available globally
ElevenLabs, which develops AI-powered tools to create and edit synthetic voices, is making its Reader app available globally with support for 32 languages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreAgile Solution Architecture: How to Empower Debates, Resolve Disputes, and Make Decisions
Gather a DevOps or data science team to define the architecture for a new application, data lakehouse, or AI service, and you’re likely to run into debates on technical approaches and disputes on platforms. When reviewing implementation options, teams will question which standards apply and are key factors in making
Read MoreWhat Role Does AI Play in Modernizing Agriculture?
The next sector deserving our focus concerning AI and the hope it creates in addition to its unavoidable risks is agriculture. From a distance, agriculture may seem far removed from AI as a concept and its real-world consequences. However, the opposite is deductively true. AI’s influence over the agriculture sector
Read MoreInterpolation and the cotanc function
This weekend I wrote three posts related to interpolation: Compression and interpolation Bessel, Everett, and Lagrange interpolation Binomial coefficients with non-integer arguments The first post looks at reducing the size of mathematical tables by switching for linear to quadratic interpolation. The immediate application is obsolete, but the principles apply to
Read MoreAMD to acquire infrastructure player ZT Systems for $4.9B to amp up its AI ecosystem play
AMD is acquiring ZT Systems, which provides compute design and infrastructure for AI, cloud and general purpose computing, for $4.9 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreFNB Appoints New Chief Information Officer (CIO)
FNB has appointed La-Cell Mouton as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO) starting September 1, 2023, to enhance the capacity of the organization’s CIO teams. La-Cell started with FNB in 2000 as a BANKit Online Banking System developer; from 2005 to 2007, he was instrumental in merging the old online
Read MoreAmazon considers moving Amazon Pay into a standalone app in India
Amazon is considering shifting its payments offerings in India into a standalone app, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the e-commerce giant aims to boost usage of Amazon Pay in the country. Amazon Pay is currently housed within the company’s primary e-commerce app in India, and lets
Read MoreWaza comes out of stealth with $8M to power global trade for African businesses
In May, the African fintech processed up to $70 million in monthly payment volume. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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