Google’s AI note-taking app is now open to younger users, having previously been limited to users 18 and older. The tech giant announced that NotebookLM is available to Google Workspace for Education users of any age and for consumers ages 13 and up. The removal of age restrictions is intended to provide younger students with access to the AI research tool, allowing them to better understand their class materials. Now, students can access features such as the ability to convert notes into podcast-like Audio Overviews, visually summarize ideas with interactive Mind Maps, and more. NotebookLM recently released Video Overviews to…
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Sam Altman’s blow torch to his competitors is so hot, it even includes a new partnership with Amazon Web Services. As OpenAI announced two open-weight reasoning models with capabilities on par with its o-series, Amazon announced that the new models would soon be available as a service on AWS. For the first time, OpenAI models will be available as a choice to power Amazon AI services like Bedrock and SageMaker AI. While anyone can download the models via Hugging Face, Amazon didn’t just grab the models to offer them as an AWS service on their own. This is a partnership…
Key Takeaways Galaxy Digital increased its Bitcoin holdings to 17,102 BTC while reducing ETH and XRP exposure in Q2. The firm’s diversified digital asset portfolio includes BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and newly added SUI. Share this article Galaxy Digital increased its Bitcoin holdings by 4,272 to 17,102 BTC in the second quarter while reporting approximately $31 million in net income and maintaining $2.6 billion in total equity, according to a Tuesday SEC disclosure.The firm’s net digital asset holdings rose to $1.2 billion, a 40% increase from Q1, driven by increased Bitcoin exposure.The company’s digital asset portfolio showed mixed adjustments across…
Bitcoin has undergone a sharp revision after losing its $115,000 support level, causing a wave of uncertainty across the market. After weeks of consolidation consolidation was consolidated to a tough extent, BTC collapsed, fostering discussion among analysts about the short-term direction of assets. Some experts warn that Bitcoin could drop even further as investors make profits and emotions become more cautious. Others remain more optimistic, suggesting that the amendment is a healthy pause before BTC attempts to regain its all-time high. Related readings Cryptoquant’s important data adds another layer to your analysis. The metric shows that Bitcoin is currently in…
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described by the European Commission as “the world’s first comprehensive AI law.” After years in the making, it is progressively becoming a part of reality for the 450 million people living in the 27 countries that comprise the EU. The EU AI Act, however, is more than a European affair. It applies to companies both local and foreign, and it can affect both providers and deployers of AI systems; the European Commission cites examples of how it would apply to a developer of a CV screening…
OpenAI announced Tuesday the launch of two open-weight AI reasoning models with similar capabilities to its o-series. Both are freely available to download from the online developer platform, Hugging Face, the company said, describing the models as “state-of-the-art” when measured across several benchmarks for comparing open models. The models come in two sizes: a larger and more capable gpt-oss-120b model that can run on a single Nvidia GPU, and a lighter-weight gpt-oss-20b model that can run on a consumer laptop with 16GB of memory. The launch marks OpenAI’s first ‘open’ language model since GPT-2, which was released more than five…
When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites on Monday, while ignoring a site’s specific methods to block it, this wasn’t a clear-cut case of an AI web crawler gone wild. Many people came to Perplexity’s defense. They argued that Perplexity accessing sites in defiance of the website owner’s wishes, while controversial, is acceptable. And this is a controversy that will certainly grow as AI agents flood the internet: Should an agent accessing a website on behalf of its user be treated like a bot? Or like a human making the same request? Cloudflare is known for…
Key Takeaways The Michigan retirement fund tripled its ARK Bitcoin ETF holdings to 300,000 shares in Q2. This move shows a significant increase in the fund’s exposure to digital assets like Bitcoin. Share this article The State of Michigan Retirement System, one of the largest public pension funds in the U.S., tripled its stake in the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) during the second quarter, according to a new SEC filing.As of June 30, the fund reported holding 300,000 shares of ARKB, up from 100,000 shares disclosed in April.The State of Michigan Retirement System previously disclosed an acquisition of 460,000…
The AI audio-generation unicorn ElevenLabs announced a new model on Tuesday that allows users to generate music, which it claims is cleared for commercial use. This move marks ElevenLabs’ expansion beyond its main focus thus far in its three years of existence, which has been building AI audio tools. ElevenLabs is a leader among companies making text-to-speech AI products, and it has expanded into conversational bots and tools that translate speech into other languages. Alongside the launch, Eleven Labs shared samples of its AI-generated music. One features a synthetic voice rapping about how it “came up through the cracks with…
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