• Meta launches open-source AI app ‘competitive’ with closed rivals

    Tech firm says its freely available and usable Llama 3.1 405B model is comparable with likes of OpenAI and AnthropicMeta has claimed that its new artificial intelligence model is the first open-source system that will rival products from competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic.In a blogpost, the company said its new model, with the unwieldy name of Llama 3.1 405B, “is competitive” with others – including those from OpenAI and Anthropic – “across a range of tasks&rd
  • Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined

    Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined
    Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targetsIreland’s energy-hungry datacentres consumed more electricity last year than all of its urban homes combined, according to official figures.The country’s growing fleet of datacentres used 21% of its electricity, an increase of a fifth on 2022, according to the Central Statistics Office. Continue reading...
  • Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 review: faster, longer-lasting flip phone

    Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 review: faster, longer-lasting flip phone
    Sixth-generation folder adds bigger battery, better camera, brighter screen and more fancy AI featuresSamsung’s popular folding-screen Z Flip phone is back for 2024 with a faster chip, much longer battery life and more AI.The Galaxy Z Flip 6 is the smaller of Samsung’s two new folders for this year, launched alongside the book-style Z Fold 6. It takes the flat sides and slab-like design of Samsung’s standard Galaxy S24+ and folds it in half, turning a big-screen phone into a co
  • Queensland premier rules out AI-generated election material after LNP releases dancing TikTok attack advertisement

    Queensland premier rules out AI-generated election material after LNP releases dancing TikTok attack advertisement
    Steven Miles says deepfake video represents a ‘turning point for our democracy’ but rejects truth in advertising lawsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn AI-generated TikTok video of Queensland premier Steven Miles, created by the LNP opposition, has sparked a debate about the political use of deep fakes online.Posted on the Liberal National party’s TikTok five days ago, the video depic
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