(Black PR Wire) ELGIN, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Yesterday, Boys & Girls Clubs of America celebrated the opening of its 5,000th Club location across the nation. Located in Elgin, Illinois, the new youth-serving Club, boasting 20,000 sq. ft., sets a reco…
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“A really big deal”—Dolly is a free, open source, ChatGPT-style AI model
Enlarge (credit: Databricks) On Wednesday, Databricks released Dolly 2.0, reportedly the first open source, instruction-following large language model (LLM) for commercial use that’s been fine-tuned on a human-generated data set. It could serve as a compelling starting point for homebrew ChatGPT competitors. Databricks is an American enterprise software company founded in 2013 by the creators...
Generative AI comes to Amazon Web Services
Enlarge / An AI generated image of a “colorful data center.” (credit: Midjourney) On Thursday, Amazon released a new suite of AI technologies, including foundational large language models (LLMs) called Titan and a cloud computing service called Bedrock, reports Reuters. The move comes as competitors Microsoft and Google integrate AI chatbots into their search engines...
(BPRW) Fearless Fund and JPMorgan Chase Partner to Support Black Women Entrepreneurs in Fintech and Workforce Development through an Exclusive Get Venture Ready Cohort with $30K in Grant Funding
(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fearless Fund, the first venture capital fund built by women of color, for women of color, has announced a new industry-specific cohort of the Get Venture Ready (GVR) Program in partnership with JPMorgan Cha…
Meme Group on Discord Is Focus of Uproar Over Leaked Pentagon Documents
Youth culture and national defense collided in a community known for edgy jokes. The YouTube celebrity it was dedicated to seemed as surprised as anyone.
Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta
Workers at Facebook’s parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company’s direction.
Elon Musk reportedly purchases thousands of GPUs for generative AI project at Twitter
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “a cyborg Twitter bird logo composed of thousands of computer chips.” (credit: Midjourney) Despite recently calling for a six-month pause in the development of powerful AI models, Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently purchased roughly 10,000 GPUs for a generative AI project within Twitter, reports Business Insider, citing people familiar...
Meet PassGAN, the supposedly “terrifying” AI password cracker that’s mostly hype
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) By now, you’ve probably heard about a new AI-based password cracker that can compromise your password in seconds by using artificial intelligence instead of more traditional methods. Some outlets have called it “terrifying,” “worrying,” “alarming,” and “savvy.” Other publications have fallen over themselves to report that the tool...
UMG tells Apple and Spotify to block AI lyric, melody scraping
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images via Getty) Universal Music Group has told streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple, to block artificial intelligence services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs, according to emails viewed by the Financial Times. UMG, which controls about a third of the global music market, has become increasingly concerned about...
(BPRW) A Gamified App Teaching Credit Education Nabs First Place in the Inaugural #IYKYK Hackathon
(Black PR Wire) COSTA MESA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A team of students from Alabama State University (ASU) took the top prize for their innovative credit education program to reach their peers in the first-ever #IYKYK Hackathon (If You Kn…