Google Unveils Gemini, the Biggest and Most Powerful AI Model

As pressure grows on Google to explain how it plans to monetize artificial intelligence, the company is launching what it believes to be its largest and most capable model. Three sizes will be available for the large language model Gemini: Gemini Ultra, which is the largest and most capable category; Gemini Pro, which scales across…

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The head of AI at Meta believes that super intelligence in AI won’t arrive anytime soon and has doubts about quantum computing

Yann LeCun, the chief scientist at Meta and a pioneer in deep learning, stated that he thinks it will take decades for current AI systems to resemble sentient beings with common sense and the capacity to do more than just creatively summarize massive amounts of text. His viewpoint differs from that of Nvidia CEO Jensen…

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FinTech behemoth Revolut names a new UK CEO amidst difficulties getting a banking license

Francesca Carlesi, a former executive at Barclays, has been named as the new CEO of Revolut, a European FinTech company, effective Thursday. Carlesi, who has fifteen years of experience in the financial services industry and was previously employed at Deutsche Bank, was most recently the CEO of Molo Finance, a digital mortgage lender. Revolut’s spokesperson…

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US consumer prices increased by 0.4% in September, more than expected

Inflation remained a top concern for policymakers in September as consumer prices increased at a slightly faster-than-anticipated rate for a variety of goods and services. According to a recently released Labor Department report, the consumer price index increased 0.4% from the previous month and 3.7% from the previous year. The corresponding Dow Jones estimates were…

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