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Researchers at New York University have developed a new architecture for diffusion models that improves the semantic representation of the images they generate. “Diffusion Transformer with Representation Autoencoders” (RAE) challenges some of the accepted norms of building diffusion models. The NYU researcher's model is more efficient and accurate than standard diffusion models, takes advantage of […]

On Thursday, the Laude Institute announcedits first batch of Slingshots grants, aimed at “advancing the science and practice of artificial intelligence.” Designed as an accelerator for researchers, the Slingshots program is meant to provide resources that would be unavailable in most academic settings, whether it’s funding, compute power, or product and engineering support. In exchange,

Rarely has a month gone by in 2025 without OpenAI signing another multi-billion-dollar data center deal. In alengthy post on Xon Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly clarified the totals. “We expect to end this year above $20 billion in annualized revenue run rate and grow to hundreds of billion [sic] by 2030. We are

Amazon announced on Thursday the launch of Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service designed for authors using Kindle Direct Publishing to broaden their reach. The service initially translates text between English and Spanish and from German to English, as it’s still operating in beta. More languages will be supported over time. The retail giant noted

OpenAI execs have been fielding plenty of questions abouthow they expect to pay for the $1.4 trillion worthof data center build-outs and usage commitments they’ve accrued this year, given that their revenue — while rising rapidly — is a $20 billion annual run rate, CEO Sam Altman said Thursdayin a post on X. Altman’s comments

Sora’sAndroid launchis off to an auspicious start. On its first day on the Google Play Store, the AI video app from ChatGPT maker OpenAI saw an estimated 470,000 downloads across the markets where it was available, according to new estimates from app intelligence providerAppfigures. That makes the Android launch more than 4x the size of

Even as concern and skepticism grows over U.S. AI startup OpenAI's buildout strategy and high spending commitments, Chinese open source AI providers are escalating their competition and one has even caught up to OpenAI's flagship, paid proprietary model GPT-5 in key third-party performance benchmarks with a new, free model. The Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI’s

Metaannouncedon Thursday that Vibes, its short-form video feed of AI-generated videos, is launching in Europe in the Meta AI app. Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is AI-generated. The rollout comes six weeks afterMeta introduced the feedin the U.S. A few days after Meta’s launch,OpenAI released Sora, a social

California-based startupSubtle Computingis tackling the problem of capturing people’s voices in noisy environments with its own voice isolation models — a technology that could benefit voice-based AI products and services. Consumer apps using voice AI are today seeing tremendous growth. AI Meeting notetakers likeGranola,Fireflies,Fathom, andRead AIhave received both user and investor attention. Existing companies likeOpenAI,ClickUp,

Google Cloud is introducing what it calls its most powerful artificial intelligence infrastructure to date, unveiling a seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit and expanded Arm-based computing options designed to meet surging demand for AI model deployment — what the company characterizes as a fundamental industry shift from training models to serving them to billions of users.