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OpenAI releases new models and lowers API pricing
OpenAI has announced several updates that will benefit developers using its AI services, including new embedding models, a lower price for GPT-3.5 Turbo, an updated GPT-4 Turbo preview, and more robust content moderation capabilities. The San Francisco-based AI lab said its new text-embedding-3-small and text-embedding-3-large models offer upgraded performance over previous generations. For example, text-embedding-3-large…
Stability AI releases Stable Code 3B for enhanced coding assistance
Stability AI has announced the release of Stable Code 3B, an upgraded three billion parameter AI system for automatic code generation and completion. With enhancements like larger context size and improved completion quality, Stable Code 3B aims to push the boundaries of AI-assisted software development. At just three billion parameters, Stable Code 3B is designed…
MyShell releases OpenVoice voice cloning AI
A new open-source AI called OpenVoice offers voice cloning with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Developed by researchers at MIT, Tsinghua University, and Canadian startup MyShell, OpenVoice uses just seconds of audio to clone a voice and allows granular control over tone, emotion, accent, rhythm, and more. MyShell unveiled OpenVoice in a post this week, linking…
Google releases on-device diagnostics tool and repair manuals for Pixel phones
Google is releasing a tool to help users diagnose problems with their Pixel phones. Users can launch the app by entering #*#7287#*# on the dial pad, allowing them to check whether their phone is working correctly before or after a repair. There are a bunch of diagnostic tools available within the app. While users can…
Starknet, LayerZero, and More Fuel Crypto Rally with Token Releases
Loyal readers of The Protocol will recall our riff in last week’s issue, headlined “Bitcoin Censorship, or Just ‘Spam Filtering?‘” The gist of the story is that some Bitcoin purists are trying to keep the oldest and largest blockchain free from non-financial transactions – such as the text snippets and images that some people are…
MIT group releases white papers on governance of AI | MIT News
Providing a resource for U.S. policymakers, a committee of MIT leaders and scholars has released a set of policy briefs that outlines a framework for the governance of artificial intelligence. The approach includes extending current regulatory and liability approaches in pursuit of a practical way to oversee AI. The aim of the papers is to…
Blocknative Releases New Ethereum Mempool Explorer, to Help With MEV Protection
Blocknative, a blockchain infrastructure company that cut staff in October after suspending work on a major business project, is releasing a new tool to examine the “mempool” of pending transactions awaiting processing on Ethereum, an effort that could ultimately help to reduce instances of block-level manipulation and protect users from front-running bots. Source link