A profile of, and interview with, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner, who is building a reputation in Washington, DC, as a trusted expert on AI — Helen Toner is building a reputation in the nation's capital as a trusted expert on artificial intelligence.
Stability AI announces Stable Fast 3D, a generative AI model for rapid 3D asset generation, says it can generate a 3D asset from a single image in 0.5 seconds — Not all that long ago, it used to be hard, really hard to generate 3D images. It was a process that involved complex wireframes, complicated software and beefy hardware.
Analysis: Indian startup VC funding has dwindled, depriving India of capital needed to grow its economy, as the valuation of top companies like Byju's implodes — Byju's, Paytm falter in stark reminder of the unique risks and challenges facing the country's tech economy.
Telegram rolls out a Mini App Store to help users find new apps, updates the in-app browser to support multiple tabs, and says its mini apps have 500M MAUs — Telegram is refining the in-app expereince, adding a new way to interact with the browser and a Mini App Store for native applications.
How US safeguards on the Microsoft-G42 deal, aiming to protect critical data center and AI infrastructure, could shape future international data center projects — Security hawks in Washington worry that infrastructure deals risk the future of AI — If artificial intelligence systems transform …
An airline industry group executive says India doubled the use of digital biometric systems in airports to 28 in June, covering ~90% of sky-bound travel volumes — Digital initiative chief claims technology can halve queueing times and pledges transparency on personal data
Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...
