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Disney’s deepfakes are getting closer to a big-screen debut

The Verge

In a video and paper being presented at a computer graphics conference this week, researchers from the House of Mouse show off what they say is the first photo-realistic deepfake at a megapixel resolution. As the researchers suggest, what’s new here is the megapixel resolution. Image: Disney Research. And the results are.

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Google Gemma AI offers lightweight models with powerful results

Dataconomy

Built upon the foundational research powering Google’s impressive Gemini models , Google Gemma AI is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to open-source AI development. Google Gemma AI represents a suite of lightweight language models released for open-source use. What is Google Gemma AI?

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If your AI model is going to sell, it has to be safe

Vox

According to the company’s Technical Report , during GPT-4’s development, OpenAI “spent six months on safety research, risk assessment, and iteration.” Tech companies should be investing heavily in safety research and testing for all our sakes, but also for their own commercial self-interest. If this means less open source, then no.

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COVID-19 experts answer questions about the Omicron variant — and where it may have come from

GeekWire

University of Washington researcher Pavitra Roychoudhury (left) and Fred Hutch emeritus director Larry Corey. (UW And Seattle researchers will have a key role in answering them. In key lab experiments, researchers will investigate how well antibodies from vaccinated individuals neutralize the virus. UW and Fred Hutch Photos).

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What’s New and What’s Next in 2023 for HPC

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s a tall order, and one that will hinge on a few factors: Accelerator deployment and management at scale Changes to power and cooling design decisions at very large scale Open-source deployment of high-performance clusters to run simulation, AI, and data analytics workloads What’s New and Growing Among HPC Users?

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Hackathons vs Conference: Which One Works The Best for Blockchain Industry?

Hacker Earth

In comparison, Blockchain tech only arrived at the scene sometime in 2008, and is still considered comparatively ‘new’. Exhibitions: Many conferences include an exhibition area where companies, organizations, and research groups showcase their products, services, or projects related to the conference’s focus. What are hackathons?

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Scott Lowe

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Networking. Career/Soft Skills.

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