Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots

Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots

AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots. The company announced a pair of open source robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robot that has 66 actuated degrees of freedom, or 66 independent movements, including the ability to walk…

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Telegram raises .7 billion in convertible bond offering

Telegram raises $1.7 billion in convertible bond offering

The messaging platform will use most of the proceeds to repay existing bondholders, with the remainder allocated as working capital to support ongoing operations. Telegram, a messaging platform, raised $1.7 billion from investors in a recent bond offering featuring a 9% coupon that closed on May 28. According to Bloomberg, the company will use a…

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DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds

DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s newest AI model, an updated version of the company’s R1 reasoning model, achieves impressive scores on benchmarks for coding, math, and general knowledge, nearly surpassing OpenAI’s flagship o3. But the upgraded R1, also known as “R1-0528,” might also be less willing to answer contentious questions, in particular questions about topics the…

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The New York Times and Amazon ink AI licensing deal

The New York Times and Amazon ink AI licensing deal

Nearly two years after suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, The New York Times has agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon to train the tech giant’s AI platforms.  The agreement will “bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences,” the outlet said in a statement. That includes content like…

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NVIDIA, AMD may soon start selling new AI chips in China to comply with US restrictions

NVIDIA, AMD may soon start selling new AI chips in China to comply with US restrictions

To comply with the U.S.’ restrictions on exporting advanced semiconductor technology to China, chipmakers NVIDIA and AMD will soon begin selling new GPUs made for AI workloads in China, Taiwanese tech publication Digitimes reported, citing supply chain sources. NVIDIA plans to sell a stripped-down AI GPU, code-named “B20,” while AMD is looking to target AI…

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DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds

DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its…

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