#Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant

#Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant

Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startup’s employees. It’s also signed a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models. Earlier this year, Chen told TechCrunch that Covariant is building “a large language model, but…

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#California’s legislature just passed AI bill SB 1047; here’s why some hope the governor won’t sign it

#California’s legislature just passed AI bill SB 1047; here’s why some hope the governor won’t sign it

Update: California’s Appropriations Committee passed SB 1047 with significant amendments that change the bill on Thursday, August 15. You can read about them here. Outside of sci-fi films, there’s no precedent for AI systems killing people or being used in massive cyberattacks. However, some lawmakers want to implement safeguards before bad actors make that dystopian…

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#The Best Paraphrasing Tools for 2025

#The Best Paraphrasing Tools for 2025

Are you tired of scratching your head & trying to come up with unique ways to express the same idea?  Or perhaps you are struggling to paraphrase a sentence without losing the intent? Well, you are in luck!  With AI technology on the rise, paraphrasing tools have really become a game-changer for content writers, students,…

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