Interesting announcements
OpenAI launched NextGenAI consortium with 15 research institutions to promote AI
The 15 leading universities and research institutions across the US and the UK will use AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and improve education. As part of NextGenAI, OpenAI will offer $50M in research grants, compute funding, and API access.
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ChatGPT for macOS can now directly edit code
ChatGPT can now edit code directly within an integrated development environment, without the need to copy and past. According to OpenAI, IDE integration has been one of the most-requested features from macOS users since the company released its “works with app” framework, in November.
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Meta and Internet Society will collaborate to expand internet access around the world
The new Connectivity Co-Funding Initiative aims to expand affordable and reliable internet access globally, mainly in regions underserved or overlooked by commercial companies. Internet Society and its subsidiary Internet Society Foundation have committed to a $30 million investment.
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Mistral launched a new optical character recognition (OCR) API for fast document processing
Unlike most OCR APIs, Mistral OCR is a multimodal API, meaning that it can detect when there are illustrations and photos intertwined with blocks of text. Tests show Mistral OCR achieving 94.89% accuracy, compared to Google Document AI at 83.42% and Azure OCR at 89.52%.
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Top new products
Honor Magic V4
Magic V4 will have an 8-inch foldable screen and a 6.45-inch cover display. It will come a Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and a 50 MP main camera.
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Nothing Phone (3a) Pro
Nothing Phone (3a) Pro will have a 6.77-inch OLED screen, Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor and a 50MP main camera. It will be available from March 15.
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