Finbarr Toesland
Journalist at Freelance
Investigative Journalist | @JSchofieldTrust + @uk_aspen fellow | @Cambridge_Uni + @UCL grad | Bylines @NBCNews, @BBC & @Reuters 📩[email protected]
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1 week ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 3 minutes ago To better compete with the innovative companies coming from China and the US, the European Commission is launching a major €10 billion (£8.4 billion) fund aimed at helping EU tech firms scale. The ‘Choose Europe to start and scale’ strategy is focused on supporting the creation of more tech unicorns in the EU that are valued at more than $1 billion (£741.6 million).
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1 week ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 1 hour ago Following the introduction of export restrictions put in place by the US Government, chipmaker NVIDIA is expected to put a new AI chip set into production for China. Priced between £4,817 ($6,500) and £5,928 ($8,000), this GPU using the Blackwell architecture will come in significantly cheaper than the H20 model that was offered at between £7,410 ($10,000) and £8,893 ($12,000).
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2 weeks ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 41 seconds ago San Francisco-based AI start-up Luka Inc., developer of chatbot Replika, has been fined £4.1 million (€5 million) by the Italian data watchdog, Garante, after breaching rules created to protect the personal data of users. The AI chatbot service gives users the ability to make a ‘virtual companion’ who can be interacted with over text or voice to offer support as a therapist, mentor, romantic partner and other roles.
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2 weeks ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 12 hours ago In just 18 months, AI has leapt from the 6th most scarce tech skill to number one, according to a new survey of tech leaders by tech recruiter Harvey Nash. The seemingly non-stop growth in interest from businesses in AI solutions and innovations is driving demand for staff with the right AI skills mix.
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2 weeks ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
The UK Science Minister, Lord Vallance, has announced a 10-year research and development budget that is intended to ensure essential R&D can take place in innovative areas like cutting-edge computing. In industries where projects can take years and years to complete, shifting from predominantly annual budgets to as long as a decade is expected to help enable new initiatives to start that drive innovation.
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