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In today's Techpresso:

🔮 Apple’s new M4 chip is focused on AI

🍏 Apple announces new iPad Pro with M4, new iPad Air tablets

🍪 Apple is developing custom AI chip for data centers

💥 Microsoft is developing new AI model to rival GPT-4 and Google Gemini

🤝 Stack Overflow signs deal with OpenAI

🚗 Tesla announces fourth round of layoffs in four weeks

🎁 + 11 other news you might like

🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools

🔮 Apple’s new M4 chip is focused on AILINK

  • Apple's next-generation M4 chip, focused on AI, boasts improved performance with a new neural engine capable of 38 trillion operations per second, targeted for use in the new OLED iPad Pro models.
  • The M4 chip utilizes second-generation 3nm technology, featuring a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, enhancing computing power and rendering speed while emphasizing AI capabilities.
  • Despite the M4's impressive AI performance, comparisons are drawn to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors, highlighting the competitive landscape ahead of a Microsoft event that may challenge Apple's position in AI-accelerated tasks.
  • 🍏 Apple announces new iPad Pro with M4, new iPad Air tabletsLINK

  • Apple announced new versions of its iPad Air and iPad Pro, featuring OLED technology and branded as the Ultra Retina XDR display.
  • The iPad Pro will be available in two sizes and is equipped with the new M4 chip, described as a significant improvement over the current M3 chips for AI applications.
  • Apple highlighted the thin design of the new iPad Pro, measuring only 5.1mm in thickness, making it Apple's thinnest product to date.
  • 🍪 Apple is developing custom AI chip for data centersLINK

  • Apple has been developing new AI chips for data centers, known under the codename Project ACDC, for several years, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • The project's objective focuses on designing chips for inference tasks within AI models rather than for training purposes, with possibilities that these chips might not be publicly announced.
  • The development of these AI chips aligns with Apple's broader commitment to AI, as evidenced by CEO Tim Cook's remarks and the company's acquisition of around two dozen AI startups.
  • 💥 Microsoft is developing new AI model to rival GPT-4 and Google GeminiLINK

  • Microsoft is reportedly developing its own AI model named MAI-1, aiming to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4, according to information from insiders and the tech company's actions.
  • The MAI-1 model, led by Mustafa Suleyman and internally developed by Microsoft, is based on technology and training data from the acquired startup Inflection, featuring around 500 billion parameters.
  • This initiative reflects Microsoft’s ambitions for greater independence in AI technology, moving beyond their extensive collaborations with OpenAI, amidst potential antitrust investigations into their partnership.
  • 🤝 Stack Overflow signs deal with OpenAILINK

  • Stack Overflow and OpenAI have entered into a partnership aimed at improving each other's products by leveraging Stack Overflow's community-generated data for OpenAI's language models.
  • The collaboration is seen as a means to enhance OpenAI's large language models and potentially boost Stack Overflow's business by formalizing data sharing arrangements.
  • Despite the partnership, Stack Overflow maintains a stance against the use of generative AI for creating user-submitted posts, amid concerns about the quality and authenticity of AI-generated content.
  • 🚗 Tesla announces fourth round of layoffs in four weeksLINK

  • Tesla has conducted a fourth round of employee layoffs, as announced on a Sunday night, marking a continuing trend affecting various company roles.
  • The layoffs began last month, influenced by Tesla's Q1 2024 financial results which showed a significant drop in profits, amidst Musk's announcement of reducing the company's global headcount by more than 10%.
  • This latest round targeted service advisers, engineers, and HR staff, following previous layoffs of recruiters, a 500-member Supercharger team, and a new vehicle development team.
  • Other news you might like

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    Apple’s new Magic Keyboard makes the iPad Pro feel ‘just like’ a MacBook.LINK

    Microsoft and OpenAI launch $2M fund to counter election deepfakes.LINK

    US government invests $285 million in AI-powered chip development.LINK

    OpenAI to launch tool to detect images created by DALL-E 3.LINK

    Nintendo finally confirms the Switch 2 is on the way.LINK

    Wayve raises $1B to take its Tesla-like technology for self-driving to many carmakers.LINK

    Lucid’s mid-size ‘Model Y competitor’ slated for late 2026 production.LINK

    DocuSign acquires AI-powered contract management firm Lexion.LINK

    Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business.LINK

    How Snapchat is saving itself – and keeping up with Silicon Valley giants.LINK

    Latest research and tools

    Refactor gem: a tool for refactoring and upgrading Ruby code based on Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) that is experimental and focuses on minimalistic AST manipulations for Ruby developers.LINK

    Async Channels for Swift Concurrency: a library that models its functionality after go's channel behaviors, offering a typed conduit for sending and receiving values across Swift async tasks.LINK

    Cyperful: an addon for Ruby Capybara system tests enhancing developer experience with features like viewing test steps live, pausing tests, auto-restarting on code modification, experimental video recording, and future capabilities for running any test suite from UI and recording browser interactions as Ruby code.LINK

    Kan: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: the study introduces a novel neural network architecture inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem.LINK


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