UK looks to nature to train AI at 0.1% of the cost
Computing power to develop artificial intelligence does not come cheap. While you can build a simple AI chatbot for next to nothing, training a fine-tuned model on large data sets…
TNW Podcast: The tech that makes us walk
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…
TNW Podcast: Zeynep Yavuz talks European tech, Mistral and SiloAI release new LLMs
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…
Turning AI frenzy into fundraising strategy: How startups can win the 2024 investment race
Until now, generative AI has been akin to fairy dust — just sprinkle it in your pitch, and investors are all too ready to open their wallets wide. This is…
Microsoft to pump €3.2B into German AI technologies
Microsoft will invest €3.2bn in AI tech in Germany over the next two years, the firm’s vice chair Brad Smith announced today. The investment will see the doubling of Microsoft’s…
TNW Podcast: Deepfakes are on the rise — and so is Arm’s market cap
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…
Getting fresh: How supermarkets are using AI to predict sales
A supermarket deep in rural Germany had a problem. Far from the ample workforce of the nearest city, the shop was staffed largely by local teenagers still at school. The…
TNW Podcast: The AI Act and an AI leak
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…
UK fails to reach consensus on AI copyright code in major blow to artists
The UK government, AI companies, and creative organisations have failed to reach consensus on a proposed code that would set clear guidelines for the training of AI models on copyrighted…
Meet ClimateGPT — an open source AI platform fighting climate disinformation
A collective of startups known as the Endowment for Climate Intelligence (ECI) has unveiled the first-ever open-source ensemble of AI models dedicated to addressing the impacts of climate change. Large…
TNW Podcast: Domestic robots from Norway; a chat with Reface’s Anton Volovyk 🇺🇦
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…
These AI binoculars just made birdwatching a whole lot easier — and more expensive
As a kid, perhaps unsurprisingly, I was the only person I knew interested in birdwatching. Nevertheless, I regularly went out in nature armed with my binoculars, bird book, and camera,…