Meta taps Hugging Face for startup accelerator to spur adoption of open source AI models

Facebook parent Meta is teaming up with Hugging Face and European cloud infrastructure company Scaleway to launch a new AI-focused startup program at the Station F startup megacampus in Paris. The underlying goal of the program is to promote a more “open and collaborative” approach to AI development across the French technology world. The timing … Read more

Why Comcast built an accelerator to nurture sports startups

When you think of Comcast, you probably think of the cable or internet service, but it’s also a part of NBCUniversal. With that comes a fair bit of sports coverage including the Olympics, NASCAR, WWE and PGA, to name a few. As such, Comcast has some motivation to drive innovation in how sports are covered … Read more

AMD unveils MI300x AI chip as ‘generative AI accelerator’

AMD’s Intuition MI300X GPU options a number of GPU “chiplets” plus 192 gigabytes of HBM3 DRAM reminiscence, and 5.2 terabytes per second of reminiscence bandwidth. The corporate stated it’s the solely chip that may deal with massive language fashions of as much as 80 billion parameters in reminiscence.  AMD Superior Micro Gadgets CEO Lisa Su … Read more