Thomson Reuters Taps Decades of Content to Train AI
Thomson Reuters has launched a proprietary large language model that the company developed in-house and trained on its decades of content from Westlaw, Practical Law, Checkpoint and Reuters, the company said in a Monday (Aug.…
24) press release.
Dubbed “Thomson,” the LLM began with an open-source foundation and was…
As a result, Thomson is fully controlled by Thomson Reuters and does n…
130-ton electric works 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Earth [video]
Swedish mining company LKAB is putting a pair of massive, 130-ton electric Scania haul trucks to work at its Malmberget iron ore mine – which happens to be more than 4,000 feet below the surface of the Earth.
Everything ‘Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look’ Just Revealed About the Year's Biggest Game
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look is a 27-minute preview of the missions and mayhem awaiting us in the series’ long-awaited, secrecy-shrouded return to Vice City.
Typhoon Saudel Piles More Pressure on China’s Congested Ports
The storm has shuttered Ningbo-Zhoushan and suspended operations at Shanghai’s Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals, compounding days-long vessel berthing delays that have lasted since July.
Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested.…
In a complaint filed on Wednesday, a plaintiff known as Jane Doe expla…
Since then, Doe’s images have been hashed by groups like the National …
For her safety, Doe has opted to receive alerts from the US Department…
Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world
For all the interest in and uptake of agentic AI systems over the past year or so, the world of automated AI has thus far been primarily limited to text, images, code, and other data and actions that take place inside a computer.…
Anthropic is now aiming to change that somewhat with what it's calling…
For now, the "research preview" of the MHS effort is being sold mainly…
MHS can provide a common interface and common format for data sharing …
Oil Sheen in Cook Inlet Underscores Risks of Offshore Drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A miles-long sheen reported near an inactive oil and gas platform in Cook Inlet is raising renewed concerns about the risks posed by aging offshore infrastructure as the Trump administration and Congress push additional offshore oil and gas lease sales in the region.…
Authorities said Tuesday that the sheen .
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First Benchmarks Revealed for Jalapeño, OpenAI’s Clean-Sheet General Purpose AI Accelerator ASIC
At a pre-Hot Chips media briefing this week, OpenAI’s VP of hardware, Richard Ho, revealed results of first benchmarks for its clean‑sheet ASIC designed specifically for large language models (LLMs).