A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising
by Jari Tanner | TechExplore
An artisan roastery based in the Finnish capital has introduced a coffee blend that has been developed by artificial intelligence in a trial in which it's hoped that technology can ease the workload in a sector that traditionally prides itself on manual work.
It is only apt that the Helsinki-based Kaffa Roastery's "AI-conic" blend was launched this week in Finland, a Nordic nation of 5.6 million that consumes the most coffee in the world at 12 kilograms per capita annually, according to the International Coffee Organization.
How blockchain helped a gaming platform become a game changer
by EY | EY.com
The $120b video game industry employs some of the brightest creative and technological minds. While this marriage of creativity and technology was bringing enjoyment to the masses, Microsoft Xbox’s royalty process meant that game publishers faced some unique challenges due to legacy technologies limitations.
The gaming industry serves over 2.7 billion consumers worldwide. This is enabled through partnerships between gaming platforms such as Xbox and thousands of publishers, developers, authors, designers, production houses and distributors. These relationships are all key in maintaining a high-quality product and attracting the best talent and creators to the platform.
Spatial Beats: Harvesting AI Data & Cutting Corners
by Charlie Fink | AR Insider
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, where we round up all the top news and happenings from around the spatial computing spectrum, including its escalating infusions with AI and other emerging tech. Let’s dive in…
The Lede
In a major story in the New York Times, How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I., a team of four journalists collaborated to explain how OpenAI, Google and Meta altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law. In other words, because it was on the Internet, even if it was behind a firewall, like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times itself, which is actively suing OpenAI. Because they breached those firewalls, it’s hard to argue that OpenAI thought the content was free. OpenAI makes the argument that the data in question is just one of ten billion parameters. Saying you stole from everyone equally is not a defense. This is why OpenAI is making deals with major publishers like Axel Springer. They know where this is going.
🌙 NASA - Best Photo from Last Week
Looking Beyond the Veil
This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright, hot young stars carve out cavities in surrounding gas and dust.NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
In this image released on March 9, 2024, the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gives us a more detailed view of a well-studied but still mysterious region, NGC 604. The most noticeable features are tendrils and clumps of emission that appear bright red, extending out from areas that look like clearings, or large bubbles in the nebula. Stellar winds from the brightest and hottest young stars have carved out these cavities, while ultraviolet radiation ionizes the surrounding gas. This ionized hydrogen appears as a white and blue ghostly glow.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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