🤖🔥 Apple Ditches Nvidia, Anthropic Controversy, Meta Launches SAM 2

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🔍 Meta Launches SAM 2: Advanced Segmentation!

Meta is launching SAM 2, an advanced model for real-time object segmentation in images and videos, building on the success of the Meta Segment Anything Model (SAM). SAM 2 sets new performance standards and is available with an Apache 2.0 license, including its code, model weights, and the SA-V dataset containing around 51,000 videos and over 600,000 masklets. The model can segment any object, even those it hasn’t encountered before, offering diverse applications like enhanced video effects and improved annotation tools for computer vision systems.
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🍏 Apple Ditches Nvidia for Google TPUs!

On Monday, Apple revealed that its artificial intelligence models for Apple Intelligence were pretrained using Google-designed processors, signaling a shift among Big Tech companies towards alternatives to Nvidia for cutting-edge AI training. Apple’s technical paper highlighted the use of Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) for this purpose. Additionally, Apple previewed Apple Intelligence for select devices, marking a significant step in the company's AI advancements.
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💣 Web Scraping Controversy: Anthropic Under Fire!

Freelancer.com and iFixit CEOs have criticized Anthropic for excessive and unauthorized web scraping by its ClaudeBot, which has caused disruptions to their websites. Both companies allege that the scraping violated their site policies and led to significant issues. In response, Anthropic asserts that it adheres to the robots.txt file and has pledged to investigate the matter thoroughly. The situation highlights ongoing concerns about the ethical use of web scraping in the AI industry.
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