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MIRA MURATI'S AI STARTUP RELEASES FIRST MODEL IN BID TO LOOSEN AI GIANTS' GRIP

Thinking Machines Lab released its first AI model yesterday. Inkling has 975 billion parameters and is trained to be a broad, balanced foundation model. It is strong across many domains and flexible enough to adapt. The model is designed to balance cost against performance rather than for raw power. It can be customized through Tinker, a cloud-based fine-tuning tool for AI developers and researchers that Thinking Machines released last year.

THIRD-PARTY APP STORES COMING TO GOOGLE PLAY NEXT WEEK AS EPIC SETTLEMENT WITHDRAWN

Google will begin distributing rival app stores starting next week. These stores will have access to the full catalog of Google Play apps by default. Google is allowed to charge reasonable fees to cover its security and compliance review of third-party stores. Stores are required to block malware, respect intellectual property, and include mechanisms to update and uninstall apps. App stores can be removed from the program if more than 2% of attempted app installs appear to be malware or unwanted software.

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