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Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9B

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Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9B

Nvidia plans to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, WebNovare reports, citing a person familiar with the deal. Hugging Face's vast repository of pre-trained AI models and tools has been likened to GitHub. The move positions Nvidia in the burgeoning market of open models at a time when closed-model customers like OpenAI and Anthropic are developing their own chips. Nvidia just delivered a gangbusters earnings report predicting 70% growth. Meanwhile, Hugging Face on Thursday unveiled a $400 walking, singing robot duck it describes as a "cute AI."

3 min read A Adam Hanafi

Nvidia is planning to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to WebNovare, citing a person familiar with the transaction. The deal would give the world's leading AI chipmaker control of one of the most important platforms in the open-source...

Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022

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Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022

Abstract. Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a major concern throughout High Mountain Asia, where societal impacts can extend far downstream. This is particularly true for transboundary Himalayan basins, where risks are expected to further increase as new lakes develop. Given the need for anticipatory approaches to disaster risk reduction, this study aims to demonstrate how the threat from a future lake can be feasibly assessed alongside that of worst-case scenarios from current lakes, as well as how this information is relevant for disaster risk management. We have focused on two...

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Abstract. Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a major concern throughout High Mountain Asia, where societal impacts can extend far downstream. This is particularly true for transboundary Himalayan basins, where risks are expected to further increase as...

Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30

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Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30

Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their processes and jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform these tasks virtually. This could include anything from conducting simple data validation and research to more subjective tasks like survey participation, content moderation, and more. MTurk enables companies to harness the collective intelligence, skills, and insights from a global workforce to streamline business processes, augment data collection and analysis, and accelerate machine learning...

1 min read W WebNovare Imports

Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their processes and jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform these tasks virtually. This could include anything from...