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The first Astana AI Film Festival has concluded in Kazakhstan, with Latvian filmmaker Nikolay Shestak taking the Grand Prix. The festival had a total fund of €1.8 million, with half allocated to prize money and the other half to investment in promising AI teams and film production in Kazakhstan.
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The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day.
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Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build "AI factories," a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection's AI models on their own proprietary data.
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Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.
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Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.
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The 10th Azerbaijan Grand Prix brought thousands of international visitors to Baku, highlighting Formula 1's growing impact on tourism, hospitality, jobs and the wider local economy.
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