Meta releases new AI model and Tesla building charging corridors ⚡

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🦾 Meta launches its new AI model

• Meta Platforms released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time as users type promptsLlama 3 and the image generator will be integrated into Meta AI, Meta's virtual assistant, which will be featured prominently across Meta's apps like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Read more

🚗 Tesla moving forward with big rig charging corridor

• Tesla is moving ahead with plans to construct an electric big rig charging corridor from Texas to California, even though it was denied federal funding from the Biden administration's Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant program. Read more

✋ Hackers are threatening to publish financial crimes watchlist

• A financially motivated criminal hacking group called GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3 million records from the World-Check screening database, a confidential database used for "know your customer" (KYC) checks by companies. The hackers said they obtained the data from a Singapore-based firm that had access to the World-Check database, although they did not name the firm. Read more

👨‍💻Big tech is on an computer science hiring spree

• Apple, Google, META, Microsoft and even OpenAI are on a hiring spree, seeking unprecedented numbers of computer science professionals—especially those with advanced degrees such as PhDs—to build and apply generative AI systems. Read more