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Together with Amazon, Google and other partners, Hugging Face is launching a new open source software called HUGS. HUGS (Hugging Face for Generative AI Services) is designed to automate the technical implementation of AI models into working applications. The software takes on the complex task of adapting open source AI models, such as Meta's Llama, to run on chips from Nvidia or AMD. The product can be used in the cloud as well as in company-owned data centers. According to Hugging Face, while outsourcing AI technology to third-party providers has been the norm, HUGS allows companies to build and control their own AI technology. The service costs one dollar per hour and is available through cloud services from Amazon, Google, and Digital Ocean.

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OpenAI has hired two key executives: Ronnie Chatterji as chief economist and Scott Schools as chief compliance officer. Chatterji, a Duke University professor, previously worked as chief economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce under President Biden. Before that, he was a senior economist on President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Chatterji will study AI's effects on the economy and job market. Schools comes to OpenAI from Uber, where he was Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. At OpenAI, he will collaborate with the board and internal teams on legal and ethical matters related to the company's AI development.

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Apple has released the first developer betas of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 to developers. These updates introduce several AI-powered features under the "Apple Intelligence" banner. New features include Image Playground, an AI image creation app, and Image Wand, an AI tool for the iPad's Notes app. Apple has also added custom Genmoji for creating personalized emoji and integrated ChatGPT with Siri for handling specific requests. Visual Intelligence provides information about the user's environment, while advanced writing tools offer AI-assisted composition. Apple Intelligence currently supports US English and localized variants for several English-speaking countries. The company has also included APIs for developers to integrate these features into third-party apps.

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