Anthropic Wants Its AI Agent to Control Your Computer

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

Claude is the first major AI model to be able to take control of a computer to do useful work.

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Starboard Value’s Jeff Smith says Salesforce has ‘a lot more to go’ and can get more profitable

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

Salesforce has become more profitable in the past few years, but one activist investor says there’s more for the software company to do.

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Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, announced AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks.

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Ward Christensen, Early Visionary of Social Media, Dies at 78

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

Housebound during a 1978 blizzard, he and a friend began devising the first computer bulletin board, a forerunner of online services like Reddit, TikTok and Facebook.

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Elon Musk’s Big Business and Conflicts of Interest With the U.S. Government

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

Mr. Musk, who holds billions in federal contracts, wants to be in charge of the regulators that oversee him if Donald Trump wins.

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E.U. Partners With Venture Capital Firms to Boost Tech Investment

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

The E.U. has been heavily criticised for not doing enough to bridge the technological gap between it and other global superpowers.

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Thousands of creatives sign petition against AI data scraping

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

What do the actor Kevin Bacon, the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, the musician Robert Smith, and the journalist and historian Sidney Blumenthal have in common? They are among the 11,500 signatories of a petition against unlicensed use of creative works for AI training. “The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, […]
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6 days to go: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 kicks off and ticket prices go up

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

The clock is ticking down! Just 6 days to go until TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! Join 10,000 industry leaders from around the world at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30 to witness groundbreaking discussions with top-tier industry experts, elite networking, an exciting showcase of the newest tech innovations, and so much more. Time is […]
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Can You Use A Personal Checking Account For Your Business?

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

Using a personal checking account to manage your business finances can cause a myriad of issues in the long term. To avoid complicating your bookkeeping and taxes, a separate business bank account is always recommended.

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Ex-SpaceX engineers land $14M to scale new method for 3D printing metal

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Techme101

3D printing objects using metal is a well-established technique, but it tends to be too complex, expensive, or imprecise to match traditional methods at scale. Armed with $14 million from Nvidia and Boeing, Freeform aims to change that, building a new metal additive printing process that they say changes the game — and yes, there’s […]
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