Monthly Archives: April 2024

Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Techme101

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor, passed away last month at age 41 owing to “complications from a recurring brain tumor,” according to a post attributed to his family and … Continue reading →

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5 of the best free AI image generators

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

The use of AI image generators is becoming more and more prevalent as workers and creatives alike seek for more inspiration and a streamlined way of generating high-quality content for a multitude of purposes. From website images to social media … Continue reading →

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Canoo reveals it paid for CEO’s jet, AT&T leaks records and X announces NSFW plans

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the noteworthy happenings in tech over the past several days (and change). Famed startup accelerator Y Combinator had its Demo Days, and the venture desk took it all in … Continue reading →

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When it comes to building startups in Boston, success begets success

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

Boston has a long history of startups, fueled by the many colleges in the area, helping to feed a successful startup ecosystem. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Deal Dive: EarliTec Diagnostics raises $21.5M to help diagnose autism earlier

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

EarliTec’s FDA-authorized device helps clinicians diagnose children showing signs of autism as young as 16 months old. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

Tools that allow government hackers to break into iPhones and Android phones, popular software like the Chrome and Safari browsers, and chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage, are now worth millions of dollars — and their price has multiplied in … Continue reading →

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How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

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What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I.

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

As artificial intelligence developers run out of data to train their models, they are turning to “synthetic data” — data made by the A.I. itself.

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Four Takeaways on the Race to Amass Data for A.I.

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

To make artificial intelligence systems more powerful, tech companies need online data to feed the technology. Here’s what to know.

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Is A.I. Already Taking Jobs? +A Filmmaker Tries Sora + The XZ Backdoor Caper

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Techme101

“I’ve always said if you have a ChatGPT subscription and a hose, you can get very far in this life.”

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