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Women in AI: Tara Chklovski is teaching the next generation of AI innovators

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Techme101

Tara Chklovski is the CEO and founder of Technovation, a nonprofit that helps teach young girls about technology and entrepreneurship. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Farewell, dunks? Threads launches quote controls for all users

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Techme101

Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. This builds on a feature that already allows Threads users to limit who can reply to their posts (competing services like X and Bluesky offer similar reply … Continue reading →

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Deal Dive: Amae Health is building an in-person approach to mental healthcare in an increasingly digital space

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Techme101

While many recent mental health-focused startups are digital first, Amae Health focuses on the importance of in-person care. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Why RAG won’t solve generative AI’s hallucination problem

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Techme101

RAG is being pitched as a solution of sorts to generative AI hallucinations. But there’s limits to what the technique can do. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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This Week in AI: Generative AI and the problem of compensating creators

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Techme101

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments … Continue reading →

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Iconiq raises $5.15B toward seventh flagship fund

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Techme101

Iconiq Capital has raised $5.15 billion across two funds associated with the seventh growth fund family, according to SEC filings. The firm, which launched in 2011 as a private office managing capital of some of the most prominent and wealthiest … Continue reading →

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Luminar cuts 20% of staff and outsources lidar production

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Techme101

Lidar company Luminar is slashing its workforce by 20% and will lean harder on its contract manufacturing partner as part of a restructuring that will shift the company to a more “asset-light” business model, as it aims to scale production. … Continue reading →

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X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Techme101

X’s Premium subscribers will be able to read a summary of posts on X associated with each trending story featured on the For You tab in Explore. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Techme101

It’s been almost one year since Match Group announced the launch of Archer, the online dating giant’s first app for gay, bi, and queer men. Since rolling out to New York last June, Archer has been downloaded more than 685,000 … Continue reading →

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Musk raises $6B for AI startup. Also, is TikTok dodging Apple’s commissions?

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Techme101

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Musk’s 10-month-old baby, xAI, is closing in on a whoppin’ $6 … Continue reading →

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