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This Week in AI: Can we (and could we ever) trust OpenAI?

Posted on June 1, 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 we … Continue reading →

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General Catalyst-backed Jasper Health lays off staff

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Techme101

Jasper Health, a cancer care platform startup, laid off a substantial part of its workforce, TechCrunch has learned. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

Live Nation says its Ticketmaster subsidiary was hacked. A hacker claims to be selling 560 million customer records. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Inside EV startup Fisker’s collapse: how the company crumbled under its founders’ whims

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

An autonomous pod. A solid-state battery-powered sports car. An electric pickup truck. A convertible grand tourer EV with up to 600 miles of range. A “fully connected mobility device” for young urban innovators to be built by Foxconn and priced … Continue reading →

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Hugging Face says it detected ‘unauthorized access’ to its AI model hosting platform

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

Late Friday afternoon, a time window companies usually reserve for unflattering disclosures, AI startup Hugging Face said that its security team earlier this week detected “unauthorized access” to Spaces, Hugging Face’s platform for creating, sharing and hosting AI models and … Continue reading →

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Mill’s redesigned food waste bin really is faster and quieter than before

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

The design brief was simple: each grind and dry cycle had to be completed before breakfast. Here’s how Mill made it happen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google admits its AI Overviews need work, but we’re all helping it beta test

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

Google is embarrassed about its AI Overviews, too. After a deluge of dunks and memes over the past week, which cracked on the poor quality and outright misinformation that arose from the tech giant’s underbaked new AI-powered search feature, the … Continue reading →

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Startups Weekly: Musk raises $6B for AI and the fintech dominoes are falling

Posted on May 31, 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. In a twist that shocks absolutely no one and thrills pyromaniacs … Continue reading →

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A16z-backed ZeroMark wants to give soldiers guns that don’t miss against drones

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

The product, which ZeroMark calls a “fire control system,” has two components: a small computer that has sensors, like lidar and electro-optical, and a motorized buttstock. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: RAW Dating App’s $3M angel deck

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Techme101

The RAW Dating App aims to shake up the dating scheme by shedding the fake, TikTok-ified, heavily filtered photos and replacing them with a more genuine, unvarnished experience. The app targets young professionals and students, particularly women aged 21 to … Continue reading →

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