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Read ArticleAnthropic is having a month
A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week.
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Read ArticleSalesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features
Slack just got a whole lot more useful.
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Read ArticleRobotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help
Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey's recent investigation.
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Read ArticleOpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise
OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.
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Read ArticleIt’s not your imagination: AI seed startups are commanding higher valuations
Among the most recent Y Combinator cohort, many startups were commanding $40 million valuations. But with more money comes higher expectations.
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Read ArticleYupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon
Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday.
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Read ArticleMeta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?
Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.
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Read ArticleGo play this secret game in your TikTok DMs
The game is available globally and can be accessed in both one-on-one DM chats and in group chats.
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Read ArticleCaller ID app Truecaller hits 500 million monthly users
Truecaller now has more than 4 million paying users across the world.
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Read ArticleSocial gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down
Rec Room, the social platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, will shutter on June 1.
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Read ArticleAlexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub
You can now order from Uber Eats and Grubhub using Alexa+, an experience Amazon says will be similar to chatting with a waiter at a restaurant or placing an order at a drive-thru.
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Read ArticleWhoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion
The fitness tracking startup just closed a $575 million Series G with Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among its investors. The obvious question looming over a round of this size at this...
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Read ArticleUber and WeRide ramp up robotaxi operations in Dubai
Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East.
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Read ArticleNorth Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.
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Read ArticleFedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strategy
FedEx recently announced a partnership with Berkshire Gray as the company works with external players to develop its automation tech.
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Read ArticleNomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles
The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.
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Read ArticleHealth data giant CareCloud says hackers accessed patients’ medical records
CareCloud, a major provider of medical records storage, said hackers accessed one of its repositories of patient data earlier in March. It provides technology for more than 45,000 providers...
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Read ArticleRivian spinoff Also will build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash
DoorDash joins Greenoaks Capital in another $200 million funding round for Also, bringing its total funding to more than $500 million.
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Read ArticleRoku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99 streaming service
With this new app, Roku says subscribers can access Howdy's library of content on the go.
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Read ArticleMeta launches two new Ray-Ban glasses designed for prescription wearers
Meta says these glasses are the most comfortable ones it has ever designed, as they're made for all-day comfort.
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