X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation
X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation Some users on X are turning to Grok for fact-checking, raising concerns among fact-checkers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights…
Sequoia shutters D.C. office, lets go of policy team
Sequoia shutters D.C. office, lets go of policy team Sequoia will shutter its D.C. office as well as part ways with the policy team there at the end of March,…
OpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades ago
OpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades ago Noam Brown, who leads AI reasoning research at OpenAI, says “reasoning” AI models like OpenAI’s o1 could’ve…
Nvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup Gretel
Nvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup Gretel Nvidia has reportedly acquired Gretel, a San Diego-based startup that’s developed a platform to generate synthetic AI training data. Terms of the acquisition…
AWS generative AI exec leaves to launch startup
AWS generative AI exec leaves to launch startup Raj Aggarwal is leaving AWS after nearly three years as the company’s GM of generative AI and revenue acceleration, according to a…
Group co-led by Fei-Fei Li suggests that AI safety laws should anticipate future risks
Group co-led by Fei-Fei Li suggests that AI safety laws should anticipate future risks In a new report, a California-based policy group co-led by Fei-Fei Li, an AI pioneer, suggests…
Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse
Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social…
A key DeepMind robotics researcher left Google and Nvidia has already backed his stealth startup
A key DeepMind robotics researcher left Google and Nvidia has already backed his stealth startup Nvidia has invested in a startup founded by a former Google DeepMind senior research scientist…
Bluesky made more money selling t-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains
Bluesky made more money selling t-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains Bluesky CEO Jay Graber made a splash at SXSW last week, showing up at her keynote event in a…
xAI launches an API for generating images
xAI launches an API for generating images Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has added image generation capabilities to its API. Only one model is available in the API at the…