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Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF t…

Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are racing to t...

Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’

Pinterest on Wednesday announced a new experimental app called “Ask Pinterest” that will allow the company to explore a more conversational approac...

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Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF t…

Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are racing to t...

Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’

Pinterest on Wednesday announced a new experimental app called “Ask Pinterest” that will allow the company to explore a more conversational approac...

Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar

Most of Kenya’s power grid runs on renewables.

Predicting model behavior before release by simulating deployment

OpenAI introduces Deployment Simulation, a method to predict AI model behavior before deployment using real conversation data to improve safety and...

Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features

Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system , as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7.

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’

The Department of Justice on Monday sided with xAI in a lawsuit that sought to stop the company’s use of dozens of unpermitted natural gas turbines...

Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI

As LLMs have grown more powerful, hallucinations have proven stubbornly difficult to avoid.

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO

SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor in a $60 billion stock deal, just a few days after the space company’s historic IPO and less...

Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

In 2017, Respond.io set out to solve a simple problem: businesses couldn’t keep up with customers who had moved to messaging apps.

Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties

Over the weekend, Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced a small revolt when he delivered his commencement speech at Stanford University, where he earned h...

Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms

As Meta tries to catch up in the AI race and boost engagement with its AI bot, the company announced Monday that it’s rolling out new AI features o...

Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion

In Brief Posted: Amanda Silberling Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion Salesforce announced on Monday that it wil...