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ElevenLabs strike deals with celebs to create AI audio
ElevenLabs struck a deal with actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey to AI-generate their voices, the company announced this week. Hollywood and…
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Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to “accelerate” AI investment
Deepwatch, a cybersecurity firm that makes an AI-powered detection and response platform, laid off dozens of employees on…
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Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; ordered it to pay damages
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical work without permission, multiple…
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YouTube TV’s Disney blackout is ruining my life (I can’t watch ‘Jeopardy!’)
YouTube TV’s parent company, Google, has been locked in a standoff with Disney for nearly two weeks. The…
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Why a researcher is building robots that look and act like bats
Search and rescues missions often happen in areas that are difficult for humans to navigate due to extreme…
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Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, San Francisco, and Phoenix
Sixteen years ago, engineers working on the Google self-driving project conducted their first autonomous vehicle tests on the…
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Airbnb’s testing a ‘kitchen stocking’ service that lets guests place Instacart orders before their stay
Airbnb is piloting a service with Instacart that will allow guests to order groceries directly through the Airbnb…
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Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product
World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, is launching its first commercial world model product.…
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Microsoft-backed VEIR is bringing superconductors to data centers
Power demands of data centers have grown from tens to 200 kilowatts in just a few years, a…
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Teradar raises $150M for a sensor it says beats lidar and radar
Matt Carey, the co-founder and CEO of Boston-based startup Teradar loves when people tell him: “I don’t believe…