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The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
When it first happens to you, you think you’re crazy. You wander into a cafe and look at…
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Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
The rapid scaling of robotaxis over the last two years has come with a hidden human cost. Test…
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This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
Josh Mackanic left a 10-year engineering career at Pacific Gas and Electric because he kept thinking about what…
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Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them
As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian startup Runable is betting…
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Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say
Generalist, a robotics startup, is now valued at $3 billion after raising additional capital led by 8VC, according…
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‘The world seems to be ready’: An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux
Users of OpenAI’s software engineering tool Codex might know Thibault Sottiaux as the guy who resets their token…
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India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones
Airbound, an Indian startup building autonomous drones, has raised $37 million in fresh capital as it pushes to…
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OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
How much control are you willing to give an LLM over your digital life? Getting the most value…
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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
New York-based General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents to move through…
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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained…