Etchedon Tuesdayannouncedthat it has raised another $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street after the famed quant fund tested and bought the startup’s AI hardware. Even by AI standards, this valuation step-up is jaw-droppingly fast. Etched was valued at $5 billion in December. It raised a $300 million Series C at … Devamını oku
Camera-equipped AI wearables today have developed a bit of a reputation problem. Devices like Meta’s Ray-Bans raise concerns about people being recorded without their consent. So the idea that Apple is reportedly preparing to release AirPods with cameras in them seems to conflict with the iPhone maker’s desire to position itself as aprivacy-focusedtech company. But … Devamını oku
Companies are still grappling with exactly how software development should work in the AI area, but one early answer is the so-called software factory. Essentially an agent loop that’s built around the traditional stages of software development, the software factory approach has become a popular way for companies to remake their engineering organizations for the … Devamını oku
Perplexityspent the past year running one of the biggest AI growth experiments,giving its premium service awayto customers of Indian telecom giantAirtel. Now, as the earliest of those free subscriptions expire, the results are starting to emerge, offering an early test of whether bundling paid AI services can create lasting users and revenue after the giveaway … Devamını oku
Afternumerouslawsuitsover AI chatbots’ lack of safety measures, leading to teens’ suicides and other mental health concerns, OpenAI on Mondayannouncedthe launch of ChatGPT for Teens. The new product promises to include additional safety measures, as well as the educational crisis of ChatGPT-assisted cheating in schools. On the educational side, ChatGPT for Teens introduces a new Study … Devamını oku
Anthropic’s revenue continues not just to grow at an historic pace but to accelerate. The model maker’s annualized revenue run rate — a projection of a full year’s revenue based on a recent, shorter period —surpassed$65 billionat the end of July, Bloomberg reported on Monday, up from$47 billionin May and just $9 billion at the … Devamını oku
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with thegoal of becoming the new Zapier, is shutting down, and some of its staff — including its top executive — are joining Google’s Chrome team. Bank, who previously spent a little over six years at Google,revealed thathe would now be rejoining the tech … Devamını oku
Amazon is buying tons of rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them for AI training, according to404 Media, which placed a tracking device in a rare book that ultimately arrived at an Amazon facility in Las Vegas. The facility, known as VGT3, identifies itself with a symbol of a dinosaur holding a book … Devamını oku
Startup Groq hasraised$350 million as it continues to pivot from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud company that provides powerful GPUs and AI infrastructure services. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch that despite the difference in valuation, the company doesn’t see it as a down round, but rather as establishing a new valuation for … Devamını oku
Nvidiasaidon Monday that it will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy, a data center linked to SoftBank and OpenAI. The investment ensures that Nvidia will be the sole supplier of compute infrastructure at OpenAI’s Ports-Pike data center near Cincinnati, Ohio. Nvidia will also provide up to $105 billion in credit to help build the facility, … Devamını oku