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Thomson Reuters’ Future of Professionals Report Shows Cautious Optimism Toward AI in Law
Almost no one wants AI to represent people in court – yet. Thomson Reuters Chief Product Officer David Wong explores the ethical use of generative AI in law and what AI can’t do.
Here’s the full list of 28 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024
In the first half of 2024 alone, more than $35.5 billion was invested into AI startups globally. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI found to boost individual creativity -- at the expense of less varied content
A new study finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the 'usefulness' of stories -- their ability to engage the target audience and potential for publication. However, AI was not judged to enhance the work produced by more creative writers and the study also warns that while AI may enhance individual creativity it may also result in a loss of collective novelty, as AI-assisted stories were found to contain more similarities to each other and were less varied and diverse.
Defending Russia’s EU neighbors
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week we’re looking at an AI startup that wants to help people get creative with video; Kudos, which raised $3 million to help get rid […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Marking a milestone: Dedication ceremony celebrates the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building
Members of the MIT community, supporters, and guests commemorate the opening of the new college headquarters.
New Senate bill seeks to protect artists’ and journalists’ content from AI use
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters, and journalists from having their content used to train AI models or generate AI content without their consent. The bill, called the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED Act), also seeks to make […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Nextiva Review (2024): Is it Right for My Business?
Wondering if Nextiva is the best choice for your team? Check out the full review to learn about its standout features, pros, cons and biggest competitors.
Building a Winning Data Team: 6 Functions Needed for a Modern Enterprise Data Organization
By organizing their team into six general functions, data leaders can build an organization that thrives in the era of artificial intelligence. Get the details in this TechRepublic exclusive by Forrester’s Kim Herrington.
Reasoning skills of large language models are often overestimated
New CSAIL research highlights how LLMs excel in familiar scenarios but struggle in novel ones, questioning their true reasoning abilities versus reliance on memorization.
When to trust an AI model
More accurate uncertainty estimates could help users decide about how and when to use machine-learning models in the real world.
MIT ARCLab announces winners of inaugural Prize for AI Innovation in Space
The challenge asked teams to develop AI algorithms to track and predict satellites’ patterns of life in orbit using passively collected data
Medal raises $13M as it builds out a contextual AI assistant for desktop
Medal, a startup that is better known for its video game clipping product, just announced that it has raised $13 million at a valuation of $333 million from several investors, including Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, peak6 and Arcadia Investment Partners. The company also unveiled Highlight, a new cross-platform desktop app that acts as a contextual […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI Chatbots have shown they have an 'empathy gap' that children are likely to miss
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an 'empathy gap' that puts young users at risk of distress or harm, raising the urgent need for 'child-safe AI', according to a new study. The research urges developers and policy actors to prioritize AI design that take greater account of children's needs. It provides evidence that children are particularly susceptible to treating chatbots as lifelike, quasi-human confidantes, and that their interactions with the technology can go awry when it fails to respond to their unique needs and vulnerabilities. The study links that gap in understanding to recent reports of cases in which interactions with AI led to potentially dangerous situations for young users.
The 10 Best CRM Software in 2024
Discover the 10 best CRM software options. Explore top solutions with detailed features, pricing and pros and cons to find the perfect CRM for your business needs.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024: Samsung’s Next Foldable Phones Have Built-In Google AI
Samsung’s next generation of foldable phones will include AI-powered note taking features. Plus, Samsung showed new watches and earbuds.
AWS Summit New York 2024: Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock Gains Claude 3 Haiku and Contextual Grounding
Responsible AI Lead Diya Wynn spoke to TechRepublic about AI hallucinations and upskilling.
Researchers introduce generative AI for databases
Researchers have developed an easy-to-use tool that enables someone to perform complicated statistical analyses on tabular data using just a few keystrokes. Their method combines probabilistic AI models with the programming language SQL to provide faster and more accurate results than other methods.
Why the AI industry should want regulation now, not what could come later
Since AI started its historic rise in prominence in 2022, the conversations around how the industry could be regulated have swelled at a similar rate. Many startup founders think regulating the industry now could stifle innovation. But others don’t agree and think waiting to implement policy and regulation could bite the industry down the line. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Bumble users can now report profiles that use AI-generated photos
Bumble’s new reporting option arrives at a time when, unfortunately, AI-generated photos on dating apps are common © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Australian, APAC SAP Customers Face Looming 2027 ERP Cloud Migration Deadline
Software vendor SAP plans to end mainstream support for its on premise ERP software in 2027 as it pushes global customers to upgrade to S/4HANA Cloud. SAP customers in APAC will soon need to migrate or look for other ERP products or SAP service options.
