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Artificial Agency raises $16M to use AI to make NPCs feel more realistic in video games
A team of former Google DeepMind researchers are betting that their unique behavior engine for NPCs will make games more fun and dynamic. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible way
Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines.
Ant insights lead to robot navigation breakthrough
Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots. Drone-researchers felt inspired by biological findings on how ants visually recognize their environment and combine it with counting their steps in order to get safely back home. They have used these insights to create an insect-inspired autonomous navigation strategy for tiny, lightweight robots. It allows such robots to come back home after long trajectories, while requiring extremely little computation and memory (0.65 kiloByte per 100 m). In the future, tiny autonomous robots could find a wide range of uses, from monitoring stock in warehouses to finding gas leaks in industrial sites.
Tribe AI raised venture capital to keep up with demand after six years of bootstrapping
When Jaclyn Rice Nelson and Noah Gale launched AI talent and services company Tribe AI in 2019, they had to convince companies that having an AI strategy mattered. After the release of ChatGPT in 2022 and the AI mania it ushered in, the startup has experienced a “massive boom” in demand, Gale told TechCrunch. Rice […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Tinder’s AI Photo Selector automatically picks the best photos for your dating profile
Tinder revealed last year that it was testing a photo-selection feature that uses AI to help users choose the best photos for their dating profiles. Now dubbed “Photo Selector,” the Match-owned dating app officially launched the feature on Wednesday. It’s now available to all users in the U.S. and will roll out to international markets […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI method radically speeds predictions of materials’ thermal properties
The approach could help engineers design more efficient energy-conversion systems and faster microelectronic devices, reducing waste heat.
UK Regulator Checking Microsoft and Inflection AI Hires for ‘Merger Situation’
The inquiry is the latest in the Competition and Markets Authority’s probe into the ‘interconnected web’ of AI companies.
AI tool successfully responds to patient questions in electronic health record
A new study shows that an AI tool can draft responses to patients' EHR queries as accurately as their human healthcare professionals, and with greater perceived 'empathy.'
How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed
A new technique enables users to compare several large models and choose the one that works best for their task.
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
