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An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them
Google DeepMind researchers say they’ve expanded the number of known stable materials by 10-fold. Some could be useful for everything from batteries to superconductors—if they make it out of the lab.
Pinterest begins testing a ‘body type ranges’ tool to make searches more inclusive
Pinterest is today expanding on its efforts to make its product more inclusive with respect to body type diversity with the test of a new consumer-facing tool that allows users to filter select searches by different body types. The feature, which will work with women’s fashion and wedding ideas at launch, builds on Pinterest’s new […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Tola Capital, investing in AI-enabled enterprise software, closes largest fund at $230M
Tola Capital III will invest 25 to 30 companies globally and write average check sizes of between $1 million to $4 million for seed-stage companies. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Business Intelligence vs Data Analytics vs Artificial Intelligence: What are the differences?
BI is an overarching framework used by businesses to prepare data for analytics reporting and AI use cases, which in turn support business operations and decision-making.
OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
Create Ebooks From Scratch in Just Three Clicks for Only $25 Through 12/3
Ebooks are one of the most profitable ways to make money online even with the cost of hiring freelancers, but now you can eliminate that expense forever.
Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board
Mira Murati as CTO, Greg Brockman returns as President. Read messages from CEO Sam Altman and board chair Bret Taylor.
AWS Launches New Chips for AI Training and Its Own AI Chatbot
At AWS re:Invent, NVIDIA contributed GPUs to Amazon's cloud efforts and added a retriever system to its AI Enterprise Software platform on AWS Marketplace.
Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q
Amazon has developed a generative AI helper that codes, manages cloud software, and powers business apps. The company has also developed new silicon for AI.
Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don't Want to Join OpenAI's All-Male Board
After internal chaos earlier this month, OpenAI replaced the women on its board with men. As it plans to add more seats, Timnit Gebru, Sasha Luccioni, and other AI luminaries tell WIRED why they wouldn't join.
New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values
Health care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care, but their translation into clinical settings has been inconsistent, in part because evaluating AI in health care remains challenging. In a new article, researchers propose a framework for using AI that includes practical guidance for applying values and that incorporates not just the tool's properties but the systems surrounding its use.
AI may spare breast cancer patients unnecessary treatments
A new AI (Artificial Intelligence) tool may make it possible to spare breast cancer patients unnecessary chemotherapy treatments by using a more precise method of predicting their outcomes, reports a new study. AI evaluations of patient tissues were better at predicting the future course of a patient's disease than evaluations performed by expert pathologists.
The Problems Lurking in Hollywood’s Historic AI Deal
The terms the Screen Actors Guild negotiated with Hollywood studios put historic AI guardrails in place, but they may not be able to protect performers.
New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots
Human Guided Exploration (HuGE) enables AI agents to learn quickly with some help from humans, even if the humans make mistakes.
Nicolas Cage on Memes, Myths, and Why He Thinks AI Is a ‘Nightmare’
Nicolas Cage’s new movie Dream Scenario investigates the trappings of fame and what happens when someone’s notoriety is bigger than themselves—something Cage understands well.
Search algorithm reveals nearly 200 new kinds of CRISPR systems
By analyzing bacterial data, researchers have discovered thousands of rare new CRISPR systems that have a range of functions and could enable gene editing, diagnostics, and more.
Sam Altman’s Second Coming Sparks New Fears of the AI Apocalypse
Five days of chaos at OpenAI revealed weaknesses in the company’s self-governance. That worries people who believe AI poses an existential risk and proponents of AI regulation.
Mods Are Asleep. Quick, Everyone Release AI Products
In the five days between Sam Altman’s mysterious firing and rehiring as OpenAI’s CEO, multiple companies dropped new artificial intelligence tools.
Elon Musk says xAI’s chatbot ‘Grok’ will launch to X Premium+ subscribers next week
Shortly after screenshots emerged showing xAI’s chatbot Grok appearing on X’s web app, X owner Elon Musk confirmed that Grok would be available to all of the company’s Premium+ subscribers sometime “next week.” While Musk’s pronouncements about timeframes for product deliveries haven’t always held up — code developments in X’s own app revealed that Grok […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Returns After Surprise Removal
OpenAI's board will be reshuffled. Altman had appeared to join Microsoft before the latest round of negotiations.
