February 22, 2025

US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts

The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]

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November 2022

Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel cell concept hints at the performance N brand’s future

November 17, 2022

Hyundai revealed Thursday a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid concept vehicle called the N Vision 74 that the company says demonstrates the performance sub-brand’s vision for electrification. The Hyundai N sub-brand, the performance-focused arm of the automaker, has been applied to a range of production vehicles since its founding in 2015 from the Hyundai Veloster N […]

Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel cell concept hints at the performance N brand’s future by Abigail Bassett originally published on TechCrunch

Can gaming resurrect the NFT market? OpenSea thinks so

November 17, 2022

Today at TechCrunch’s crypto-focused event in Miami, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discussed his business, and the future market for non-fungible tokens. The digital assets, better known by the acronym ‘NFT,’ saw their stock rise during the 2021-era crypto boom. NFTs became synonymous with neo-wealth bubbling up from the blockchain economy, as a number of image […]

Can gaming resurrect the NFT market? OpenSea thinks so by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

The FTX implosion is an opportunity to learn

November 17, 2022

At TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022, Chainalysis CPO Pratima Arora, Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman and Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier talked about security in the crypto industry. And a good chunk of the discussion was spent talking about the collapse of FTX. “First of all, I don’t think it is over,” Pascal Gauthier said. “In the FTX […]

The FTX implosion is an opportunity to learn by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Meet Unstable Diffusion, the group trying to monetize AI porn generators

November 17, 2022

When Stable Diffusion, the text-to-image AI developed by startup Stability AI, was open sourced earlier this year, it didn’t take long for the internet to wield it for porn-creating purposes. Communities across Reddit and 4chan tapped the AI system to generate realistic and anime-style images of nude characters, mostly women, as well as non-consensual fake […]

Meet Unstable Diffusion, the group trying to monetize AI porn generators by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Beam raises $6.4M to help citizens access safety net funds

November 17, 2022

Beam, a startup that helps citizens access government financial aid, has raised $6.4 million in Series A funding. The company, previously known as Edquity, helps deliver funds across a wide array of programs, like emergency cash assistance, rental relief and public utility benefits. “We fundamentally work to transmit critical services and resources to those in […]

Beam raises $6.4M to help citizens access safety net funds by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

Bahama homes were purchased with FTX corporate funds

November 17, 2022

A new bankruptcy filing, first reported by CNBC, shows that FTX’s corporate funds were used to purchase homes in the Bahamas among other personal items. The details arise less than a week after the now infamous crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy – a decision that founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he regrets. FTX’s […]

Bahama homes were purchased with FTX corporate funds by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Qualcomm debuts latest flagship Snapdragon chip and a new AI platform

November 17, 2022

It’s that time of year again. It can drop 20 degrees on any given day, and we’re stuck indoors watching people watch Qualcomm announce new chips and reference designs in sunny Hawaii. The Snapdragon Summit is the component-maker’s annual opportunity to map out its big plans for the next year, ahead of the holiday scrum […]

Qualcomm debuts latest flagship Snapdragon chip and a new AI platform by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Scene Report: Boston

November 17, 2022

What surprised me most on returning to Boston* for the first time since the onset of the pandemic was just how clustered things are. I’m not a great scheduler and I don’t know the city’s geography particularly well, but after two days spent meeting with more than a dozen startups, it slowly dawned on me […]

Scene Report: Boston by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023

November 17, 2022

General Motors’ e-delivery van subsidiary BrightDrop said Thursday it’s on track to reach $1 billion in revenue next year. The company, which launched in 2021 and was incubated at the automaker’s global innovation center, said reaching the financial milestone would make it one of the quickest tech startups to reach unicorn status, ahead of Apple, […]

BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023 by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch