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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If Unearthly Materials’ claims are true, and if scientists can refine the room-temp superconductor further, it could become a truly transformative technology.
Unearthly Materials claimed to have big-name investors, but they weren’t all on board by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
“Nobody does creature work the way Wētā does,” Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” said in the official podcast for the video game adaptation series. If you’d had a chance to watch the bloater scene from episode five, then you most likely agree with him. It makes sense that HBO approached Wētā […]
Wētā FX talks all things ‘The Last of Us,’ including the iconic bloater and giraffe scenes by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s take a closer look at how nonprofit FORGE helps founders manufacture on the other side of town instead of the other side of the world.
You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank and other subsidiaries, SVB Financial has taken the next inevitable step: today it announced that it has formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of […]
SVB Financial files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, says it has $2.2B in liquidity by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Days after the U.K. banned TikTok from government devices, New Zealand has joined the trend by prohibiting the short video app from parliamentary devices. The move comes amid growing security concerns about TikTok-owner ByteDance handing user data to the Chinese government. The country’s authorities cited cybersecurity reasons and said the app would be banned on […]
New Zealand bans TikTok from phones of parliamentarians by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
As startups navigate a disruptive season, they need to innovate to remain competitive. Artificial intelligence and machine learning may finally be capable of making that a reality.
Best practices for leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning in 2023 by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch