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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I started wearing sweaters after I got my last utility bill, but companies at scale can’t dial back their data usage as easily.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, de-risking hardware startups by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Netflix announced today that its “Gears of War” live-action movie will be written by Jon Spaihts, known for his work on “Doctor Strange” and “Dune.” “Gears of War is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid characters, a beautifully designed world, and a combat system that drives home the lethality of war and […]
Netflix’s ‘Gears of War’ movie gets ‘Doctor Strange’ writer Jon Spaihts by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Google has taken the wraps off Bard, its conversational AI meant to compete with ChatGPT and other large language models. But after its shaky debut, users may understandably be a bit wary of trusting the system — so we compared it on a few example prompts with its AI peers, GPT-4 and Claude. This is […]
Google’s Bard lags behind GPT-4 and Claude in head-to-head comparison by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Magic Eden, one of the largest cross-chain NFT platforms, launched a Bitcoin marketplace for digital artifacts, the company shared on Tuesday. “We are already a multichain platform and believe that adding Bitcoin will connect us to a deep community of people and a rapidly growing collectibles market thanks to Ordinals,” Zhuoxun Yin, COO and co-founder […]
Magic Eden launches Bitcoin marketplace as Ordinal inscriptions continue to grow by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Early-stage founders need mentorship and support to build a successful startup, and conventional wisdom says, “Get thee to an incubator or an accelerator!” However, the two programs are not interchangeable — they serve very different purposes — and there are roughly 500 accelerators and 1,400 incubators in the U.S. alone. Which type of startup program […]
Everything you need to know about accelerators and incubators by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
How are API-first startups faring in the face of private-market headwinds and some market pessimism about the health of many startups far from their exit point?
Even the hottest startup categories are not immune from the venture slowdown by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch