December 26, 2024

This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…

April 2023

News app Artifact can now summarize stories using AI, including in fun styles

April 25, 2023

Artifact, the personalized news aggregator from Instagram’s founders is further embracing AI with the launch of a new feature that will now summarize news articles for you. The company announced today it’s introducing a tool that generates article summaries with a tap of a button, in order to give readers the ability to understand the […]

News app Artifact can now summarize stories using AI, including in fun styles by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

How to Shift Your Company’s Culture to be More Human-Focused

April 25, 2023
John Sergides is the CEO of MUFG Investor Services. He sat down with Jessica Abo to discuss the challenges facing the asset servicing industry, how his company is facing them and his advice for leaders trying to connect with their employees.

ispace loses contact with lunar lander seconds before landing

April 25, 2023

Japanese company ispace lost communication with its Hakuto-R lander just moments before it was supposed to touch down on the lunar surface. “At this moment, we have not been able to confirm successful landing on the lunar surface,” ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada said on the company’s livestream. “Currently, we have not confirmed the communication from […]

ispace loses contact with lunar lander seconds before landing by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify CEO says AI progress is both “really cool and scary,” may pose risk to creative industry

April 25, 2023

In its first-quarter earnings call, streaming music service Spotify talked in more detail about how AI advances are impacting its business. On the positive side, the company offered an update on the user adoption of its new AI DJ feature, which offers personalized music selections introduced by a realistic-sounding DJ voice powered by AI. But […]

Spotify CEO says AI progress is both “really cool and scary,” may pose risk to creative industry by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI previews business plan for ChatGPT, launches new privacy controls

April 25, 2023

OpenAI says that it plans to introduce a new subscription tier for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot, tailored to the needs of enterprise customers. Called ChatGPT Business, OpenAI describes the forthcoming offering as “for professionals who need more control over their data as well as enterprises seeking to manage their end users.” “ChatGPT Business will […]

OpenAI previews business plan for ChatGPT, launches new privacy controls by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Hugging Face releases its own version of ChatGPT

April 25, 2023

Hugging Face, the AI startup backed by tens of millions in venture capital, has released an open source alternative to OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chabot, ChatGPT, dubbed HuggingChat. Available to test through a web interface and to integrate with existing apps and services via Hugging Face’s API, HuggingChat can handle many of the tasks ChatGPT can, […]

Hugging Face releases its own version of ChatGPT by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch