A New Remote Work Trend is Helping Employers Retain Talent Amid Labor Market Pressures
As labor shortages and rising wages make it increasingly difficult for companies to retain talent, a new trend is emerging.
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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April 2023
This Pop-Up Cabin Will Make Your Road Trips Fun and It’s 15% Off
Here’s how to elevate your summer road trips.
3 Chinese Stocks Taking a Hit Amidst Regulatory Crackdowns in China
The regulatory tightening in China, which started in late 2020, intensified in terms of duration and scope. The Chinese government issued antitrust and antimonopoly laws, putting significant pressure on stocks….
3 Equipment Stocks Unlikely to Recover From Pending Recession
The likelihood of a recession later this year is high due to the expected interest rate hikes and the tighter credit standards. A recession will put immense pressure on the…
Summer’s student debt repayment tools continue blooming with $6M Series A extension
To date, Summer has delivered over $1 billion in total projected savings for student loan borrowers across the United States.
Summer’s student debt repayment tools continue blooming with $6M Series A extension by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Nvidia releases a toolkit to make text-generating AI ‘safer’
For all the fanfare, text-generating AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 make a lot of mistakes — some of them harmful. The Verge’s James Vincent once called one such model an “emotionally manipulative liar,” which pretty much sums up the current state of things. The companies behind these models say that they’re taking steps to fix […]
Nvidia releases a toolkit to make text-generating AI ‘safer’ by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Sustainability data: From obligation to opportunity
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Companies are collecting and sharing a growing amount of sustainability data, but they often fail to take advantage of the benefits that their data can provide. This critical cycle of collection and sharing can lead to insights that improve ESG outcomes…
AI assistants come to Alibaba and a16z-backed Cider
The generative AI world is evolving so rapidly that every few days we see startups rolling out new applications powered by large language models (LLMs). The latest attempt to monetize artificial intelligence comes from Mindverse AI, a Singaporean startup that is building an API interface, or what founder Fangbo Tao calls a “grounding layer” for […]
AI assistants come to Alibaba and a16z-backed Cider by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Netflix earmarks $2.5B for original content in South Korea
After the stunning success of “Squid Game” in 2021, Netflix is doubling down on South Korea in hopes of another home run out of the country’s entertainment industry. The U.S. streaming giant said Tuesday that it plans to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce TV series, movies and […]
Netflix earmarks $2.5B for original content in South Korea by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: the future of IVF, and the people using Notion to plan their lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The first babies conceived with a sperm-injecting robot have been born Last spring, a group of engineers set out to test the sperm-injecting robot they’d designed. One of the team, with no real…