April 2023

Nvidia releases a toolkit to make text-generating AI ‘safer’

April 25, 2023

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

April 25, 2023
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

April 25, 2023

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

April 25, 2023

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

April 25, 2023
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…