Most U.S.-based tech investors are likely familiar with smaller-ticket investor marketplaces AngelList and Carta. In Europe, Germany’s Bunch and the UK’s Vauban (acquired by by US-based Carta last year) have attempted to do similar job. But the back-story to this is that although launching many years ago, AngelList struggled with Europe’s regulatory environment. UK Angel […]
Could Odin be Europe’s answer to AngelList? by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
To paraphrase Andreessen Horowitz, generative AI, particularly on the text-to-art side, is eating the world. At least, investors believe so — judging by the billions of dollars they’ve poured into startups developing AI that creates text and images from prompts. Not to be left behind, Big Tech is investing in its own generative AI art […]
Google brings new generative models to Vertex AI, including Imagen by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
As we’ve seen LLMs and generative AI come screaming into our consciousness in recent months, it’s clear that these models take enormous amounts of compute power to train and run. Recognizing this, Google Cloud announced a new A3 supercomputer virtual machine today at Google I/O. The A3 has been purpose-built to handle the considerable demands […]
Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of a number of AI-centric coding tools, including its competitor to GitHub’s Copilot, a chat tool for asking questions about coding and Google Cloud services, as well as AI-assisted coding in Google’s no-code AppSheet product. At the core of virtually all of these new […]
Google launches a GitHub Copilot competitor by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Google Search is experimenting with a new conversational mode that is powered by generative AI, the company announced at its annual I/O developer conference today. In this new experience, users will see suggested next steps when conducting a search and display an AI-powered snapshot of key information to consider, with links to dig deeper. When […]
Google is experimenting with a new AI-powered conversational mode in Search by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Google is taking its first steps toward combatting the potential for misinformation arising from AI-generated images. At its I/O developer event this afternoon, the company announced two new features coming to Google Search that aim to help people better understand the content and the context of the image they’re viewing in the search results. This […]
Google introduces new features to help identify AI images in Search and elsewhere by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch