April 15, 2025

A small US city experiments with AI to find out what residents want

Bowling Green, Kentucky, is home to 75,000 residents who recently wrapped up an experiment in using AI for democracy: Can an online polling platform, powered by machine learning, capture what residents want to see happen in their city? When Doug Gorman, elected leader of the county that includes Bowling Green, took office in 2023, it…

June 2023

Tesla says all new Model 3s now qualify for full $7,500 tax credit

June 2, 2023

All new Tesla Model 3 vehicles will now qualify for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit, according to a change in Tesla’s website. The EV tax credits were mandated by Congress last August as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, with the goal of ending U.S. reliance on China for batteries. The full $7,500 tax […]

Tesla says all new Model 3s now qualify for full $7,500 tax credit by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

T. Rowe Price has marked down its stake in Canva by 67.6%

June 2, 2023

Last summer, Blackbird, one of Australia’s largest venture operations, marked down the value of one of its most prized stakes, in the Sydney-based design platform Canva. Valued at $40 billion by investors in a $200 million round in the fall of 2021, Blackbird adjusted its own valuation of the company 36% to $25.6 billion. Now, […]

T. Rowe Price has marked down its stake in Canva by 67.6% by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Meta found liable as court blocks firing of moderators

June 2, 2023

A Kenyan court has ruled that Meta is the primary employer of content moderators suing the social media giant and its content review partner in Africa, Sama, for unlawful dismissal. The 184 moderators, in the suit filed in March this year, also alleged that Meta’s new content review partner on the continent, Majorel, had blacklisted […]

Meta found liable as court blocks firing of moderators by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

This AI used GPT-4 to become an expert Minecraft player

June 2, 2023

AI researchers have built a Minecraft bot that can explore and expand its capabilities in the game’s open world — but unlike other bots, this one basically wrote its own code through trial and error and lots of GPT-4 queries. Called Voyager, this experimental system is an example of an “embodied agent,” an AI that […]

This AI used GPT-4 to become an expert Minecraft player by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

No one has done AR or VR well. Can Apple?

June 2, 2023

On Monday, Apple is more than likely going to reveal its long-awaited augmented or mixed reality ‘Reality Pro’ headset during the keynote of its annual WWDC developer conference in California. It’s an announcement that has been tipped or teased for years now, and reporting on the topic has suggested that at various times, the project […]

No one has done AR or VR well. Can Apple? by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch