November 21, 2024

How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models

OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…

July 2023

Common Sense Media, a popular resource for parents, to review AI products’ suitability for kids

July 17, 2023

Common Sense, a well-known nonprofit organization devoted to consumer privacy, digital citizenship and providing media ratings for parents who want to evaluate the apps, games, podcasts, TV shows, movies, and books their children are consuming, announced this morning it will introduce another type of product to its ratings and reviews system: AI technology products. The […]

Common Sense Media, a popular resource for parents, to review AI products’ suitability for kids by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Facebook puts more emphasis on video again with new discovery and editing tools

July 17, 2023

Facebook announced new video-related features today ranging from editing to discovery to make the platform competitive with YouTube and TikTok. It is also renaming its “Watch” tab to “Video” tab to unify all its video experiences under one place. The company is porting editing tools for Reels to videos for the main feed — this […]

Facebook puts more emphasis on video again with new discovery and editing tools by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

MLCommons launches a new platform to benchmark AI medical models

July 17, 2023

With the pandemic acting as an accelerant, the healthcare industry is embracing AI enthusiastically. According to a 2020 survey by Optum, 80% of healthcare organizations have an AI strategy in place, while another 15% are planning to launch one. Vendors — including Big Tech companies — are rising to meet the demand. Google recently unveiled […]

MLCommons launches a new platform to benchmark AI medical models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The $2,899 EcoFlow Blade robotic mower disappoints with shoddy hardware and software

July 17, 2023

When the EcoFlow Blade works, the results are fantastic. My yard looks great, and I didn’t have to spend an hour on a tractor. The Blade is quiet and capable. It’s also cheaply built, suffers from terrible software, and the installation is far from advertised. I’ve been using the Blade for about two months, and […]

The $2,899 EcoFlow Blade robotic mower disappoints with shoddy hardware and software by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Virgin Galactic gearing up for second commercial suborbital flight in August

July 17, 2023

Fresh off its first commercial mission, Virgin Galactic will return to the skies on August 10 to take three private citizens to suborbital space and back. The crew for the mission, called Galactic 02, include 80-year-old Jon Goodwin, a former Olympian and an early Virgin Galactic ticket holder; and mother-and-daughter duo Keisha Schahaff and 18-year-old […]

Virgin Galactic gearing up for second commercial suborbital flight in August by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

India’s Furlenco to sell 35% stake for $36.5 million

July 17, 2023

Sheela Foam, the maker of the mattress brand Sleepwell, will be acquiring a 35% stake in furniture startup Furlenco, the publicly listed firm said Monday as it pushes for a bigger share of India’s mattress market. Sheela Foam has proposed to pay $36.5 million for the 35% stake in the Bengaluru-headquartered startup, the older firm […]

India’s Furlenco to sell 35% stake for $36.5 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

July 17, 2023

Microsoft still doesn’t know — or want to share — how China-backed hackers stole a key that allowed them to stealthily break into dozens of email inboxes, including those belonging to several federal government agencies. In a blog post Friday, Microsoft said it was a matter of “ongoing investigation” how the hackers obtained a Microsoft […]

Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch