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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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October 2023
Fave, the app for superfans, raises $2M as it continues to reward users for their obsessions
Fave, the app for superfans to connect with like-minded music lovers and obsess over their favorite artists, secured $2 million in an ongoing round, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. Notably, the round is expected to surpass $6 million and is backed by returning investors such as the Female Founders Fund and major industry players Warner […]
Upfront’s Kobie Fuller is reimagining the blog post with the interactivity of generative AI
When blogging first came to the forefront back in the early 2000s, it provided a way to deliver a complex idea to a broad audience, but more than two decades later could there be a way to reinvent that idea? Kobie Fuller, whose day job is general partner at Upfront Ventures, thinks there may be […]
Mojo Vision’s Series A hits $43.5M, following pivot to micro-LED displays
Back in April, Mojo Vision announced a new $22.4 million Series A. Six months later, the round has nearly doubled to $43.5 million, courtesy of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Khosla Ventures, who co-led the round. It’s been nine months since the startup announced a big pivot the week of CES. Mojo Vision shifted its […]
Account Labs raises $7.7M as FTX’s demise leads to crypto self-custody growth
The collapse of the FTX empire didn’t just set in motion a crypto market downturn. The unraveling of FTX’s misuse of customer funds also exposed the risks of using crypto wallets controlled by centralized trading platforms, prompting users to seek self-custodial wallets. As their name implies, self-custodial wallets allow users to have full control over […]
Deasie wants to rank and filter data to make generative AI more reliable
Deasie, a startup developing tools to give companies greater control over text-generating AI models, today announced that it raised $2.9 million in a seed funding round with participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, RTP Global, Rebel Fund and J12 Ventures. Deasie’s founders, Reece Griffiths, Mikko Peiponen and Leo Platzer, previously built data governance tools together […]
The Download: the problem of plastic, and how AI could boost batteries
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. Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again. The problem of plastic waste hides in plain sight, a ubiquitous part of our lives we rarely question. But a closer examination of the…
Lakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts
Large language models (LLMs) are the driving force behind the burgeoning generative AI movement, capable of interpreting and creating human-language texts from simple prompts — this could be anything from summarizing a document to writing poem to answering a question using data from myriad sources. However, these prompts can also be manipulated by bad actors […]
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) vs. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL): Which Pharma Stock Is a Worthier October Investment?
With an aging population worldwide, the growing prevalence of chronic diseases, new drug discoveries and rapid digital advancements, the outlook for the pharmaceutical sector remains optimistic. Pharma stocks Johnson &…