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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Announced amid a deluge of news at this week’s Delivering the Future event in Seattle was word that Amazon will begin testing Agility’s Digit in a move that could bring the bipedal robot to its nationwide fulfillment centers. It’s baby steps as these things go, and such early-stage deals don’t necessary mean something bigger down […]
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German insurtech company Getsafe is still bullish about direct-to-consumer insurance, but others are moving away from this business model.
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As first reported in Bloomberg, Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down as CEO of Web Summit, the now 14-year-old conference business that he cofounded and which has gone on to host one of Europe’s biggest annual tech events, along with four other events around the globe. The move comes on the heels of remarks Cosgrave made […]
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Tucker Carlson has raised $15 million for a new subscription-based entity. But he’ll need more than name recognition for it to succeed.
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Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week in AI, DeepMind, the Google-owned AI R&D lab, […]
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