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…

April 2024

Campus, a community college startup, receives $23M Series A extension led by Founders Fund

April 23, 2024

Although many students in the United States enter community colleges intending to transfer to four-year universities, only 16% of those students receive bachelor’s degrees within six years. But Campus, an online alternative to traditional community colleges, has an approach that aims to change that.  Many adjunct professors at the nation’s top universities, including UCLA, Princeton […]

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Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop

April 23, 2024

Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. The company was founded in 2019, as 20 U.S. states began exploring potential right to repair bills. It delivered its first product, the Framework 13, in 2021, a year before New York enacted its landmark (if flawed) Digital Fair Repair Act. Today, the company sells its repairable laptops […]

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10 Big Ways to Shine for National Small Business Week (and 5 Things to Avoid)

April 23, 2024
Every year, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes time to honor America’s top small businesses. As one of the country’s 33 million small businesses, you are the engine of the nation’s economy. Share your story and grow new business by leveraging your connection with your community.

With Easel, ex-Snap researchers are building the next-generation Bitmoji thanks to AI

April 23, 2024

Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. The company has been working on an app that lets you create images of yourself and your friends doing cool things directly from your favorite iMessage conversations. There’s a reason why […]

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The Download: the future of geoengineering, and how to make stronger, lighter materials

April 23, 2024
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. Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided —Daniele Visioni is a climate scientist and assistant professor at Cornell University The public debate over whether we should consider intentionally altering the climate system…

Two widow founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma

April 23, 2024

After losing their husbands in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered there were no suitable places where people could go to face all the challenges that surface during the grieving process, including daunting tasks such as organizing a funeral ceremony and donating belongings, as well as scouring the internet for […]

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