Walmart Is Paying Some Delivery Drivers to Verify Their Identities. Here’s Why.
Some Spark delivery drivers have been asked to bring their driver’s license to a nearby Walmart store.
Private Equity Firms Must Embrace These Cutting-Edge Innovations to Stay Competitive
Here’s why private equity firms that invest in cutting-edge technology will be best positioned to navigate market challenges and seize new opportunities.
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Sakana claims its AI paper passed peer review — but it’s a bit more nuanced than that
Japanese startup Sakana said that its AI generated the first peer-reviewed scientific publication. But while the claim isn’t untrue, there are significant caveats to note. The debate swirling around AI and its role in the scientific process grows fiercer by the day. Many researchers don’t believe AI is quite ready to serve as a “co-scientist,” […]
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Moonvalley releases a video generator it claims was trained on licensed content
Los Angeles-based startup Moonvalley has launched an AI video-generating model it claims is one of the few trained on openly licensed — not copyrighted — data. Named “Marey” after cinema trailblazer Étienne-Jules Marey, the model was built in collaboration with Asteria, a newer AI animation studio. Marey was trained on “owned or fully licensed” source […]
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Snap introduces AI Video Lenses powered by its in-house generative model
Snapchat is introducing its first ever video generative AI Lenses, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The Lenses are powered by Snap’s in-house built generative video model. The three new AI Video Lenses are available to users on the app’s premium subscription tier, Snapchat Platinum, which costs $15.99 per month. The launch comes as Snap unveiled an […]
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Garantex administrator arrested in India under extradition law
Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov was arrested in India’s Kerala on Tuesday under the country’s extradition law.
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Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful
Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. Plugging in the LLM seems to give robots the ability to be more dexterous, work from natural-language commands, and generalize across tasks. All three are things that robots have struggled to do until now. The team hopes…
8 New Health and Wellness Books That Entrepreneurs Should Read for Sustainable Success
From boosting energy to balancing well-being, these science-backed and transformative reads will help entrepreneurs thrive in business and life.
How a Police Officer Started a Pet Care Business Making $3 Million a Year
Larkin Combs has what it takes to build a successful second act.
This Founder’s ‘Favorite’ Interview Question Only Has 1 Right Answer
Stephen Smith built Planet Beach and Hotworx into franchises with hundreds of locations by honing his ability to suss out hard workers.
Why Onyx thinks its open-source solution will win enterprise search
Enterprises have troves of internal data and information that employees need to complete their tasks or answer questions for potential customers. But that doesn’t mean the right information is easy to find. Onyx wants to solve that problem through its internal enterprise search tool. There are other big names in the category, like Glean — […]
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