Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B open source LLM from scratch to best Meta’s Llama
30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.
Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet
Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans to notify customers.
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Amazon Is Shutting Down Every Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Store. Here’s What Went Wrong.
The company will close 57 Fresh stores and 15 Amazon Go locations, converting some into Whole Foods stores.
Business Lessons From Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers’ Worst-to-First Turnaround
When the losingest team in college football history can win a national title, there are leadership lessons every business can learn.
This Internet Pioneer Just Launched an AI Answer Engine to Compete With Google and ChatGPT
Yahoo Scout runs on Claude AI and on Yahoo’s three decades of user data from 250 million monthly users.
Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets
SpaceX eyes June for IPO to align with Musk’s birthday and the planets.
With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to aid creation, not replace it
Apple’s Creator Studio Pro leverages AI to help creators with tedious tasks—like finding clips or building slides—without trying to do the work for them
San Francisco Police Department investigating Zoox collision with a parked car
The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver’s side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was “suddenly opened.”
Allbirds is closing its last brick-and-mortar store in San Francisco
Once symbolic of a mid-2010s San Francisco tech bro, Allbirds is cutting costs to “support the long-term health of the business.”
Sydney Sweeney’s Marketing Stunt for Her Lingerie Line Could Land Her in Legal Trouble
In a viral video, the actress decorated the Hollywood Sign without permission from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
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