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Baidu today revealed more details about its much-anticipated intelligent Ernie Bot, widely seen as the search giant’s counterpart to ChatGPT. Ernie Bot is built atop Baidu’s large language model Erniethat released in 2019. In May last year, the third generation of Ernie launched. Here’s how Baidu plans to integrate Ernie Bot into its ecosystem of services, […]

Baidu to deploy conversational AI across search, in-car entertainment and more by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Planet42, a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $100 million in equity and debt from a wide range of investors. Naspers, through its early-stage investment vehicle, Naspers Foundry, co-led the $15 million equity round (the SA-based investor also led Planet42’s previous […]

South African car subscription service Planet42 raises $100M equity, debt by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

It’s the latest trend in the food industry, and it’s not slowing down.

The Supreme Court is examining a short but potent law this week that, if altered, could rearrange the modern internet. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet companies from liability for the user-generated content they host and it’s become an unlikely nexus of controversy in recent years. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard […]

Supreme Court arguments this week could reshape the future of the internet by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

For most founders, being seen by employees as cheap isn’t exactly a badge of honor, but venture investor Chris Farmer doesn’t mind. While Farmer’s 10-year-old, seed-stage venture firm SignalFire lost frustrated employees who weren’t able to compete for deals when the market was at its most frothy, he says, holding the line on price appears […]

SignalFire’s founder says his VC firm lost staffers who “thought we were too cheap” in prior years by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

CEO Andy Jassy’s announcement prompted a petition and heated Slack discussions.

Despite a slowdown in the Fed’s rate hike aggression, recession probabilities are still widespread. However, given the robust demand for tech products and services, the prospects of the industry look…

Beginning this week, you can buy three beverages with olive oil as an ingredient at Italian Starbucks locations.

Every day, about three dozen newsletters drop into my inbox. Some focus on the new thesis venture capitalists are developing for the Indian and crypto markets. Most look at news gathering. The rise of Substack has also allowed many journalists to quit their newsroom jobs and start something of their own. So the subscription list […]

WhatsApp said to plot a newsletter play by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla has started rolling out version 11 of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software to employees and testers after several months of delays. The EV-maker hasn’t officially shared release notes on FSD Beta V11.3, but leaked notes and videos from beta testers have surfaced online, giving us a better idea of what’s to come. FSD […]

What to expect from Tesla’s long-awaited FSD version 11 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch