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Parallel Domain’s API lets customers use generative AI to build synthetic datasets

June 19, 2023

Parallel Domain is putting the ability to generate synthetic datasets into the hands of its customers. The San Francisco-based startup has launched a new API called Data Lab that stands on the shoulders of generative AI giants, giving machine-learning engineers control over dynamic virtual worlds to simulate any scenario imaginable.  “All you have to do […]

Parallel Domain’s API lets customers use generative AI to build synthetic datasets by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Alphabet (GOOGL): Are Investors Buying It This Week?

June 19, 2023
Besides making significant strides in AI technology, tech giant Alphabet (GOOGL) has seen a surge in trading volume and price performance in recent months. Let us explore whether you should…

The Download: building anti-aging hype, and exploring the universe with sound

June 19, 2023
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. Police got called to an overcrowded presentation on “rejuvenation” technology It’s not every day that police storm through the doors of a scientific session and eject half the audience. But that’s what happened…

How sounds can turn us on to the wonders of the universe

June 19, 2023
In the cavernous grand ballroom of the Seattle Convention Center, Sarah Kane stood in front of an oversize computer monitor, methodically reconstructing the life history of the Milky Way. Waving her shock of long white hair as she talked (“I’m easy to spot from a distance,” she joked), she outlined the “Hunt for Galactic Fossils,”…

Five big takeaways from Europe’s AI Act

June 19, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. It was a big week in tech policy in Europe with the European Parliament’s vote to approve its draft rules for the AI Act on the same…

Y Combinator-backed Rever aims to modernize refunds and returns

June 19, 2023

Màrius Montmany and Oriol Hernandez i Fajula, former employees at large logistics companies, several years ago found themselves frustrated with the problem of “reverse logistics”  — how to get product returns through the mail system in an efficient and cost-effective way. Dissatisfied with the existing solutions out there, the pair founded Rever — now backed […]

Y Combinator-backed Rever aims to modernize refunds and returns by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Seedstars, Fondation Botnar launch new fund to back African startups focused on youth wellbeing

June 19, 2023

Seedstars Capital and Swiss philanthropic foundation Fondation Botnar have launched Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, a $20 million investment mandate targeting early-stage startups in Africa that are focused on improving the wellbeing of people below 30 years in low-and-middle-income countries. The evergreen fund will back pre-seed to Series A startups including those that advance health services, […]

Seedstars, Fondation Botnar launch new fund to back African startups focused on youth wellbeing by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Mercedes jumps into the ChatGPT fray and Toyota plays catch-up

June 18, 2023

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Mercedes jumps into the ChatGPT fray and Toyota plays catch-up by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch