Unlocking a $100B Opportunity: How Aura Is Transforming the Wellness Market
Wellness technology is a $4.8T global market with an unexplored mental health niche. Aura is a fast-growing health and wellness startup. Here’s why.
How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week I’ve been working on a piece about teeth. Well, sort of teeth. Specifically, lab-grown bioengineered teeth. Researchers have created these teeth with a mixture of human…
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SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AI-powered interactive lessons
Millions of people use sign language, but methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that with an interactive tutor powered by computer vision, letting aspiring ASL speakers practice at their own rate like in any other language learning app. […]
SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AI-powered interactive lessons by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
WhatsApp rolls out back-end fixes to address spam calls impacting Indian users
WhatsApp has announced that it has introduced back-end updates to tackle spam calls, which are particularly prevalent in India right now. It has impacted many users in the last few days and eventually brought the attention of the Indian government. On Thursday, the Meta-owned messaging app announced that it quickly ramped up its AI and […]
WhatsApp rolls out back-end fixes to address spam calls impacting Indian users by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
AMP Robotics attracts investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund
AMP Robotics, a Denver, Colorado-based startup creating robotic systems that can automatically sort recyclable material, today announced that it extended its Series C round to $99 million, thanks to an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. That’s up from $91 million when the round closed in November. The extended Series C, which saw participation investors […]
AMP Robotics attracts investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
AI2 is developing a large language model optimized for science
PaLM 2. GPT-4. The list of text-generating AI practically grows by the day. Most of these models are walled behind APIs, making it impossible for researchers to see exactly what makes them tick. But increasingly, community efforts are yielding open source AI that’s as sophisticated, if not more so, than their commercial counterparts. The latest […]
AI2 is developing a large language model optimized for science by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Australian software giant won’t say if customers affected by hack
Australian enterprise software company TechnologyOne has halted trading after confirming it was hit by a cyberattack. In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, the Brisbane-based software maker said it had detected that “an unauthorized third-party acted illegally to access its internal Microsoft 365 back-office system.” TechnologyOne said the company’s customer-facing platform is not connected to […]
Australian software giant won’t say if customers affected by hack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Crikey! Only 48 hours left to save $800 on passes to Disrupt
The early-bird clock continues its rapid wind-down, and now you have just 48 hours left to save up to a hefty $800. It’s time to take decisive action and buy your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt by Friday, May 15 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. What would you do with that extra chunk of cheddar? When you […]
Crikey! Only 48 hours left to save $800 on passes to Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: Google’s big bet on AI, and a new human genome map
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. Google is throwing generative AI at everything The news: Google is stuffing powerful new AI tools into tons of its existing products and launching a slew of new ones, including a coding assistant,…
3 AI ETFs to Buy Now for Rapid Growth
Given the massive buzz surrounding AI with the recent release of ChatGPT, the level of investment in AI technology has increased significantly alongside its growing adoption among businesses. Given the…
EU lawmakers back transparency and safety rules for generative AI
In a series of votes in the European Parliament this morning MEPs have backed a raft of amendments to the bloc’s draft AI legislation — including agreeing a set of requirements for so called foundational models which underpin generative AI technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The text of the amendment agreed by MEPs in two committees […]
EU lawmakers back transparency and safety rules for generative AI by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch