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Bard, Google’s beleaguered AI-powered chatbot, is slowly improving at tasks involving logic and reasoning. That’s according to a blog post published today by the tech giant, which suggests that — thanks to a technique called “implicit code execution” — Bard is now improved specifically in the areas of math and coding. As the blog post […]

Google claims that Bard is improving at math and programming by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Black Mirror has been one of the most consistently on-target (and consistently frightening) satires of humanity’s relationship with technology. So consistent, in fact, that ChatGPT was able to write an episode of it that series creator Charlier Brooker hated. In an interview with Empire, the writer and producer of numerous satirical and incisive programmes explained […]

ChatGPT told Charlie Brooker exactly how not to write a Black Mirror episode by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Hundreds of small aerospace businesses will receive grant funding from NASA to accelerate their technologies, as part of a wider government program to seed cutting-edge American enterprises. A total of 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions received Phase I grants under the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer […]

NASA spends $45M to seed tech from hundreds of space businesses by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Affirm has become the first buy now, pay later player to be added to Amazon Pay, the two companies announced today. As part of the new partnership, any Amazon Pay merchants in the U.S. can now choose to offer their customers the option to “buy now, pay later” using Affirm’s technology. Merchants who offer Amazon Pay […]

Amazon Pay taps Affirm to be its first buy now, pay later player by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 are powerful, paradigm-shifting tools that promise to upend industries. But they suffer from limitations that make them less attractive to enterprise organizations with strict compliance and governance requirements. For example, LLMs have a tendency to make up information with high confidence, and they’re architected in a way that […]

Contextual AI launches from stealth to build enterprise-focused language models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

DeepMind’s run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues. Last year it used a version of its game-playing AI AlphaZero to find new ways to speed up the calculation of a crucial piece of math at the heart of many different kinds of code, beating a 50-year-old record. Now the company (recently renamed Google DeepMind…

Sean Hosman, founder of the nonprofit Persevere, sees technology as “the great equalizer” — and is harnessing its power to lower recidivism rates.

TechCrunch Live is excited to host a special, extended episode focused on the great city of Atlanta, Georgia. The show kicks off today at 2:30pm EDT, and concludes at 4:30pm EDT following a pitch-off with three local startups. I hope you can make it. Register for the event right HERE. We programmed this City Spotlight […]

Register for today’s TechCrunch Live’s event on Atlanta right here! by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch