Meta made a remarkable claim in an announcement published today intended to give more clarity on its content recommendation algorithms. It’s preparing for behavior analysis systems “orders of magnitude” bigger than the biggest large language models out there, including ChatGPT and GPT-4. Is that really necessary? Every once in a while Meta decides to freshen […]
Meta expects recommendation models ‘orders of magnitude’ bigger than GPT-4. Why? by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
B Garage, a San Jose-based startup building autonomous drones along with software to track warehouse inventory, said today that it has picked up $20 million in a Series A round of funding. New investor LB Investment led the Series A funding with participation from Ignite Innovation Fund, Krossroad Partners and existing backer SoftBank Ventures Asia. The […]
B Garage raises $20M for its warehouse inventory drones by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
In the industrial world, cement is about as omnipresent as materials get. But despite its clear and obvious utility, cement is responsible for some 8% of global CO2 emissions — if it was a country, it would be third biggest emitter globally, by some estimations. While cement’s ubiquity comes largely down to how easy it […]
Material Evolution raises $19M to decarbonise the cement industry by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Self-driving truck developer TuSimple may sell its U.S. business, the company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday. TuSimple, which is on the verge of being delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange for failing to file two quarterly reports, said it is exploring strategic alternatives for its U.S. business, including a possible sale. The company also […]
TuSimple may sell US business as it turns attention to Asia by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Just over one year ago, spend management decacorn Brex declared that it was “less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers” in an announcement that caused shock waves in the startup community. While Brex soon clarified that by smaller customers it meant small to medium-sized businesses and non-funded startups, the move still felt like […]
Brex refocuses on startups with hire of SVB veteran, ex-a16z partner by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
David Lazovsky and Preet Virk, technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor engineering and photonics, came to the joint realization several years ago that AI and machine learning workloads would quickly encounter a “data movement” problem. Increasingly, they predicted, it would become challenging to move data to and from compute hardware as AI models scaled past what […]
Celestial AI raises $100M to transfer data using light-based interconnects by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
The United States Department of Homeland Security caused a stir last February when it revealed that it was exploring deploying robot dogs on the U.S./Mexico border. “The southern border can be an inhospitable place for man and beast, and that is exactly why a machine may excel there,” the DHS’s Brenda Long said at the […]
House GOP discusses use of robot dogs to patrol US borders by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch