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Food delivery by drone is just part of daily life in Shenzhen

May 23, 2023
My iced tea arrived from the sky. In a buzzy urban area in Shenzhen, China, sandwiched between several skyscrapers, I watched as a yellow-and-black drone descended onto a pickup kiosk by the street. The top of the vending-machine-size kiosk opened up for the drone to land, and a white cardboard box containing my drink was…

Modular app-building platform Builder.ai raises $250 million Series D funding

May 23, 2023

It was only recently that we reported Buildier.ai had signed a strategic collaboration with and undisclosed investment from Microsoft. Builder’s “Natasha” AI will be shortly available to users of Teams. But it appears the startup is on a something of a roll. It’s now announced a $250 million Series D funding led by the Qatar […]

Modular app-building platform Builder.ai raises $250 million Series D funding by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Modular app-building platform Buildier.ai raises $250 million Series D funding

May 23, 2023

It was only recently that we reported Buildier.ai had signed a strategic collaboration with and undisclosed investment from Microsoft. Builder’s “Natasha” AI will be shortly available to users of Teams. But it appears the startup is on a something of a roll. It’s now announced a $250 million Series D funding led by the Qatar […]

Modular app-building platform Buildier.ai raises $250 million Series D funding by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Anthemis aims for $200M new fund after layoffs and cancelled SPAC

May 23, 2023

Anthemis Group is trying to raise $200 million for a third fund, according to an SEC filing, as first reported by Axios. It has been in the market since last year and has so far secured commitments of just $36.4 million. The firm separately had to scrap plans to raise a SPAC late last month.  […]

Anthemis aims for $200M new fund after layoffs and cancelled SPAC by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Australian clean-tech Endua fixes renewable energy’s intermittency problem

May 22, 2023

One major problem with renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydro is intermittency. This means they cannot be relied on constantly since, for example, the sun might stop shining or it might be a still, windless day. To fill gaps, users often rely on diesel generators or batteries. But diesel generators produce emissions and […]

Australian clean-tech Endua fixes renewable energy’s intermittency problem by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI leaders propose international regulatory body for AI

May 22, 2023

AI is developing rapidly enough and the dangers it may pose are clear enough that OpenAI’s leadership believes that the world needs an international regulatory body akin to that governing nuclear power — and fast. But not too fast. In a post to the company’s blog, OpenAI founder Sam Altman, President Greg Brockman, and Chief […]

OpenAI leaders propose international regulatory body for AI by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Discord is testing parental controls that allow for monitoring of friends and servers

May 22, 2023

New usernames aren’t the only change coming to the popular chat app Discord, now used by 150 million people every month. The company is also testing a suite of parental controls that would allow for increased oversight of Discord’s youngest users, TechCrunch has learned and Discord confirmed. In a live test running in Discord’s iOS […]

Discord is testing parental controls that allow for monitoring of friends and servers by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Our quick guide to the 6 ways we can regulate AI

May 22, 2023
Tech Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more here. AI regulation is hot. Ever since the success of OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT, the public’s attention has been grabbed by wonder and worry about what these powerful AI tools can do. Generative…