Technology

Bionic Health raises $3M for its AI health clinic using GPT-4 and other ML models to design better preventative care

March 21, 2023

The worlds of technology and medicine are making big bets on AI playing a central role in the delivery of healthcare in the future. Today a startup out of Durham, NC, called Bionic Health —  built by two early movers in the commercializing of AI — is throwing its hat into that ring to build […]

Bionic Health raises $3M for its AI health clinic using GPT-4 and other ML models to design better preventative care by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Adobe promises artists will be compensated fairly with new generative AI product, but is fuzzy on details

March 21, 2023

One of the big problems with generative AI is understanding what source material was used to train the large language models underlying the solution. This comes down to two main problems for users: Do they have permission to use that underlying work, and will the artist or writer be compensated for that use. In an […]

Adobe promises artists will be compensated fairly with new generative AI product, but is fuzzy on details by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Nvidia launches new cloud services and partnerships to train generative AI

March 21, 2023

At its annual GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia announced a set of cloud services designed to help businesses build and run generative AI models trained on custom data and created for “domain-specific tasks,” like writing ad copy. Under the brand Nvidia AI Foundations, each individual cloud service — Nvidia NeMo for language models and Nvidia Picasso […]

Nvidia launches new cloud services and partnerships to train generative AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

March 21, 2023

When you think of life sciences and biotech hubs in the U.S., where do you travel to in your mind? Boston? The Bay Area? Texas? Portal Innovations, a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully […]

This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Google just launched Bard, its answer to ChatGPT—and it wants you to make it better

March 21, 2023
Google has launched Bard, the search giant’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat. Unlike Bing Chat, Bard does not look up search results—all the information it returns is generated by the model itself. But it is still designed to help users brainstorm and answer queries. Google wants Bard to become an integral part…

TikTok CEO takes to the app to announce company’s more than 150M active users in the U.S.

March 21, 2023

Ahead of his testimony before Congress on Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew announced in a TikTok video that the video app now has more than 150 million users in the US — up from 100 million in 2020. He also mentioned that TikTok hosts to more than 5 million businesses in the country. Amid […]

TikTok CEO takes to the app to announce company’s more than 150M active users in the U.S. by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

With Firefly, Adobe gets into the generative AI game

March 21, 2023

Adobe is jumping into the generative AI game with the launch of a new family of AI models called Firefly. Focused on bringing AI into Adobe’s suite of apps and services, specifically AI for generating media content, Firefly will be made up of multiple AI models “working across a variety of different use cases,” Adobe […]

With Firefly, Adobe gets into the generative AI game by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: how we can limit global warming, and GPT-4’s early adopters

March 21, 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. The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says. Time is running short to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7 °F) above preindustrial levels, but there are feasible…

TikTok ‘French Scar’ challenge triggers safety probe in Italy

March 21, 2023

TikTok has another problem to add to its growing pile: Italy’s consumer watchdog has opened an investigation over user safety concerns — stepping in after a so-called “French scar” challenge went viral on the video sharing platform in which users have been seen apparently pinching their faces in order to create and show off red […]

TikTok ‘French Scar’ challenge triggers safety probe in Italy by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch