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Predictions for the longevity industry in 2023
This year will shift the conversation from “life span” to “health span” — how we live healthier for longer.
Predictions for the longevity industry in 2023 by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Inbenta, a provider of AI-powered chatbots and more, lands $40M
In 2011, Jordi Torras, a former Oracle VP, had a realization: companies weren’t optimizing their search technologies as well as they could be. He founded Inbenta to solve this, providing professional consulting services while simultaneously developing an internal AI toolkit for search optimization. Over the years, Inbenta transitioned from consulting to providing conversational AI as […]
Inbenta, a provider of AI-powered chatbots and more, lands $40M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot
OpenAI this week signaled it’ll soon begin charging for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, emails, poems and even computer code. In an announcement on the company’s official Discord server, OpenAI said that it’s “starting to think about how to monetize ChatGPT” as one of the ways to “ensure [the tool’s] long-term […]
OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Project Eaden’s fiber technology poised to spin threads into whole cuts of ‘meat’
Project Eaden produces edible plant-based protein fibers, similar to those already being used to create textiles, that mimic the texture and appearance of animal-based meats.
Project Eaden’s fiber technology poised to spin threads into whole cuts of ‘meat’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter launches its Blue subscription service in Japan
After launching Elon Musk’s version of the Twitter Blue subscription service last month in five countries, the company has expanded the paid plan to users in Japan. Both the old (launched in 2021) and revamped Twitter Blue subscriptions were available in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Twitter noted on its support […]
Twitter launches its Blue subscription service in Japan by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Alphabet X graduates robotic agtech firm Mineral
A little over two years after its public debut, Mineral is becoming its own Alphabet company. The team, which was formerly known as the “Computational Agriculture Project” (no prizes for guessing why they adopted the new name), just graduated from the X “moonshot” labs. “After five years incubating our technology at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, […]
Alphabet X graduates robotic agtech firm Mineral by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch