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Multiverse, the apprenticeship unicorn, acquires Searchlight to put a focus on AI
Multiverse, the U.K. unicorn that builds apprenticeship programs for people to learn technology skills while on the job, has made an acquisition as it aims to skill up itself. The company has bought Searchlight, a startup and recruitment platform that uses artificial intelligence-based technology to source talent. The plan will be to use Searchlight’s tech […]
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Neurotech startup Neurovalens gets FDA clearance for non-invasive anxiety treatment
A 2019 rule-change by the US medical devices regulator aimed at encouraging innovations targeting insomnia and anxiety is bearing fruit: Neurovalens, a Belfast-based startup that’s been developing technology to deliver non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain and nervous system for almost a decade, has just had its second head-mounted treatment device cleared by the FDA. […]
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Tackling AI risks: Your reputation is at stake
The Download: chatting with the politician behind the AI Act, and how to watch the eclipse
A conversation with Dragoș Tudorache, the politician behind the AI Act
What we’ve learned from the women behind the AI revolution
The AI boom, love it or find it to be a bit more hype than substance, is here to stay. That means lots of companies raising oodles of dollars, a healthy dose of regulatory concern, academic work, and corporate jockeying. For startups, it means a huge opportunity to bring new technology to bear on a […]
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