The Download: AI video games’ research potential, and US government website redesigns

June 28, 2024
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. How AI video games can help reveal the mysteries of the human mind Video gaming companies are applying large language models to generate new game characters with detailed backstories—characters that could engage with…

How AI video games can help reveal the mysteries of the human mind

June 28, 2024
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here.  This week I’ve been thinking about thought. It was all brought on by reading my colleague Niall Firth’s recent cover story about the use of artificial intelligence in…

Feather raises €6 million to go pan-European with its insurance platform for expats

June 28, 2024

As a foreigner, navigating health insurance systems can often be difficult. German startup Feather thinks it has a solution and raised €6 million to help some of the 40-plus million expats working and living in Europe. It is not that there are no options for foreign nationals to get insurance; there are plenty. But it […]

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Rohlik rolls up $170M to expand in European grocery delivery and sell its tech to others

June 28, 2024

The salad days of fresh grocery delivery startups are over, but those that have stayed the course, and have built businesses that are seeing gains, are still here and are hungry for more growth. On Friday, one of those survivors, the Czech grocery delivery company Rohlik, announced $170 million in new funding. Rohlik – which […]

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Hebbia raises nearly $100M Series B for AI-powered document search led by Andreessen Horowitz

June 27, 2024

Hebbia, a startup using generative AI to search large documents and return answers, has raised a nearly $100 million series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.  The round valued the company between $700 – $800 million although TechCrunch couldn’t verify whether that valuation is pre- or post-money. […]

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