Butternut Box wolfs down $354M for subscription canine cuisine

September 4, 2023
Butternut Box, a U.K.-based startup that prepares and ships healthy food and supplements for dogs, is raising £280 million ($354 million) in a round of funding from General Atlantic and L Catterton. Founded out of London in 2016, Butternut Box serves a handful of European markets with myriad culinary products spanning the meat and vegetable fray, […]

Are AI models doomed to always hallucinate?

September 4, 2023
Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT all suffer from the same problem: they make stuff up. The mistakes range from strange and innocuous — like claiming that the Golden Gate Bridge was transported across Egypt in 2016 — to highly problematic, even dangerous. A mayor in Australia recently threatened to sue OpenAI because ChatGPT […]

The Download: how Yale University has prepared for ChatGPT, and schools’ AI reckoning

September 4, 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. How one elite university is approaching ChatGPT this school year For many people, the start of September marks the real beginning of the year. Back-to-school season always feels like a reset moment. However,…

Cinemin is a fun camera app with animated film aesthetics without any AI

September 4, 2023
Tinrocket, makers of popular apps such as Waterlogue and Olli, have released a new camera app called Cinemin to shoot animated photos and videos without the help of any AI filters. The app, available for free, uses inspiration from traditional animated art and films for its filters. You can apply the filters while capturing the […]