Meet the new face of Agility Robotics’ Digit

March 20, 2023

There’s a broad range of thought on robot faces. It’s a surprisingly difficult aspect to get right for some very good reasons. For one thing, we’re hardwire to recognize and intuit faces, so small changes make big differences. For another, effectively they’re window toward understanding a person or animal’s mood, feelings, intentions, etc. Make them […]

Meet the new face of Agility Robotics’ Digit by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: weight loss drugs, and a new abortion fight frontier

March 20, 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. Weight-loss injections have taken over the internet. But what does this mean for people IRL? Over the course of the last year, so-called “miracle” weight-loss drugs have blown up across the internet. Although…

PitchBook’s new tool uses AI to predict which startups will successfully exit

March 20, 2023

Can an algorithm predict whether a startup will successfully exit? PitchBook believes so. The venture capital and private equity database today launched VC Exit Predictor, a tool trained on PitchBook data to attempt to suss out a startup’s growth prospects. Given the name of a VC-backed company, VC Exit Predictor generates a score on the […]

PitchBook’s new tool uses AI to predict which startups will successfully exit by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills online

March 20, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. There’s been a quiet shift in the abortion fight in the US. Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court last June,…

Tavus taps generative AI to power personalized videos with voice and face cloning

March 20, 2023

Generative AI is already looking like the major tech trend of 2023. The ability to generate fresh content via algorithms has been thrust into the public consciousness by the likes of ChatGPT, a chatbot-style technology trained on large language models (LLMs) capable of producing essays, poems, lyrics, news articles, and even computer programs. And then […]

Tavus taps generative AI to power personalized videos with voice and face cloning by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch