Nextdoor launches new ‘Assistant’ feature powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT

May 2, 2023

Neighborhood social network Nextdoor is introducing new features powered by generative AI, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, Nextdoor is launching a new “Assistant” feature that helps users on the app write better posts. The new Assistant feature, which is being tested with select users, is powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The Assistant feature is designed […]

Nextdoor launches new ‘Assistant’ feature powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

How chemists could give new life to old wind turbine blades

May 2, 2023
Wind turbines are crucial for addressing climate change, but when they’ve reached the end of their lives, turbine blades could add up to a lot of waste. Now new research, published in Nature, could represent a first step toward building renewable-energy infrastructure that doesn’t end up in a landfill. Wind turbine blades need to be…

We need to bring consent to AI 

May 2, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This week’s big news is that Geoffrey Hinton, a VP and Engineering Fellow at Google, and a pioneer of deep learning who developed some of the most important techniques at the heart…

Geoffrey Hinton tells us why he’s now scared of the tech he helped build

May 2, 2023
I met Geoffrey Hinton at his house on a pretty street in north London just four days before the bombshell announcement that he is quitting Google. Hinton is a pioneer of deep learning who helped develop some of the most important techniques at the heart of modern artificial intelligence, but after a decade at Google,…

African payment service provider Nomba raises $30M, backed by Base10 Partners and Shopify

May 2, 2023

Nigerian payment service provider Nomba has raised $30 million in a pre-Series B investment to support the delivery of bespoke payment solutions for African businesses. The round, which values the company at $150 million+ according to YCombinator data on its most valuable companies, was led by San Francisco-based Base 10 Partners.  Partech and Khosla Ventures, […]

African payment service provider Nomba raises $30M, backed by Base10 Partners and Shopify by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

eBay appoints new head of emerging markets, covering regions like Southeast Asia and India

May 2, 2023

eBay announced today that it has appointed Vidmay Naini as its general manager for global emerging markets, a role that covers the company’s growth in Southeast Asia, India, Eastern Europe, Israel, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Before his new position, Naini led eBay’s Southeast Asia and India businesses. Naini has been with eBay […]

eBay appoints new head of emerging markets, covering regions like Southeast Asia and India by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch