November 13, 2025

Google Deepmind is using Gemini to train agents inside Goat Simulator 3

Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it’s a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots.    Google DeepMind first demoed SIMA (which stands for “scalable instructable multiworld agent”) last year. But…

Meta’s content review in Africa in limbo as moderation partners decry court restrictions

April 14, 2023

Meta’s main content review partners in Africa have been restrained from offering moderation services to the social media giant, and it is unclear who is currently assessing its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. A Kenyan court through interim injunctions barred Meta from engaging its new partner, Majorel, reserving that role for Sama, the outgoing subcontractor, in […]

Meta’s content review in Africa in limbo as moderation partners decry court restrictions by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

A test told me my brain and liver are older than they should be. Should I be worried?

April 14, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. It’s spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. There are daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths in full bloom in parks and window boxes where I live in London. I even saw some lambs on…

Banning ChatGPT will do more harm than good

April 14, 2023
The release of ChatGPT has sent shock waves through the halls of higher education. Universities have rushed to release guidelines on how it can be used in the classroom. Professors have taken to social media to share a spectrum of AI policies. And students—whether or not they’ll admit it—have cautiously experimented with the idea of allowing…

James Murdoch’s fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18

April 14, 2023

James Murdoch’s venture fund Bodhi Tree slashed its investment into Viacom18 to $528 million, down 70% from the committed $1.78 billion, the two said late Thursday as the global weakening economy hammers investors’ appetite. Neither Viacom18, a joint venture between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and Paramount Global, did not say why Bodhi Tree slashed its pledged […]

James Murdoch’s fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18 by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tiblisi

April 14, 2023

European accelerators are going through an interesting time right now. For instance, TechStars Stockholm was all set to launch and then abruptly shut down. And I think it’s now commonly accepted that most accelerators outside of YCombinator can too be often ‘less than adequate’, to put it diplomatically. Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase, […]

500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tiblisi by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

China’s Didi to dispatch robotaxis 24/7 in 2025, announces trucking service

April 14, 2023

China’s ride hailing giant Didi is back in public view after two years of staying low amid a regulatory crackdown. The SoftBank-backed company announced Friday at a company open day a series of product ambitions, including working with Chinese carmakers to deploy self-developed robotaxis to the public on a 24/7 basis by 2025, which will […]

China’s Didi to dispatch robotaxis 24/7 in 2025, announces trucking service by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter introduces 10,000 character long tweets for Blue subscribers

April 14, 2023

Twitter has introduced a new feature that will let Blue subscribers post 10,000-character-long posts — as if the social network is trying to compete with a rival newsletter platform. Along with this, this Twitter has also added support for bold and italic text formatting. In February, the social network introduced 4,000-character-long tweets for Blue subscribers […]

Twitter introduces 10,000 character long tweets for Blue subscribers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Washington Uber and Lyft drivers win paid family and medical leave

April 14, 2023

Washington’s Senate unanimously passed a bill this week that would make the state the first in the nation to grant ride-hail drivers the right to paid family and medical leave. The bill, HB 1570, builds on driver rights won in 2022’s Expand Fairness Act, which set a high statewide wage floor for drivers and established […]

Washington Uber and Lyft drivers win paid family and medical leave by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch