Hyper raises $3.6M from Amazon and more for its iPhone-based, VTuber-friendly avatar platform

June 12, 2023

VTubers — online personalities who use motion-capture-powered manga- and anime-inspired avatars to interact with the world alongside games, over YouTube, and in other places — have become big business, with the most popular of them collectively racking up hundreds of millions of hours of viewership in a month, along with loyal fan bases, lucrative sponsorships […]

Hyper raises $3.6M from Amazon and more for its iPhone-based, VTuber-friendly avatar platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

If You Want to Be More Successful Than Your Competition, You Need This Mindset to Win

June 12, 2023

It’s time to make your business less about you and more about your customers.

I Applied to McDonald’s and 4 Other Fast Food Jobs, but the Chatbots and Automated Process Made it Impossible for Me to Get Hired

June 12, 2023

“The jobs that made me apply with AI chatbots left me annoyed and uncertain.”

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June 12, 2023

For a limited time, spend just $60 on a one-year Gold Star Membership, plus a $30 Digital Costco Shop Card.

Cava boosts its IPO price range, highlighting appetite for growth stories

June 12, 2023

Given Cava’s new IPO pricing, can we spy any good news for unicorns looking to go public as soon as they can gin up the courage?

Cava boosts its IPO price range, highlighting appetite for growth stories by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Meta open sources an AI-powered music generator

June 12, 2023

Not to be outdone by Google, Meta has released its own AI-powered music generator — and, unlike Google, made it available in open source. Called MusicGen, Meta’s music-generating tool — a demo of which can be found here — can turn a text description (e.g. “An ’80s driving pop song with heavy drums and synth […]

Meta open sources an AI-powered music generator by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Why Elon Musk and Other Tech Experts Are Worried About Artificial Intelligence

June 12, 2023

In the emerging AI era, notable tech figures celebrate the technology’s astounding capabilities while other companies fiercely compete in the AI market. Yet, as businesses struggle to adapt, many tech experts voice concerns about AI’s potential pitfalls.

A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria