December 20, 2024

Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs

A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…

Amazon One, the palm recognition service, launches a new app

March 28, 2024

Amazon announced Thursday the launch of its new app for Amazon One, its contactless palm recognition service that allows customers to hover their palm over a device in order to purchase from select places, including over 500 Whole Foods Market stores, Amazon stores, and more than 150 third-party locations. Instead of signing up for Amazon […]

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The Download: the future of AI moviemaking, and what to know about plug-in hybrids

March 28, 2024
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. What’s next for generative video When OpenAI revealed its new generative video model, Sora, last month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to try it out. This week the company published the results:…

How three filmmakers created Sora’s latest stunning videos

March 28, 2024
In the last month, a handful of filmmakers have taken Sora for a test drive. The results, which OpenAI published this week, are amazing. The short films are a big jump up even from the cherrypicked demo videos that OpenAI used to tease its new generative model just six weeks ago. Here’s how three of…

Don’t miss out on savings! Only 48 hours left to claim your early bird ticket

March 28, 2024

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YC-backed Pelago, a virtual clinic for addiction treatment, raises $58M Series C

March 28, 2024

Pelago Health,  Y Combinator-backed telehealth company that uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help treat people with tobacco, alcohol and opioid addictions, said Thursday it had raised a $58 million Series C round.  The recent funding, which brings its total raised to $151 million since being founded in 2017, comes two and a half years […]

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What’s next for generative video

March 28, 2024
When OpenAI revealed its new generative video model, Sora, last month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to try it out. This week the company published the results: seven surreal short films that leave no doubt that the future of generative video is coming fast.  The first batch of models that could turn text into…