A judge just killed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against an anti-hate research org

March 25, 2024

A federal judge sided against Elon Musk today, dismissing a lawsuit brought by Musk and X targeting a nonprofit that researches online hate. X sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) last year, accusing the group of spreading misleading claims after it published a series of unflattering reports about hate and extremism on the platform. […]

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Understanding and overcoming judgment fear

March 25, 2024
One of the most profound regrets that individuals express at the end of their lives is not having had the courage to live the life they truly desired rather than…

Large language models can help home robots recover from errors without human help

March 25, 2024

There are countless reasons why home robots have found little success post-Roomba. Pricing, practicality, form factor and mapping have all contributed to failure after failure. Even when some or all of those are addressed, there remains the question of what happens when a system makes an inevitable mistake. This has been a point of friction […]

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Can you hear me now? AI-coustics to fight noisy audio with generative AI

March 25, 2024

Noisy recordings of interviews and speeches are the bane of audio engineers’ existence. But one German startup hopes to fix that with a unique technical approach that uses generative AI to enhance the clarity of voices in video. Today, AI-coustics emerged from stealth with a €1.9 million in funding. According to co-founder and CEO Fabian Seipel, […]

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London regtech GSS raises $47M to help banks screen for global sanctions

March 25, 2024

Global Screening Services (GSS), a London-based regulatory compliance platform that helps financial institutions meet their global sanctions obligations, has raised $47 million in a round of funding. The raise comes amid a spike in economic sanctions, with the U.S. issuing trade-restrictions and asset-blocking against states including Russia, China, Iran, and more. Enforcement GSS co-founder and […]

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