Search startups DuckDuckGo and Neeva had a tough time competing with Google, court filing shows

February 23, 2024

A court filing in the U.S. Department of Justice’s case against Google over its alleged monopoly in the search market has revealed a few notable tidbits about the state of the search market competition, including the inner workings, revenue, and, in some cases, exit prices of would-be Google competitors, like DuckDuckGo and Neeva, the latter […]

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‘Embarrassing and wrong’: Google admits it lost control of image-generating AI

February 23, 2024

Google has apologized (or come very close to apologizing) for another embarrassing AI blunder this week, an image generating model that injected diversity into pictures with a farcical disregard for historical context. While the underlying issue is perfectly understandable, Google blames the model for “becoming” over-sensitive. The model didn’t make itself, guys. The AI system […]

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Virtual Staging AI helps realtors digitally furnish rooms within seconds

February 23, 2024

House staging is a significant part of the real estate industry, and while realtors have traditionally staged houses physically before posting a listing, it’s an expensive and time consuming process. A startup called Virtual Staging AI is making it possible for realtors to virtually stage a house with the help of Generative AI. Virtual Staging […]

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A bumpy road for EV manufacturers

February 23, 2024

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Rivian launched with a promise to revolutionize the way we think about trucks and SUVs but has now hit a bit of a speed bump. In […]

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Treating a chatbot nicely might boost its performance — here’s why

February 23, 2024

People are more likely to do something if you ask nicely. That’s a fact most of us are well aware of. But do generative AI models behave the same way? To a point. Phrasing requests in a certain way — meanly or nicely — can yield better results with chatbots like ChatGPT than prompting in […]

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Humane pushes Ai Pin ship date to mid-April

February 23, 2024

Hardware is difficult, to paraphrase a famous adage. First-generation products from new startups are notoriously so, regardless of how much money and excitement you’ve managed to drum up. Given all that, it’s likely few are too surprised that Humane’s upcoming Ai Pin has been pushed back a bit, from March to “mid-April,” per a new […]

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