Vice Will No Longer Publish Content on Its Website, Lays Off Hundreds of Staffers
Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon announced the news in an internal memo to employees on Thursday.
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
Another year is coming to a close, so let’s look back at the MIT Technology Review stories that resonated most with you, our readers. We published hundreds of stories in 2024, about AI, climate tech, biotech, robotics, space, and more. There were six new issues of our magazine, on themes including food, play, and hidden…
‘Embarrassing and wrong’: Google admits it lost control of image-generating AI
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
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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As a Black Woman CEO, I Built a Remote Company Not Just to Save Money — But to Mirror My Commitment to Diversity. Here’s How.
To fuel innovation and global success, you absolutely need diverse perspectives — and having team members all across the world with varying thought processes, life experiences and viewpoints is the key.
A bumpy road for EV manufacturers
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
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
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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3 Strategies to Help Leaders Ignite Passion in the Workplace (and Why It’s Important)
Here are three proven strategies to help you motivate your team and bring passion into the workplace.
Report: The Majority of Recent College Grads End Up in Jobs That Don’t Need Bachelor’s Degrees
Two research companies looked at a dataset of 60 million Americans.
Company Says Its ‘3-3-3’ Perk — Which Pays for Any 3 Employees to Go Out After 3 p.m. — Is Good for Business
Expenses up to $30 per person require no pre-approval, though employees must post a photo in the “3-3-3” Slack channel. All 1,800 employees have participated in the program at least once.