New results from Stanford’s HELM show that Writer’s Palmyra LLM may well be the little AI model that could for enterprise use cases.
Day: January 9, 2024
What Babbel co-founder has learned over 20 years in the language learning industry
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Markus Witte, the co-founder of the language learning platform Babbel. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Unity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce
Just a few weeks after its most recent round of layoffs, Unity is once again reducing its workforce. This time, around 1,800 employees will lose their job in the coming weeks as the company is trying to improve its financial performance after a difficult year. […]
NASA delays its first crewed Artemis mission until September 2025
NASA is delaying its return to the Moon with the Artemis program. “To give Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges with first-time developments, operation and integration, we’re gonna give more time on Artemis 2 and 3,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told reporters […]
Nanoleaf does smart outdoor lights now
Nanoleaf, the company best known for its modular wall lighting tiles, is now moving outside your house. As part of CES 2024’s avalanche of smart home news, the company unveiled its first exterior lights designed to bring extra visibility to your home. It also announced […]
The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big
Burro has been on our radar since early 2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it’s really the last few years that have seen its agtech offering really take off. […]
Why Writer’s Palmyra LLM is the little AI model that could for enterprises
New results from Stanford’s HELM show that Writer’s Palmyra LLM may well be the little AI model that could for enterprise use cases.
NordVPN two-year plans are up to 67 percent off right now
NordVPN’s latest limited-time sale knocks up to 67 percent off its subscription plans. The Ultimate plan, which includes malware protection and ad blockers on top of VPN access, typically costs $476 for a two-year period. This new year’s deal will bring down the cost of […]
Can a striking design set rabbit’s r1 pocket AI apart from a gaggle of virtual assistants?
In a sea of AI-enabled gadgets at CES, the rabbit r1 (all lowercase, they insist) stands out not just for its high-vis paint job and unique form factor, but because of its dedication to the bit. The company is hoping you’ll carry a second device […]
OpenAI admits it’s impossible to train generative AI without copyrighted materials
OpenAI and its biggest backer, Microsoft, are facing several lawsuits accusing them of using other people’s copyrighted works without permission to train the former’s large language models (LLMs). And based on what OpenAI told the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee, we might […]

