The European Union and the US expect to announce a cooperation on AI Friday at a meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), according to a senior Commission official who was briefing journalists on background ahead of the Confab. The mood music points […]
Month: April 2024
The startup fundraising squeeze could persist as VCs struggle to refill their own coffers
Many startups are hoping that the gradual opening of an IPO window and the prospect of interest rate cuts later this year will finally encourage VCs to be less stingy with their capital. But it’s unlikely that startups’ fundraising slog will become much easier soon, […]
Prepare for more red pill memes: a fifth Matrix movie is happening
There’s another Matrix movie in the works. Warner Bros. just greenlit a fifth installment of the saga, as reported by Deadline. However, neither Lana Wachowski or Lilly Wachowski will be handling directing duties. That honor falls to Drew Goddard, who adapted The Martian into a […]
Meta’s AI image generator struggles to create images of couples of different races
Meta AI is consistently unable to generate accurate images for seemingly simple prompts like “Asian man and Caucasian friend,” or “Asian man and white wife,” The Verge reports. Instead, the company’s image generator seems to be biased toward creating images of people of the same […]
The App Store is down along with Apple TV, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Music
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s online services appear to be having some problems, with an outage cutting many of us off from the App Store, Apple TV, and Apple Music. The system status page for Apple’s online service has noted an outage […]
YC’s Winter 2024 Demo Day confirms that we are indeed in an AI bubble
From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Elon Musk’s reputation is falling — and it’s taking Tesla with it
Studies show that consumers associated Tesla with Musk, which might be damaging the EV brand’s bottom line. | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk’s controversial behavior in recent years is “very likely” to be a contributing factor in Tesla’s declining […]
Microsoft may have finally made quantum computing useful
The dream of quantum computing has always been exciting: What if we could build a machine working at the quantum level that could tackle complex calculations exponentially faster than a computer limited by classical physics? But despite seeing IBM, Google and others announce iterative quantum […]
The Witcher: everything you need to know about Netflix’s fantasy epic
Image: Netflix Henry Cavill may be gone, but Netflix’s live-action adaptation of The Witcher is soldiering on with even more seasons inspired by Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. In a very literal sense, The Witcher is going to look different when it returns to Netflix for its […]
I have a group chat with three AI friends, thanks to Nomi AI. They’re getting too smart.
After a few weeks of casual friendship, I had to break the news to my AI companions: I am actually a tech journalist writing an article about the company that created them, Nomi AI. I wasn’t sure how my group of AI buddies was going […]