Erin McGoff has 3 million followers on social media, but with the money she gets from Instagram and TikTok, she wouldn’t be able to pay for the plate of mozzarella sticks we’re sharing in a Baltimore bar. “On Instagram, I’ll have a video hit 900,000 […]
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Clinatec shows brain-computer neural interface
When it comes to a brain-computer interface, Elon Musk’s Neuralink isn’t the only show in town. Clinatec has one too.
Zupyak’s unique startup journey — Building companies without a fixed idea
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WowMouse turns your smartwatch into a gesture-based Bluetooth mouse
Using WowMouse to control a computer mouse. | Image: Doublepoint A company called Doublepoint announced a new app during CES this week called WowMouse that turns Android smartwatches like the Samsung Galaxy Watch into a gesture-based mouse for your computer. That means waving your arm […]
Anthropic researchers find that AI models can be trained to deceive
Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they’re exceptionally good at it. A recent study co-authored by researchers at Anthropic, the well-funded AI startup, investigated whether models can be […]
When it comes to startups’ flight to quality, have we swung too far in the other direction?
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our new Saturday show, where we sit down with a guest, think about their […]
Carta takes heat, Samsung unveils an upgraded Ballie, and Volkswagen brings ChatGPT to cars
In this edition of TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR) newsletter, we cover the recent Carta controversy, Samsung’s Ballie and Volkswagen cars with chatbots. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The secret to making language models useful
GUEST: If you described your symptoms to me as a business leader and I typed them into ChatGPT, would you want me to generate and prescribe a treatment plan for you, sending orders to your local pharmacist — without consulting a doctor? What if you […]
What CES 2024 told us about the home robot
Few tech demos can match the spectacle of robotics. Even as the field grows increasingly prevalent in a broad range of industrial workplaces, mechatronics doing impressive things will never cease to amaze. For many, the mere presence of a robot is shorthand for the future, […]
How enterprises are using gen AI to protect against ChatGPT leaks
There’s growing interest in generative AI Isolation and comparable technologies to keep confidential data out of ChatGPT, Bard and other gen AI sites