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Canoo furloughs workers and idles factory as it scrapes for cash

Struggling EV startup Canoo says it has furloughed 82 employees and is idling its factory in Oklahoma while it grasps for the capital needed to survive. The company claims it is in “advanced discussions with various capital sources” to raise … Continue reading

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New Anthropic study shows AI really doesn’t want to be forced to change its views

AI models can deceive, new research from Anthropic shows. They can pretend to have different views during training when in reality maintaining their original preferences. There’s no reason for panic now, the team behind the study said. Yet they said … Continue reading

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Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have picked the first 18 startups for their $100M fund

Just five months after launching a $100 million fund, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have backed their first 18 startups. And are looking for more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon Fire TV introduces ‘Dual Audio’ feature for simultaneous listening via hearing aids and TV speakers

Amazon announced on Wednesday new accessibility features for Fire TV, including a notable “Dual Audio” capability for the newly launched Fire TV Omni Mini-LED Series, which was unveiled in November. The new feature allows one user to listen through a … Continue reading

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NVIDIA Releases New Mini Supercomputer with Enhanced Generative AI Capabilities

The Jetson Orin Nano Super development board allows for 67 generative AI operations per second.

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UK Government Proposes Copyright Reforms to Support AI and Creative Industries

The government proposes allowing AI developers to use copyrighted material for training their models without permission but requires them to be transparent about it. Creators will also be able to opt out of having their work used in AI training … Continue reading

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With 25M users, Bluesky gets a $1M fund to take on social media and AI

The fund will offer grants to those building on BlueSky’s open source AT Protocol. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Tracker firm Hapn spilling names of thousands of GPS tracking customers

A security researcher found customer names and workplace affiliations spilling directly from Hapn’s servers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Instagram Threads adds ‘Use Media’ feature for resharing photos and videos

Threads is introducing a new way to reshare photos and videos on its social network. Instead of quote posting the original post and then adding commentary, Threads users will instead be able to click a new option, “Use Media,” allowing … Continue reading

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5 Types of Call Centers to Attract and Serve Your Customers

Discover how you can leverage different types of call centers to improve customer support and enhance operations.

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