88 minutes ago Boston Dynamics teams with TRI to bring AI smarts to Atlas humanoid robot

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) Wednesday revealed plans to bring AI-based robotic intelligence to the electric Atlas humanoid robot. The collaboration will leverage the work that TRI has done around large behavior models (LBMs), which operate along similar lines as the more familiar large language models (LLMs) behind platforms like ChatGPT. Last September, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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97 minutes ago San Francisco Mayor Issues Official Proclamation to Name a Day After Zedd

San Francisco Mayor Issues Official Proclamation to Name a Day After Zedd  EDM.com

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3 hours ago Verra Mobility to implement California's first automated speed safety program in San Francisco

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3 hours ago ETFGI report assets invested in the ETFs industry in the United States reached a new record high of 10.00 trillion US Dollars at the end of September

ETFGI report assets invested in the ETFs industry in the United States reached a new record high of 10.00 trillion US Dollars at the end of September  ETFGI

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3 hours ago ETFGI report assets invested in the ETFs industry in the United States reached a new record high of 10 trillion US Dollars at the end of September

ETFGI report assets invested in the ETFs industry in the United States reached a new record high of 10 trillion US Dollars at the end of September  ETFGI

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3 hours ago Lightmatter’s $400M round has AI hyperscalers hyped for photonic datacenters

Photonic computing startup Lightmatter has raised $400 million to blow one of modern datacenters’ bottlenecks wide open. The company’s optical interconnect layer allows hundreds of GPUs to work synchronously, streamlining the costly and complex job of training and running AI models. The growth of AI and its correspondingly immense compute requirements have supercharged the datacenter […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 hours ago Amazon revamps Kindle line with faster page turns, AI, and a new green color

Amazon’s Kindle line seems to go longer and longer between updates. While e-readers aren’t quite the consumer electronics darlings they once were, however, the retail giant is still invested in the category. After all, according to estimates, Amazon controls more than 80% of the U.S. market. Along with the long-awaited addition of a color Kindle, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 hours ago Treehouse uses AI to help electricians install tech like EV chargers and heat pumps more cheaply

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3 hours ago Fable adds cognitive and hearing impairments to its accessibility tools with $25M round

Fable has gained a reputation as the go-to startup for helping companies build digital products that are more accessible to people with disabilities. After raising $25 million in new funding, the Toronto-based startup is now expanding the communities it supports and working to make AI training data more inclusive. Fable started in 2020 as a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 hours ago Elon Musk’s X dodges EU’s DMA as bloc decides platform isn’t important enough for fairness controls

Elon Musk’s X won’t be regulated under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) the Commission decided Wednesday, despite the social media platform hitting usage thresholds earlier this year. The decision means X won’t be subject to the DMA’s list of operational ‘dos and don’ts’ — in areas like its use of third party data […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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