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Amazon now lets sellers create listings through a URL by using AI Mar 15, 2024

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Amazon launched generative AI-powered features last year to help sellers quickly create listings by entering just a few words about the product.

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Furno bets that super-efficient, modular kilns will turn the cement industry upside down Mar 14, 2024

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Cement startup promises to slash carbon emissions in the process, helping the company raise a $6.5 million seed round.

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Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies $9 billion this year Mar 14, 2024

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Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market.

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Tierra Biosciences nabs $11 million to create new AI-guided proteins Mar 13, 2024

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By using cell-free technology, Tierra is able to cut down protein manufacturing from months to weeks and enable customers to order proteins online.

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Google confirms it’s restricting Gemini election queries globally Mar 13, 2024

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If you want to ask Google’s AI chatbot a question about an upcoming election, you will have to do it from a country where there are no elections taking place.

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‘Banking as a Service’ startup Griffin riases $24M and attains full banking licence Mar 12, 2024

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Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform.

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Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week Mar 12, 2024

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Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X’s AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open roots.

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Artemis Fund has a fresh $36 million to back diverse founders solving ‘big, hairy problems’ Mar 11, 2024

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For Fund II, Artemis intends to continue leading and co-leading investments and will target around 20 new companies.

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Faraday Future survives long enough to issue its first recall Mar 11, 2024

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Troubled EV startup Faraday Future has issued its first recall, covering all 11 vehicles it built last year, as it fights to hold onto its Los Angeles headquarters.

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Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing Mar 08, 2024

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Ocean intelligence company Saildrone has just put the first of a new generation of Surveyor autonomous vessels in the water: an aluminum version that the Navy is keen to take advantage of.

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