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What’s in the rug? How TikTok got swept into a real-time true crime story Oct 08, 2024

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A woman in Ohio is being haunted by ghosts. Or, maybe she’s not. There’s a dead body buried underneath her house, rolled up inside a rug. Or, there’s actually no body at all, despite signals from cadaver dogs. This week’s biggest drama on TikTok tells the story of a woman from Ohio

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Rivian deliveries fall, Waymo’s next robotaxi will be the Hyundai IONIQ 5, and YouTube takes on TikTok Oct 07, 2024

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Rivian says it will build fewer vehicles this year than it did in 2023, the result of a supply chain problem that popped up in the third quarter that has “become more acute in recent weeks.” The company did not specify what specific component is impacted; Waymo has struck a deal with Hyundai to bring the IONIQ 5 EV to its robotaxi network, adding another autonomous vehicle option as it scales up its business. The autonomous vehicle company announced Friday that it expects to start on-road testing a Waymo-equipped IONIQ 5 by late 2025, with the AV becoming available to riders; YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts. These include the ability for creators to upload videos up to three minutes in length.

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Even the ‘godmother of AI’ has no idea what AGI is Oct 07, 2024

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Are you confused about artificial general intelligence, or AGI? It’s that thing OpenAI is obsessed with ultimately creating in a way that “benefits all of humanity.” You may want to take them seriously since they just raised $6.6 billion to get closer to that goal

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As data center usage heats up, Submer raises $55.5M to cool things down Oct 04, 2024

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The race is on for better chips and data center capacity to handle AI workloads, but all that activity comes with a catch. Heavy processing power means heat — a lot of it — and that has massive implications, both for how well servers operate and the environment

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OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B Oct 04, 2024

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ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup today announced that it raised $6.6 billion in a funding round that values OpenAI at $157 billion pre-money. Led by previous investor Thrive Capital, the new cash brings OpenAI’s total raised to $17.8 billion or so, per Crunchbase.

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Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup Ameba Oct 03, 2024

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Ameba takes the unstructured data in a retailer’s supply chain systems, sprinkles in some generative AI, and makes the whole thing more efficient.

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Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed sexual health startup LOOM Oct 03, 2024

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The past few years have seen the topic of women’s health thrown into the sociopolitical spotlight.

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UK unmasks LockBit ransomware affiliate as high-ranking hacker in Russia state-backed cybercrime gang Oct 02, 2024

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Evil Corp maintains a "privileged" relationship with the Kremlin, and was often tasked with launching cyberattacks on behalf of Russia.

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Microsoft Copilot can now read your screen, think deeply, and speak aloud to you Oct 02, 2024

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Microsoft has given its Copilot assistant on Windows a makeover — and a voice. Copilot can now read your screen, speak aloud, and more.

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Gov. Newsom vetoes California’s controversial AI bill, SB 1047 Oct 01, 2024

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have was regulated the development of AI. The bill was authored by State Senator Scott Wiener and would have made companies that develop the largest AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prevent “critical harms.”

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