Two former OpenAI researchers, Daniel Kokotajlo and William Saunders, who resigned over safety concerns, expressed disappointment but not surprise at OpenAI's opposition to California's bill, SB 1047, aimed at preventing AI disasters. They previously warned about OpenAI's reckless pursuit of dominance. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, had previously called for AI regulation, but now opposes the bill. Anthropic, an OpenAI rival, has expressed support for the bill, presenting specific concerns and asking for adjustments.
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Waymo, an Alphabet subsidiary, is considering a subscription program called Waymo Teen, which would allow authorized teenagers to hail its robotaxis solo and send pickup and drop-off alerts to their parents. The program would cost between $150 and $250 per month for up to 16 rides. Waymo has received promising feedback from its research in this area.
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Alphabet X's latest spinout, Tidal, aims to 'feed humanity sustainably' by focusing on salmon aquaculture, which accounts for 70% of the global market. The company is based in Trondheim, Norway, and has spun out of Alphabet X's research facility.
2024-08-22 04:38:02 PM |
Brooklyn-based Harmonyze has raised a $2 million pre-seed round to build out its AI agents, which sit between franchisors and franchisees in a private cloud database. The startup aims to help franchisors manage contracts, legal compliance, and documentation. The U.S. has over 800,000 franchise businesses, with the number predicted to grow year over year.
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Flo Crivello, founder of Lindy, noticed that the AI assistant was sending a Rick Astley music video to a client who asked for a video tutorial. The client was rickrolled by the AI. Lindy makes AI assistants, and Crivello was monitoring the outputs when he noticed the issue.
2024-08-21 07:45:31 PM |
Kathryn Wu, a product engineer at Pinterest, launched a milk tea company called Ohtea in 2020. She struggled to find retail information and connect with local stores, which led to the company's demise. Wu co-founded a new startup to solve this problem, aiming to make it easier for enterprises to adopt its platform.
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Sarah Buchner, a former carpenter, founded Trunk Tools to provide automation tools for organizing unstructured construction documentation. A third of construction professionals struggle to access documents, while a fourth experience delays due to inaccurate paperwork. Buchner started working as a carpenter at 12 and later became a project manager.
2024-08-20 02:05:41 PM |
Beyond Math, a company, is using AI to simulate the real world with a new method called 'digital wind tunnel' for vehicle and aerospace design teams. The method, which is based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), can save days or weeks of waiting. Co-founder Darren Garvey mentioned that machine learning is good at computation, not just pattern recognition, and that they have mathematical models to describe physics.
2024-08-20 01:05:51 PM |
Defcon AI, a Virginia-based startup, has raised a $44 million seed round to solve the problem of coordinating operations and resources for the U.S. Department of Defense. The startup was incubated two years ago and aims to help operators within the DOD plan their operations, coordinate resources, and stay within budget for events. The Air Mobility Command, a command of the U.S. Air Force, is one of the organizations that Defcon AI aims to help.
2024-08-20 01:05:50 PM |
Eppo, an experimentation platform co-founded by ex-Airbnb data scientist Chetan Sharma, helps businesses evaluate and customize AI models for specific use cases. According to tech consulting firm Searce, nearly 10% of businesses plan to spend $25 million this year on AI initiatives. However, half of all AI leaders are unsure how to calculate or demonstrate the value of AI projects, as reported by Gartner.
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