Tag: AI
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If the Vision Pro wasn’t wild enough for you, how about controlling a robot with it? A team at MIT just did, and the results are incredible. Developed by PhD student Younghyo Park, this new tool lets you control a robot just by gesturing with your hand. Fellow grad student…
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I was trying to find some info on startup valuations this afternoon. I kept prompting GPT-4, but I couldn’t get the right answer. Turns out, I should’ve let the AI prompt itself. Or at least that’s the conclusion of a team from VMware. From IEEE Spectrum: There is an alternative…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Claude, DeepMind, Google, LLM, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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ChatGPT just aced BYU’s intro to comp sci class, getting a perfect 100% for the entire course. But AI’s latest achievement doesn’t mean human programmers are over. AI Goes to College BYU’s Computer Science 110 is called simply “How to Program.” It’s BYU’s most basic computer science class, covering stuff…
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+ AI, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, BYU, ChatGPT, Claude, College, Computer Science, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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One company, TSMC, makes almost all advanced semiconductors. The US wants in on this game — but TSMC founder Morris Chang says it won’t be easy. In a fascinating talk this past fall at MIT, Chang tells the story of why so much chip manufacturing wound up in one little…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, GPU, Mexico, Semiconductors, Stocks, Taiwan, Tech, TSMC, Venture Capital+
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A cute little robot trundles up to the construction site, carrying the next set of bricks. On goes a thick layer of mortar that looks kind of like icing. Slowly but surely, the wall rises a little higher. This is the new brick laying robot from a startup called Monumental.…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Construction, Finance, Investing, Money, Netherlands, Robot, Robotics, Startups, Venture Capital+
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The FTC has launched an investigation of several big tech companies’ AI investments and partnerships. The investigation could spell trouble for big tech and cut AI off from a major source of funding. From a new report by CNBC: The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it will conduct an extensive…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Investing, Money, OpenAI, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital+
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What does it take to raise money right now? Here’s what I’m seeing in the market for pre-seed, seed, and Series A: Pre-Seed: $100k ARR or less Pre-seed deals usually have a trickle of revenue, but not much more. I did a pre-seed deal recently at $75k ARR — on…
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Just about every day, a startup raises hundreds of millions to build an LLM. But the real winner in the LLM race won’t be a startup. LLM’s Are Becoming Commoditized Every morning, I launch a browser set to open to 3 tabs: GPT-4, Bard, and a model from a startup…
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Your next car could be made by a robot. Humanoid robots from startup Figure will begin working in BMW factories over the next two years in a major step for robotics. From Reuters: Robotics startup Figure said it has signed a partnership with BMW Manufacturing to deploy its humanoid robots…
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+ AI, Artificial, Artificial Intelligence, BMW, Manufacturing, Robotics, Robots, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Every finger has a unique fingerprint, right? Wrong, according to a new study published in Science Advances. The Columbia University team used an AI model to analyze tens of thousands of fingerprints. It found that fingerprints can actually be shared across multiple fingers. From a Columbia statement: It’s a well-accepted…
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Tremendous 