Anthropic Won a Reprieve From the Trump Administration. Is It Enough?
The company can restore access its most powerful A.I. models. But Silicon Valley remains worried about the Trump Administration’s heavier hand on regulation.
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Most Americans don't trust AI. It's proven that it doesn't know what safe toppings for pizza are. People don't even want to listen to AI music. But none of that matters for some of America's wealthy, who are turning to AI to teach their kids instead of traditional schools. Companies like Forge Prep and Alpha School are charging families tens of thousands of dollars to turn their kids into beta testers for AI tutors and "interactive project-based workshops." Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley have been major adopters of this new model. Shaun Johnson, a San Francisco-based venture capitalist, told the Wall Street Journal that he plans to send his … Read the full story at The Verge.
Read full articleThe company can restore access its most powerful A.I. models. But Silicon Valley remains worried about the Trump Administration’s heavier hand on regulation.
Insider Brief Queue has emerged from stealth after raising $12.6 million in seed funding to build an autonomous robotic pharmacy system that fills and verifies prescriptions. The round was led by AlleyCorp and followed a $6 million pre-seed round led by Riot Ventures less than a year ago, according to the Silicon Valley startup. It […]
Manny Rutinel’s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation Political groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in on one local race in Colorado, as the state’s Democratic primary vote gets under way on Tuesday. Democrat Manny Rutinel, who’s running in the competitive eighth congressional district for a seat in the House, has seen his campaign boosted with at least $2m in donations from committees led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen. Rutinel is a progressive candidate running against former state representative and centrist Democrat Shannon Bird. During his campaign, he has focused on his Latino heritage and centered his platform around affordability and regulating Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Continue reading...
Insider Brief Proception has raised $11 million in seed funding and launched ProHand 1.0, a robotic hand designed to give humanoids and other robots more human-like control when handling objects. According to the Silicon Valley startup, the round was led by First Round Capital, with participation from Y Combinator and BoxGroup. Proception said the funding […]
The story of a woman who let a robot into her home. Plus, a discussion about why Silicon Valley has taken such an interest in taste.
Silicon Valley engineers recently flocked to new technology from a Chinese company, Z.ai, that is almost as good as its American competitors but much cheaper.
For those of us who can’t drive due to disabilities, the drawbacks of these vehicles are vastly outweighed by the possibilities they offer The robotaxis are coming! The robotaxis are coming! Well, actually, they’re already here. Until now they’ve been the stuff of science fiction, but this summer London’s streets have seen Silicon Valley-based company Waymo testing out self-driving cars. It hasn’t been the smoothest of introductions – from cars getting stuck in a cul-de-sac and repeatedly waking up the residents of Shoreditch to one driving into a crime scene, after a double stabbing in Harlesden. The automated vehicles (AVs) have so far had trained drivers waiting behind the wheel to take control if needed, but will soon be shedding their human minders. Waymo and British rival Wayve are hoping to launch driverless minicabs in the capital this year, subject to approval from the British government and Transport for London, among others. A subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, Waymo curr
Silicon Valley and corporate America are increasingly turning to cheaper, open-source artificial intelligence models built in China.