IT総合 Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans
NotebookLM's viral AI podcast hosts sounded annoyed at human callers and required "friendliness tuning," Google says.
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IT総合 IT総合 The first AI chip startup to go public in 2025 will be Blaize
Blaize, an AI chip manufacturer founded by former Intel engineers, is set to IPO on the NASDAQ on January 14.
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IT総合 A drone punched a hole into an LA firefighting plane
A drone collided with a 'Super Scooper' firefighting plane.
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IT総合 Scale AI hit by its second employee wage lawsuit in less than a month
Scale AI just got hit by another lawsuit alleging widespread wage violations and misclassification of its workers.
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IT総合 Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock
Last year, police surveillance startup Flock Safety hired the mayor of a California city with over 200,000 residents to ...
IT総合 Chinese VCs are hounding failed founders to claw back their investments
In the US, it’s accepted that most startups fail – and when that happens, VCs (generally) accept their losses and ...
IT総合 The US just added Tencent — which backs US startups — to its list of ‘Chinese military’ companies
While the Chinese internet giant Tencent is best-known for its super-app WeChat, it’s also a major investor in U.S. tech...
IT総合 Inside the wild fall and last-minute revival of Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that imploded over the holidays
Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing holiday weekend. But it was chaos for thousands of small...
IT総合 Peter Thiel-backed venture debt firm Tacora raises $268.7M for new fund
Tacora Capital has raised its second fund, after Peter Thiel backed its first fund with $250 million.
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IT総合 Elon Musk’s pro-Trump critics claim they’re being censored on X
Conservative activists claim X is censoring them for being critical of its owner, Elon Musk.
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IT総合 Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly ...
IT総合 Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs
Bench, a Canada-based accounting startup that offered software-as-a-service for small and medium businesses, has abruptl...
IT総合 ChatGPT Search can be tricked into misleading users, new research reveals
ChatGPT's new search feature can be told to generate entirely positive product summaries thanks to hidden code, new rese...
IT総合 Google is using Anthropic’s Claude to improve its Gemini AI
Contractors working on Google Gemini are comparing its responses to Claude's, according to internal correspondence seen ...
IT総合 Sam Altman disputes Marc Andreessen’s description of AI meetings with Biden administration
Sam Altman dismissed what he called a "conspiracy theory" from a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen.
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IT総合 Backed by a16z and NEA, Backflip raises $30M Series A to turn text into AI-generated designs
Led by Markforged veterans and backed by a16z, Backlip has raised $30M to democratize product design thanks to AI.
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IT総合 Exclusive: Google’s Gemini is forcing contractors to rate AI responses outside their expertise
Internal guidelines passed down from Google led to concerns that the AI model could be prone to inaccurate outputs on to...
IT総合 The DOJ wants a Perplexity executive to testify in its Google antitrust case
The US government is calling on a Perplexity executive to help make its case that Google is a monopolist.
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IT総合 Cohere is quietly working with Palantir to deploy its AI models
The Canadian AI startup has quietly partnered with Palantir to put Cohere's models in use with unnamed Palantir customer...
IT総合 AI helps Telegram remove 15 million suspect groups and channels in 2024
Telegram launched a new page touting its moderation efforts, which have spiked since its founder's arrest.
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IT総合 Carta is making it too difficult to cancel subscriptions, some founders say
Cap table management firm Carta is under fire from some founders who say cancelling their subscriptions is too hard.
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IT総合 Trump’s proposed university endowment tax could hurt funding, VC warns
University endowments could be taxed much higher under Trump. That may harm VCs, an investor warns.
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IT総合 ElevenLabs’ AI voice generation ‘very likely’ used in a Russian influence operation
Generative AI has a plethora of well-documented misuses, and now, it appears to be cropping up in state influence operat...
IT総合 OpenAI Startup Fund raises $44M in its largest SPV yet
The OpenAI Startup Fund discloses its biggest SPV yet, but is staying quiet on what it's for.
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IT総合 Grok is now free for all X users
The AI chatbot within X, Grok, is now free for all users - but with some limits.
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IT総合 Snyk hits $300M ARR but isn’t rushing to go public
Several factors indicate that Snyk, most recently valued at $7.4 billion, could IPO soon. But the CEO told us why it mig...
IT総合 A16z-backed Toka wants to help US agencies hack into security cameras and other IoT devices
An Israeli startup specializing in penetrating IoT devices says it's hiring to "support new business growth" in the US g...
IT総合 Key leaders behind Google’s viral NotebookLM are leaving to create their own startup
Core members of Google's NotebookLM team are exiting to launch a startup, sharing some details exclusively with TechCrun...
IT総合 HuggingFace CEO has concerns about Chinese open source AI models
HuggingFace's CEO warns that open source Chinese AI models risk spreading censorship worldwide.
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