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Perplexity is cutting newsrooms a check following plagiarism accusations

Perplexity is cutting newsrooms a check following plagiarism accusations

The revenue share is a multiyear agreement with a “double-digit percentage,” consistent across all publishers.

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Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk's big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained

Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk's big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained

Filed under: Green,Tesla,Technology,Autonomous Vehicles Continue reading Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk's big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk's big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon…

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Intel Capital backs AI construction startup that could boost Intel’s own manufacturing prospects

Intel Capital backs AI construction startup that could boost Intel’s own manufacturing prospects

Intel could be giving its burgeoning foundry ambitions a much-needed shot in the arm, as the chip giant's venture capital arm today revealed that it's making...

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Toddle wants to 'change how we build software' with a collaborative visual web app builder

Toddle wants to 'change how we build software' with a collaborative visual web app builder

The technology world has long promised to democratize software development through "visual" tools that help non-coders build digital products. In years gone...

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Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst thinks everyone needs to be more realistic on what AI can and cannot do

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst thinks everyone needs to be more realistic on what AI can and cannot do

Nick Frosst, a co-founder of Cohere, which builds custom AI models for enterprise customers, recently said on TechCrunch's Found podcast that he doesn't...

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Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America

Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America

Filed under: Green,Plants/Manufacturing,Electric Continue reading Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 20 Jul 20…

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Farmblox puts the control into farmers' hands with its AI-powered sensor-reading platform

Farmblox puts the control into farmers' hands with its AI-powered sensor-reading platform

Nathan Rosenberg, the founder of farm automation platform Farmblox, said if there is one thing to know about trying to sell technology to farmers, it's that ...

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Lakera, which protects enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities, raises $20M

Lakera, which protects enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities, raises $20M

Lakera, a Swiss startup that's building technology to protect generative AI applications from malicious prompts and other threats, has raised $20 million in ...

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Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents

Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents

Voice recognition is getting integrated in nearly all facets of modern living, but there remains a big gap: speakers of minority languages, and those with...

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Arm announces an open-source graphics upscaler for mobile phones

Arm announces an open-source graphics upscaler for mobile phones

Arm is launching its Arm Accuracy Super Resolution (ASR), a temporal upscaling technology that’s optimized for mobile devices.

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Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M

Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M

Location data, for better or worse, continues to be a part of the bedrock of how apps are built. Now a startup developing AI market research based on that...

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Canva acquires Leonardo.ai to boost its generative AI efforts

Canva acquires Leonardo.ai to boost its generative AI efforts

Canva has acquired Leonardo.ai, a generative AI content and research startup, as the company looks to deepen its investments in its AI tech stack. The...

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Sequoia-backed Knowde raises Series C at a valuation cut

Sequoia-backed Knowde raises Series C at a valuation cut

Knowde, an online marketplace for chemicals and polymers, just closed on a Series C round, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The round included new...

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Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages

Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages

Reddit users will soon see AI-generated summaries at the top of search results. Reddit CFO Drew Vollero told investors during its earnings call on Tuesday...

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EQT takes a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a $3.5B+ valuation

EQT takes a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a $3.5B+ valuation

Cybersecurity remains a white-hot space for investors, and in the latest deal, EQT is taking a majority stake in Acronis, a security company that specializes...

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Fisker scores a win, an AV startup reboots in Texas, and why Elon pushed the Tesla robotaxi reveal

Fisker scores a win, an AV startup reboots in Texas, and why Elon pushed the Tesla robotaxi reveal

Fisker has a little something to celebrate this week as it winds its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Despite one major objector, a judge has ...

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Jumia plans to raise more than $100 million in secondary shares to drive stalled user growth

Jumia plans to raise more than $100 million in secondary shares to drive stalled user growth

African e-commerce company Jumia is selling 20 million American depositary shares over the next couple of weeks, TechCrunch has learned. Given Jumia’s share...

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OpenAI endorses Senate bills that could shape America's AI policy

OpenAI endorses Senate bills that could shape America's AI policy

A lot of AI bills are flying around Congress these days, and OpenAI is throwing its weight behind some of them. OpenAI endorsed three Senate bills on...

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Rivian lost $1.46 billion in Q2 as it drives towards a VW-linked future

Rivian lost $1.46 billion in Q2 as it drives towards a VW-linked future

Rivian's financial losses have crept up as it pushed out the last of its first-generation R1 trucks and SUVs in favor of newer, more cost efficient versions ...

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Fertility tracking app Flo Health raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation

Fertility tracking app Flo Health raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation

Femtech, or tech that leverages innovations in AI, smartphones and connected wearables to give women more insights into reproductive and menstrual health...

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