One of the standout gadgets of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the rabbit r1, will use Perplexity AI’s tech to answer user queries, both companies said in […]
Anthropic researchers find that AI models can be trained to deceive
Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they’re exceptionally good at it. […]
Brave Search can now deliver results for programming queries
Brave announced today that it’s adding its newly built CodeLLM to its search engine to deliver results for programming queries. The new AI-powered CodeLLM provides code snippets with […]
Meistrari didn’t see a good solution for prompt engineering, so it’s building one
Artificial intelligence continues to dominate the world of technology, and over in Brazil, the Meistrari team wants to help developers conquer it. Meistrari offers solutions for companies building […]
Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform
Quora is back at it, raising funding for the first time in nearly seven years. The questions and answers website nabbed $75 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), which […]
5 steps to ensure startups successfully deploy LLMs
Lu Zhang Contributor Lu Zhang, the founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund, is a renowned Silicon Valley–based investor and a serial entrepreneur in healthcare. ChatGPT’s launch ushered […]
AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M
As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen AI tech, startups are looking to reinvent AI-powered search from the ground up. It […]
Public Domain Day 2024 list: 12+ books, movies and songs entering the public domain
Here are the works of art entering the public domain in 2024, including the Mickey Mouse short films ‘Steamboat Willie’ and ‘Plane Crazy,’ the book Orlando by Vrigina Woolf, and the song ‘Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)’ by Cole Porter.
Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round
French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The company has raised €385 million, or $415 million at today’s exchange rate — […]
Anthropic’s latest tactic to stop racist AI: Asking it ‘really really really really’ nicely
The problem of alignment is an important one when you’re setting AI models up to make decisions in matters of finance and health. But how can you reduce […]