What is AI good for? Automating repetitive tasks for the very busy people running small businesses, reckons Berlin-based startup Synthflow, which is announcing a $7.4 million seed round […]
Dappier is building a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to LLM builders
When Napster emerged in the late 1990s, it made it easy for people to grab music files without compensating the content owners.The iPod and the iTunes music store […]
EasyTranslate thinks augmenting LLMs with humans will give it an edge over pure AI translation services
You might think new generative AI startups like Eleven Labs are the hottest game in town for translation services. But voice translation was long ago preceded by another […]
Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says he loves Sam Altman, believes he’s sincere about AI safety
In an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Tuesday, Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, made it very clear that he admires OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. CNBC’s […]
The RIAA’s lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
Like many AI companies, Udio and Suno relied on large-scale theft to create their generative AI models. This they have as much as admitted, even before the music […]
Tengo untangles the messy world of public sector procurement with AI
Tengo uses AI to find, evaluate and respond to public tenders. It is a software-as-service tool that helps companies handle public tenders at scale — a bit like […]
Smashing, from Goodreads’ co-founder, curates the best of the web using AI and human recommendations
Goodreads‘ co-founder Otis Chandler is back to build the next big app community. But this time, his focus isn’t on books; it’s on the content you can find […]
Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models
In 2024, it seems like no week goes by without a media organization, author group, or artist suing generative AI companies for using their work to train models […]
TechWolf raises $43M to take an AI-sized bite out of the internal recruiting game
Layoffs continue to buffet the world of technology, but with the need for tech talent in organizations only growing, there’s a bigger focus on how internal talent is […]
Style DNA gets a generative AI chatbot that suggests outfit ideas based on your color type
Style DNA, an AI-powered fashion stylist app, creates a personalized style profile from a single selfie. The app is particularly useful for people interested in seasonal color analysis, […]