A Book App Used AI to ‘Roast’ Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead
One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books they read, told the user, “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”
Microsoft to spend $80 billion in FY’25 on data centers for AI
Microsoft has earmarked $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence workloads, according to a company blog post. Specifically, the tech giant plans to…
FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1M for misleading advertising
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined accessiBe, a startup that claims to make websites more compatible with the screen readers blind people rely on to access the internet,…
Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion
Two individuals rented cars from Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, and used them to perform acts of violence earlier this week. First, a military veteran driving a Ford F-150 Lightning…
Bench saved by the bell, and other last-minute deals that closed 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Welcome to…
Qwen Researchers Introduce CodeElo: An AI Benchmark Designed to Evaluate LLMs’ Competition-Level Coding Skills Using Human-Comparable Elo Ratings
Large language models (LLMs) have brought significant progress to AI applications, including code generation. However, evaluating their true capabilities is not straightforward. Existing benchmarks, such as LiveCodeBench and USACO, have…
ProTrek: A Tri-Modal Protein Language Model for Advancing Sequence-Structure-Function Analysis
Proteins, the essential molecular machinery of life, play a central role in numerous biological processes. Decoding their intricate sequence, structure, and function (SSF) is a fundamental pursuit in biochemistry, molecular…
Hydrogen tax credit rules give startups clarity while boosting nuclear and carbon capture
Hydrogen startups are widely seen as a promising way to eliminate fossil fuels from heavy industry and long-haul transportation. But they have been stuck in limbo for the last couple…
Venture fund founder sues PayPal alleging racial discrimination
Andav Capital’s founder claims PayPal’s program was discriminatory as it sought to exclusively focus on Black and Hispanic-led enterprises. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI Augments HR, but a Human-First Approach Is Indispensable
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to break new ground in HR, it is enjoying growing acceptance. A recent study revealed that nearly half the workers surveyed in the UK and…