Meta’s Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else
The race for better generative AI is also a race for more computing power. On that score, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta appears to be winning.
NFL quarterback turned-founder Colin Kaepernick on the challenges facing disrupters
Former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday to talk about the challenges that people who want to disrupt something…
Aurora Innovation delays commercial autonomous truck launch to 2025
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Aurora Innovation is targeting April 2025 for commercial deployment of its autonomous trucks, pushing its timeline back by about a quarter. The company had originally planned…
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2024 is . . . Salva Health
Over the last three days, 20 startups participated in the incredibly competitive Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the Startup Battlefield 200…
Perplexity’s CEO punts on defining ‘plagiarism’
Perplexity’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, wouldn’t say how Perplexity defines “plagiarism” in an on stage interview with Devin Coldewey at TechCrunch’s Disrupt 2024 conference. It’s a touchy subject. News Corp’s Dow…
Announcing the winner of Startup Battlefield 200
Watch as we announce the winner of TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition – Startup Battlefield 200. After impressing the judges, the winner walks away with the Battlefield Cup and $100,000 equity-free.TechCrunch’s…
Startup Battlefield 200 Runnerup Announcement
Watch as we announce the runnerup winner of TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition – Startup Battlefield 200.TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 is the world’s preeminent startup competition with alumni like Vurb, Trello,…
Meta AI Releases LongVU: A Multimodal Large Language Model that can Address the Significant Challenge of Long Video Understanding
Understanding and analyzing long videos has been a significant challenge in AI, primarily due to the vast amount of data and computational resources required. Traditional Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs)…
Colin Kaepernick helps creators own their story with Lumi, his AI startup
If anyone knows a thing or two about losing control of your own narrative, it’s Colin Keapernick.Now the former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist runs an AI storytelling platform,…
Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’
The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons. But Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid…