Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport: Waymo has spent years locked in back-and-forth negotiations with SFO, the biggest airport serving its home base of Silicon Valley. Read More |
Andrew Yang took inspiration from Mark Cuban for his budget cell carrier Noble Mobile: "I'm as guilty of doomscrolling as the next person, but knowing that doomscrolling is actually costing me money makes me feel dumb," Yang told TechCrunch. Read More |
Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round: Figure raised more than $1 billion in a Series C round led by Parkway Venture Capital in addition to numerous other investors. Read More |
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When the pre-IPO investors behind Uber and eBay back a new company, people take note. That's the case with Pacaso. Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso brings co-ownership to the $1.3T vacation home market, already making $110M+ in gross profit in under 5 years. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO. Invest in Pacaso by the 9/18 deadline.
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| OpenAI will apply new restrictions to ChatGPT users under 18: Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide. Read More |
Silicon Valley bets big on 'environments' to train AI agents: A wave of startups are creating RL environments to help AI labs train agents. It might be Silicon Valley's next craze in the making. Read More |
Salesforce launches 'Missionforce,' a national security-focused business unit: Salesforce's Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across such areas as personnel, logistics, and decision-making. Read More |
Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases: Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems, and vendors. Read More |
YouTube rolls out Studio updates, 'likeness' detection, lip-synced dubs, creator collabs, and more: YouTube launches a handful of updates for creators, including lip-syncing features for dubbed videos, likeness detection, collabs, an AI chatbot, and more. Read More |
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YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts: YouTube teases new AI-powered tools for turning podcasts into video clips, even if they're audio-only. Read More |
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