The first self-checkout system was installed in 1986 in a Kroger grocery store just outside of Atlanta. It took several decades, but the technology has finally proliferated across the U.S. Given the automated direction grocery stores are heading, it seems that robotic bagging canât be too far behind. MITâs CSAIL department this week is showcasing […]
AI is here to help, whether youâre drafting an email, making some concept art, or running a scam on vulnerable folks by making them think youâre a friend or relative in distress. AI is so versatile! But since some people would rather not be scammed, letâs talk a little about what to watch out for. […]
When Til Klein and Jochen Beutgen came across Gaingels, the U.S.-based syndicate of angel investors backing LGBTQ+ founders, they wondered why there wasnât a firm looking to do the same for the European LGBTQ+ startup community. Five years later, when a firm like that still didnât exist, Klein and Beutgen decided they should try to […]
In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japanâs National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the doe-eyed seal pup remains the best-known example of a therapeutic robot for older adults. In 2011, the robot reached the zenith of pop cultural […]
Appleâs AI plans go beyond the previously announced Apple Intelligence launches on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to Bloombergâs Mark Gurman, the company is also working to bring these features to its Vision Pro headsets. Itâs not the most surprising move â if Apple Intelligence (a whole suite of features including an improved Siri, […]
If data is truly the fuel for generative AI, and one of the keys to a successful implementation is access to data meaningful to running the business, it would seem that certain SaaS vendors have a built-in advantage where the data is concerned. Executing is another matter, but if the data is there, the models […]
India is very far from the âuncanny valleyâ of San Francisco, but it has a massive trove of engineering talent, and some of those people are hopping on the train and turning into founders and builders of AI startups. The story of the AI startup ecosystem in India today is reminiscent of the early days […]
We live in a very different world since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Hamasâs Oct. 7 attack on Israel. With global military expenditure reaching $2.4 trillion last year, startups are hoping to get a share of the pie, and formerly reluctant investors are keen to help them do so. The U.S. budget […]
One of the selling points of Googleâs flagship generative AI models, Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash, is the amount of data they can supposedly process and analyze. In press briefings and demos, Google has repeatedly claimed that the models can accomplish previously impossible tasks thanks to their âlong context,â like summarizing multiple hundred-page documents […]
Weâre over halfway through 2024, and already this year we have seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history. And just when you think that some of these hacks canât get any worse, they do. From huge stores of customersâ personal information getting scraped, stolen and posted online, to reams of […]