Canada, U.S. sign international guidelines for safe AI development
Eighteen countries, including Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., today agreed on recommended guidelines to developers in their nations for the secure design, development, deployment, and operation of artificial intelligent systems. It’s the latest in a series of voluntary guardrails that nations are urging their public and private sectors to
Read moreContrary to reports, OpenAI probably isn’t building humanity-threatening AI
Has OpenAI invented an AI technology with the potential to “threaten humanity”? From some of the recent headlines, you might be inclined to think so. Reuters and The Information first reported last week that several OpenAI staff members had, in a letter to the AI startup’s board of directors, flagged
Read morePrefab home builder Veev reportedly shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year
Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, is on the verge of shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year, according to multiple reports. Calcalist reported on Sunday that the company – which raised $600 million in total, $400 million of which was secured in March of 2022 –
Read moreRansomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers
Last Tuesday, Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading provider of title insurance and escrow services, and North America’s largest title insurance company,” announced that it had experienced a cyberattack. Since then, homeowners who have mortgages and prospective buyers who are
Read moreWhat to look out for in this week’s deluge of SaaS earnings reports
Here's a rundown of the key names reporting third-quarter results this week and what we might learn from them. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreConstruction marketplace Construex takes in first capital to expand in Latin America
Co-founders Roberto Arroyo and his brother, Nicolas Arroyo, bootstrapped the company for almost four years and reached profitability while expanding into Chile, Guatemala and Argentina. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreVCs have a jargon problem and this is how to fix it
Venture capitalists have a role to make people feel welcome and included in what can otherwise be a cliquey and closed environment. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEvernote pushes users to upgrade with test of a free plan limited to only 50 notes
After making steep cuts to personnel earlier this year, Evernote’s Milan-based owner Bending Spoons is now experimenting with a new plan that would push more users to upgrade to paid versions of its service. The company confirmed to TechCrunch it’s been running a small test that placed limits on the
Read moreTC Startup Battlefield master class with Lightspeed Ventures: Use generative AI to supercharge efficiency
Raviraj Jain, partner at Lightspeed Ventures, explains how early-stage startups will be impacted by genAI, and what to look out for. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAre remote workers more productive? That’s the wrong question.
Plenty of workers prefer flexibility, regardless of what the research says.
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