Rivian overhauled the R1S and R1T to entice new buyers ahead of cheaper R2 launch
Rivian has changed 600 parts on its R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck in a bid to drive down manufacturing costs, while improving performance of its flagship vehicles. The end goal, which will play out over the coming year, is an existential one. Rivian lost about $38,784 on every vehicle
Read moreTwitch DJs will now have to pay music labels to play songs in livestreams
Twitch has come up with a solution for the ongoing copyright issues that DJs encounter on the platform. The company announced Thursday a new program that enables DJs to stream millions of tracks in a new DJ Category, giving them more clarity on which songs are safe to use in
Read moreGoogle partners with RapidSOS to enable 911 contact through RCS
Google said today it is partnering with RapidSOS, a platform for emergency first responders, to enable users to contact 911 through RCS (Rich Messaging Service). © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBreaking up is hard to do: Chunking in RAG applications
A look at some of the current thinking around chunking data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
Read moreA social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies
Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts. Instagram is a necessity for many artists,
Read more8 Key Steps to Help South Africa Overcome Greylisting
South Africa’s greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in early 2023 has created significant economic challenges. The development tarnishes the country’s reputation, causes delays and higher costs in international transactions, and potentially deters inbound foreign investment. But the good news is that the damage to the country’s international
Read moreGoogle looks to AI to help save the coral reefs
Google has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, which can aid in conversation efforts. The tool, SurfPerch, created with Google Research and DeepMind, was trained on thousands of hours of audio reef recordings that allow scientists studying the reef
Read moreWestcon-Comstor Appoints Callum McGregor as COO
Westcon-Comstor, a global technology provider and specialist distributor, announced today the promotion of Callum McGregor to the positions of COO- Chief Operating Officer and CFO- Chief Financial Officer as the company targets sustained growth. Six years on Originally from South Africa and now based in the New York area of
Read moreGreptile raises $4M to build an AI-fueled code base expert
When you look at how generative AI is being implemented across developer tools, the focus for the most part has been on generating code, as with Github Copilot. Greptile, an early stage startup from a group of recent Georgia Tech grads, decided to take a different approach: using AI to
Read moreStudy finds that AI models hold opposing views on controversial topics
The models tended to answer questions inconsistently, which reflects biases embedded in the data used to train the models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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