The New York Times has had it with generative AI companies using its content
The New York Times sent a cease and desist letter demanding that Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity stop accessing and using its content in AI summaries and other output. The Wall Street Journal reviewed the document. The letter argues that Perplexity has been “unjustly enriched” by using the publisher’s “expressive, carefully written
Read moreVertiv Launches Modular Integrated Data Center in Kenya
Vertiv in collaboration with local partner Encapsulated East Africa Limited and the Kenyan National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), has implemented a new integrated modular data center infrastructure solution to improve data center performance and service delivery. As part of its digital transformation strategy, the NTSA began modernizing its Transport
Read moreIndia backs Musk in satellite spectrum allocation row
India is set to allocate spectrum for satellite services through administrative means rather than auction, a decision that aligns with recent comments by Elon Musk and rebuffs lobbying efforts by the country's largest telecom operators. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePreprocessing text to make it more compressible
Repetitive text compresses efficiently. Text like the lyrics to Jingle Bells ought to compress more efficiently than ordinary prose, assuming the compression algorithm can exploit the repetition. The idea of the Burrows-Wheeler transform is to permute text in before compressing it. The hope is that the permutation will make the
Read moreNew iPad mini brings support for Apple Intelligence and Pencil
Apple Tuesday unveiled a new version of the iPad mini updated for the era of Apple Intelligence. The arrival is powered by the A17 Pro chip, bringing compatibility with Apple Intelligence, the company’s new generative AI offering. The new arrival marks the first major update to the 8.3-inch device since
Read moreAmplitude buys Command AI to bolster its app engagement offerings
Amplitude, a publicly-traded company that makes digital analytics software, has acquired Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly known as CommandBar. Most of Command AI’s 30-person, San Francisco-based team will be joining Amplitude. Command AI’s co-founder and CEO James Evans wouldn’t reveal the terms of the deal, but said
Read moreCareer Karma founders launch OutRival to help companies build AI agents
Ruben Harris and Timur Meyster, the founders of the upskilling platform Career Karma, announced today the launch of the company OutRival, which offers a service that hosts and lets businesses build their own customer service agents to take on customer interactions. AI agent companies are hot right now, and AI
Read moreGoogle supercharges Shopping tab with AI and personalized recommendation feed
After bringing generative AI to Search in 2023, Google is supercharging its Shopping tab with the technology. The company announced on Tuesday that it will use AI to help users shop for products based on exactly what they’re looking for. It also launched a new scrollable feed of personalized, shoppable
Read moreAdobe’s Project Super Sonic uses AI to generate sound effects for your videos
Creating engaging videos isn’t only about the visuals. So much of the appeal of good video content is about the audio, but finding (or maybe even creating) the right audio effects can be a time-consuming process. At its annual Max conference, Adobe is showing off Project Super Sonic, an experimental
Read moreHow customer service AI startup Neuron7 convinced Keith Block to invest
Five-year-old AI customer service startup Neuron7 just closed an oversubscribed $44 million series B round led by Keith Block and his year-and-half-old venture firm, Smith Point Capital. Neuron7 sits in one of the most promising areas for AI technology: customer service. But unlike the hoards of ChatGPT customer chatbot startups,
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