Pioneering work is ugly
“A mathematician’s reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. (Pioneer work is clumsy.)” — A. S. Besicovitch I’m sure I’ve written about this quote somewhere, but I can’t find where. The quote comes from A Mathematician’s Miscellany by J. E. Littlewood, citing Besicovitch. I’ve more often
Read moreThousands of creatives sign petition against AI data scraping
What do the actor Kevin Bacon, the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, the musician Robert Smith, and the journalist and historian Sidney Blumenthal have in common? They are among the 11,500 signatories of a petition against unlicensed use of creative works for AI training. “The unlicensed use of creative works for training
Read more6 days to go: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 kicks off and ticket prices go up
The clock is ticking down! Just 6 days to go until TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! Join 10,000 industry leaders from around the world at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30 to witness groundbreaking discussions with top-tier industry experts, elite networking, an exciting showcase of the newest tech innovations, and
Read moreHow to streamline and improve your tech hiring process
It’s a complicated time to be hiring software engineers. In some industries, tech hiring hasn’t fully recovered from its 2022 slump. In others—like AI—demand for specialized technical talent is surging. In fact, 63 percent of senior executives are concerned about the shortage of qualified engineering talent. The result for your
Read moreArtiphon’s new Orba instrument can sample sounds live
Almost exactly two years after releasing the Orba 2, Artiphon is completing the trilogy. The newly announced Orba 3 finds the Nashville-based startup baking live sampling into its clever handheld instrument. The feature arrives by way of a built-in microphone, which lets users record their voice, instruments, and other sounds.
Read moreThe US AI Safety Institute stands on shaky ground
One of the only U.S. government offices dedicated to assessing AI safety is in danger of being dismantled if Congress doesn’t choose to authorize it. The U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI), a federal government body that studies risks in AI systems, was created in November 2023 as a part of
Read moreWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contacts
Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp is getting a built-in contact manager that lets you save contacts within the app so you don’t lose them if you switch phones. WhatsApp typically relies on the smartphone address book it runs on to hold and manage contacts. But that can be a problem for
Read moreAnthropic’s new AI model can control your PC
Anthropic has released an updated version of its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model with a new Computer Use feature that can interact with apps on a PC. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCEO Update: Building trust in AI is key to a thriving knowledge ecosystem
The internet and its business models are changing. Stack Overflow has been at the forefront, helping to shape the future of the web.
Read moreSAB Interview: Tech’s Influence on Beer & Agriculture Sector
The South African Breweries (SAB) recently underscored the beer sector’s critical role in supporting and boosting the agricultural economy. This follows the recent visit at the State of the Beer event held at Caledon Farm Research and Development Facility in the Western Cape. Minister of Agriculture at the SAB State
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