Creators of Sora-powered short explain AI-generated video’s strengths and limitations
OpenAI’s video generation tool Sora took the AI community by surprise in February with fluid, realistic video that seems miles ahead of competitors. But the carefully stage-managed debut left out a lot of details — details that have been filled in by a filmmaker given early access to create a
Read moreFizz buzz walk
I ran across a graphic yesterday made by taking a sequence of steps of the same length, turning left on the nth step if n is prime, and otherwise continuing in the same direction. Here’s my recreation of the first 1000 steps: You can see that in general it makes
Read moreHow Rubrik’s IPO paid off big for Greylock VC Asheem Chandna
Asheem Chandna says he was so impressed with founder Bipul Sinha's grit and tech, he led Rubrik's $40 million Series B in 2015. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEken fixes ‘terrible’ video doorbell issue that could let someone spy on you
Image: Eken A company that manufactures video doorbells found by Consumer Reports to contain serious security vulnerabilities has issued a fix, the consumer advocacy group is reporting. Eken Group has issued a firmware update for the affected security products under its own name, as well as those from other brands
Read morePhoto-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models. Earlier this month, the company informed users via email that it was adding a new clause to its Terms & Conditions that would grant
Read moreMeta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free
Meta’s new large language model, Llama 3, powers the imaginatively named “Meta AI,” a newish chatbot that the social media and advertising company has installed in as many of its apps and interfaces as possible. How does this model stack up against other all-purpose conversational AIs? It tends to regurgitate
Read moreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, April 26, 2024
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday April 26, 2024. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon. In a few minutes David Shipley, head of Beauceron Security, will be here to discuss some of the biggest news of the past week. They include
Read moreSo are we banning TikTok or what? Also: Can an influencer really tank an $800M company?
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Ticktock, TikTok: It’s been a wild week for TikTok. Even as the company starts testing its Twitter competitor in certain markets and
Read moreThe IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems
At a quick glance the IBM-HashiCorp deal seems like a good one for both sides, but upon closer inspection, perhaps not. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCurio raises funds for Rio, an ‘AI news anchor’ in an app
AI may be inching its way into the newsroom, as outlets like Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNET and others have experimented with articles written by AI. But while most respectable journalists will condemn this use case, there are a number of startups that think AI can enhance the news
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