Homework problems are rigged
This post is a follow-on to a discussion that started on Twitter yesterday. This tweet must have resonated with a lot of people because it’s had over 120,000 views so far. You almost have to study advanced math to solve basic math problems. Sometimes a high school student can solve
Read moreNavigating the Labyrinth: My Folk Experiment With Search Agents
A deep dive into procedural mazes and the intriguing ways AI search agents find their way outContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreConcurrent Programming in SwiftData
A more elegant thread-safe solutionPhoto by sk on UnsplashConcurrent programming in Core Data may not be difficult, but it is full of traps. Even with ample experience in Core Data, a slight negligence can introduce vulnerabilities into the code, making the application unsafe. As the successor to Core Data, SwiftData provides
Read moreDeasie wants to rank and filter data to make generative AI more reliable
Deasie, a startup developing tools to give companies greater control over text-generating AI models, today announced that it raised $2.9 million in a seed funding round with participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, RTP Global, Rebel Fund and J12 Ventures. Deasie’s founders, Reece Griffiths, Mikko Peiponen and Leo Platzer, previously
Read moreLakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts
Large language models (LLMs) are the driving force behind the burgeoning generative AI movement, capable of interpreting and creating human-language texts from simple prompts — this could be anything from summarizing a document to writing poem to answering a question using data from myriad sources. However, these prompts can also
Read moreErgo’s Shopify app gives online retailers joy of bartering without the hassle
The startup is developing pricing software to give online retailers an easy way to clear out inventory and increase profits without having to put those items on sale.
Read moreDidi’s autonomous vehicle arm raises $149M from state investors
When Didi created an autonomous vehicle subsidiary in 2020, the venture was seen as a Chinese counterpart to Uber’s AV unit. The tides of change have since swept across China’s tech landscape, where internet firms went through a wave of regulatory crackdown and foreign investments dwindled amid worsening U.S.-China relations.
Read moreEyeEm, the photo marketplace, changes hands as Freepik picks it up out of bankruptcy
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo marketplace that once was loftily thought of as a possible challenger to Instagram in Europe but more recently has fallen on much harder times, has a new owner. Freepik — a Spain-based platform partly owned by EQT that provides images, graphics, and other media for designers
Read moreLinda Yaccarino responds to EU: 700 Community Notes, 5K+ images shared on Israel-Hamas war, “thousands” of pieces of content removed
X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, came under fire earlier this week in Europe, when European Commissioner Thierry Breton sent a stark open letter to the company warning it of its failure to clamp down on disinformation and illegal content on the platform circulating in the aftermath of
Read moreBon Vivant toasts taking $15.9M to brew up versatile animal-free dairy proteins
Lyon, France-based precision fermentation startup Bon Vivant, which is using biotech techniques to reprogram yeast microorganisms to produce animal-free milk proteins with a substantially lower environmental footprint than traditional dairy, credits clarity of strategy and execution for keeping its investors enthused at a time when raising remains a challenge for
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