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The perils of premature complexity are huge administrative overhead and technical debt
I’m getting pretty frustrated with startups making things way more complex than they need to...
Anthropic’s latest tactic to stop racist AI: Asking it ‘really really really really’ nicely
The problem of alignment is an important one when you’re setting AI models up to make decisions in matters of finance and health. But how can...
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From the collapse and rebirth of Silicon Valley Bank to the indictment of Sam Bankman-Fried — it’s safe to say that this has been a long...
Battery swapping: Great for EV fleets, but can it work for consumers?
Battery swapping for electric vehicles might be a little like communism: good in theory, but so far the only place that it has really caught on...
Google’s best Gemini demo was faked
Google’s new Gemini AI model is getting a mixed reception after its big debut yesterday, but users may have less confidence in the company’s tech or...
YouTube now lets you pause comments on videos
YouTube announced today a new comment moderation setting, “Pause,” letting creators and moderators prevent viewers from adding new comments yet keep existing comments on videos.
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The venture landscape may be on the ‘cusp’ of explosive growth
The crypto venture landscape has fallen for the past six quarters in a row. But CoinFund’s managing partner and head of venture investments, David Pakman, thinks...
Everything you know about the podcast industry is a lie
It seems like the writing is on the soundproofed wall: The podcast boom is over, and this week’s news is evidence. Spotify laid off 17% of...
As a new AI-driven coding assistant is launched, the battle for AI-mindshare moves to...
With the news that Microsoft’s Copilot is getting OpenAI’s latest models and a new code interpreter, it’s clear the battle over the future of AI is...
Ex-Google, Coursera employees start Lutra AI to make AI workflows easier to build
While working at Coursera and later Google over the past decade, there were many times when Jiquan Ngiam would see an engineering function that could be...