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Xerion says it has a new technique to produce highly refined cobalt in a single step.
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1 Cast AI raises $108M to get the max out of AI, Kubernetes and other workloads 5:46
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The crush of traffic going into training and running AI has quickly turned into a major cost and resource headache for organizations. Cast AI is a startup building tools to ease and optimize AI and other workloads with automation — is raising a major round of funding on the back of its strong growth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model 3:13
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JetBrains, the company behind a range of popular app development tools, has released its first “open” AI model for coding. On Wednesday, JetBrains made Mellum, a code-generating model the company released for its various software development suites last year, openly available on the AI dev platform Hugging Face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Yelp debuts AI voice agents for restaurants and service providers 2:24
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Yelp said on Tuesday that it’s working on deploying AI-powered “voice agents” to help service providers and restaurants handle calls, answer basic questions, and accomplish tasks like adding a customer to a restaurant waitlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Spotify adds 5M premium users and hits record operating income 2:22
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Spotify reported on Tuesday that its premium subscriber base grew by 5 million in the first quarter, representing a 12% increase year-over-year. This brings the total to 268 million, marking the second-highest total ever and the highest net addition of paid subs for a first quarter since 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Lightrun grabs $70M using AI to debug code in production 5:53
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AI-based coding has exploded in popularity on the promise that it will make developers’ jobs faster and easier. But it’s also resulted in something else: a vast increase in lines of code, and thus the likelihood of bugs resulting in crashes or other mishaps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Amazon-backed Glacier gets $16M to expand its robot recycling fleet 4:06
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The world has a trash problem. The amount of stuff we throw away is expected to nearly double, to 3.8 billion metric tons, by 2050. Reducing what we use would go a long way to addressing the issue, but let’s face it, we’re not very good at buying less either. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027 5:16
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Thursday highlighting how little researchers understand about the inner workings of the world’s leading AI models. To address that, Amodei set an ambitious goal for Anthropic to reliably detect most AI model problems by 2027. Amodei acknowledges the challenge ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of those 200 million members, 1.5 million are paying users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Adobe wants to create a robots.txt styled indicator for images used in AI training 5:05
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For years, websites included information about what kind of crawlers were not allowed on their site with a robots.txt file. Adobe, which wants to create a similar standard for images, has added a tool to content credentials with an intention to give them a bit more control over what is used to train AI models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Uber, Volkswagen pair up to launch robotaxi service in US with self-driving, electric microbuses 3:37
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Volkswagen of America and Uber on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service — using autonomous electric VW ID. BUZZ vehicles — in multiple U.S. cities over the next decade. The companies expect to launch a commercial service in Los Angeles, the first city on the list, by late 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet 5:50
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Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there’s currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured. Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities, according to a recent report by the Freedom of Expression Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Linktree rolls out a suite of monetization features for creators 4:09
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Linktree is launching a set of new features aimed at helping creators earn more money directly from its platform. The new tools include the ability to sell courses and digital products, earn from brand-sponsored links, and build shoppable storefronts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 The U.S. doesn’t refine cobalt. This startup wants to change that. 3:08
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Xerion says it has a new technique to produce highly refined cobalt in a single step. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Crowdsourced AI benchmarks have serious flaws, some experts say 5:29
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AI labs are increasingly relying on crowdsourced benchmarking platforms such as Chatbot Arena to probe the strengths and weaknesses of their latest models. But some experts say that there are serious problems with this approach from an ethical and academic perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Tariff turmoil may have killed the tech M&A market’s comeback 6:41
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The tech market doesn’t need to be soaring up and to the right to foster healthy M&A activity. Deals can get done even in down markets. But can M&A thrive in an uncertain market? That’s a harder question. The venture market soured in 2022 as fundraising and exits largely dried up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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