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Quick Hits
Digital doppelgangers: D-ID app clones you into AI videos.
New breathalyzer: Test delivers instant COVID results.
What’s a yoko?: Developers declare death to captchas.
Python power-up: Snowflake acquires Ponder.
Apple’s AI aims: Company’s $1B-per-year catchup plan.
Brand morphing: AI introduces shape-shifting logos.
Small science: Stanford unveils world’s first mini accelerator.
AI modeling career: Bot builds 3D worlds from text prompts.
‘Data poisoning’: Developers unleash unique bot breakers.
Plant power: Waterloo researchers grow tiny, soft med bots.
Stanford study: LLaMA 2 wins in transparency.
New wave: Firm invests $150M underrepresented founders.
SF hackathon taps AI for city issues
Former tech workers launched Accelerate SF, a hackathon aimed at driving engineers to build AI solutions for San Francisco's public sector challenges like homelessness and transportation.
Want a 4-day workweek? Invest in AI
JP Morgan's CEO predicts a 3.5-day workweek enabled by AI. With automation and economies of scale, many agree that AI adoption could accelerate progress and free up more personal time. But responsible implementation requires giving back gains to employees and society.
Brooker: AI lacks creativity
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker says AI like ChatGPT can’t replace human creativity because it lacks messiness. Though it mimics formats, its writing is derivative and boring, Brooker found when testing it on a show concept.
Automattic acquires Texts
WordPress.com owner Automattic purchased messaging app Texts for $50M, betting on founder Kishan Bagaria as a tech genius. Texts unifies chats across apps in one interface with AI features, aligning with Automattic's open-source mission.
Millionaires offer mentoring
Startup Intro lets entrepreneurs book video calls with successful founders for a fee, monetizing the advice they used to give for free. Users can pay for time with experts like Zillow's cofounder and Morning Brew's chairman.
Poll of the Week
Recently Funded
- Germany-based Likeminded Raises $1.5M Seed for Mental Health Solution
- France’s L'école AI Reaches $3M Seed for Machine Teaching
- London-based Ai Build Raises $8.5M Series A for 3D Printing Software
- Chicago-based Flashpoint Therapeutics Raises $10M Seed for Nanotech Therapeutics
- SF-based Objective Raises $13M to Launch Multimodal Search Platform
- Singapore-based SynFutures Raises $22M Series B Amid 'Crypto Winter’
Post of the Week
What We’re Reading
- Biden Moves to Embrace AI as National Security Tool in Executive Order (WSJ)
- Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says. (NYT)
- Using AI, cartoonist Amy Kurzweil connects with deceased grandfather in 'Artificial’ (NPR)
- ChatGPT parent OpenAI seeks $86bn valuation (FT)
- ‘Robo-Taxi Takeover’ Hits Speed Bumps (Scientific American)
Podcasts of the Week
Tyler Foster, Evolv AI CTO, discusses the future of AI to help brands connect with consumers (AI and the Future of Work)
Keys to Developing Leadership Traits for Retaining Current & Future Leaders. (Back to Work)
Startups Hiring Now
Legion Technologies: AI-Powered Workforce Management | 12 open roles
ThoughtSpot: Analytics without the hassle, get everything you need for the comfort of your hand | 63 open roles
TrialSpark: Our mission is to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently | 8 open roles
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