An interview with USDS head Mina Hsiang, who previously worked for HealthCare.gov, on having more job applicants this year than in any prior year, AI, and more — Ten years after healthcare.gov, the fed's tech consultancy wants you to help with the next big thing.
Google, Meta, Qualcomm, and seven other tech companies form the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems, aiming to promote open digital ecosystems in the EU — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Meta Platforms (META.O), Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and seven other tech companies on Wednesday teamed up to push …
Abu Dhabi is becoming a popular destination for crypto companies, including Phoenix, Paxos, and eToro, as firms seek eager investors and friendlier regulators — - Firms cite growing hub and friendly regulators as advantages — UAE's crypto industry remains small compared to main hot spots
Vietnamese media reports Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees Vietnam as a potential second home for the Silicon Valley company and plans to open a design center there — Huang, speaking at a Hanoi semiconductor and artificial intelligence conference hosted by a Vietnam ministry Monday …
The US needs an AI moonshot mentality, and in 2024 the government should galvanize support for a broad investment backed by strong public sector infrastructure — Artificial intelligence is too important to be left entirely in the hands of the big tech companies
Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, with investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources: the deal values Mistral at about $2B — The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous.
A look at the Effective Accelerationism movement, which favors open-source AI tech and believes that AI's benefits outweigh its harms and shouldn't be regulated — The eccentric pro-tech movement known as “Effective Accelerationism” wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way.
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones' account, after Elon Musk conducted a poll that resulted in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring the account — Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known …
Q&A with Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders on generative AI's role in robotics, when to expect true general-purpose robots, the humanoid form factor, and more — For the next few weeks, TechCrunch's robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics.
A bear case for the AI industry, as the sectors it seems to be able to disrupt so far, like writing, digital art, and programming help, are not very lucrative — Gemini and the supply paradox of AI — Another day, another huge new AI model revealed. This time it's Google's Gemini.
OctoML ends its business with text-to-image AI model sharing platform Civitai, after a report found some images by Civitai users “could be categorized as” CSAM — Civitai, a text-to-image AI model sharing platform, is seeking a new cloud computing provider and instructing …
Gleb Bryanski / Reuters : Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in i...
