Artificial Intelligence

Today, OpenAI released GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, via its API. All OpenAI API developers “with a history of successful payments” can access GPT-4 this afternoon. The company plans to open access to new developers by the end of the month, then raise availability limits “depending on compute availability.” “Millions …

San Francisco safe streets activists discovered they can disable Cruise and Waymo robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on a vehicle’s hood. The group’s viral “Week of Cone” prank on Twitter and TikTok is a protest against the city’s robotaxi services, which residents are tired of breaking down and blocking …

I suppose a generative AI that whispers sweet obscenities was inevitable. Lovense, known for its remote-controlled sex toys, released its ChatGPT Pleasure Companion this week. The company’s latest sex tech innovation uses AI like everyone else. The product name is long. The Advanced Lovense ChatGPT Pleasure Companion, launched in beta …

RoboDeck must be tired of being called a “Roomba for decks.” We did so in our Startup Battlefield write-up, and I did so above. It’s an impressive pitch. The system applies a sealant to the wood’s surface to protect it from outdoor elements, a tedious part of deck ownership. Two …

In its first year, Snapchat+ reached 4 million paid subscribers. Two new features for subscribers were also announced. The first feature, “Expressive Chat Messages,” lets users send larger font messages. “Custom Chat Colors” lets users choose their chat name color. Snapchat currently displays your name in red in chats, but …

Microsoft announced several AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and Edge sidebar chatbot today. Microsoft Edge’s shopping features haven’t been popular, but this new set of tools looks useful. Bing will now automatically generate buying guides for queries like “college supplies” using GPT-powered AI. It will automatically …

Today, Meta announced a remarkable claim to clarify its content recommendation algorithms. It prepares for behavior analysis systems “orders of magnitude” larger than ChatGPT and GPT-4. That’s necessary? Meta occasionally explains some of its algorithms to demonstrate its transparency. This can be enlightening or raise more questions. It’s a mix. …

Dust, a French AI startup, breaks down internal silos, surfaces important knowledge, and provides tools to build custom internal apps to boost team productivity. Dust uses LLMs on internal company data to give team members superpowers. Gabriel Hubert and Stanislas Polu co-founded the company. In 2015, Stripe bought their startup, …

ChatGPT may have captivated the world. However, Google-owned DeepMind claims that its next large language model will surpass OpenAI’s. Wired reports that DeepMind is using AlphaGo’s techniques to create Gemini, a ChatGPT-rivaling chatbot. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told Wired that Gemini will solve problems and plan. Hassabis described Gemini as …

Wade Norris wanted to create a life-changing project at Google. He co-founded Google Lens, a computer vision app that displays object information. It didn’t satisfy. Norris and aerospace systems engineer Scott Baron founded SnapCalorie, a health-focused startup, several years ago. AI-powered SnapCalorie estimates a meal’s calories and macronutrients from a …