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Culture Shock

Culture Shock

​[[{“value”:” Scene 1: I’m in a place where I feel like I do not belong. I don’t look like most other people. I’m not dressed like most other people. I am surrounded by unfamiliar objects. I don’t share the values that this space is shaped around. Music that I dislike is playing. I’m in a shopping mall.  Quicentro, one of…

Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC

Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC

​Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation II. The transaction values Kodiak, which has raised around $243 million to date, at about $2.5 billion pre-money. New and existing Kodiak institutional investors, like Soros Fund Management, ARK Investments, and Ares, have funded or […]  

Nvidia says it plans to manufacture some AI chips in the U.S.

​Nvidia says it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test AI chips in Arizona and Texas as part of an effort to move a portion of production to the U.S. The chipmaker says that Nvidia Blackwell chips have started production at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona, […]  

Access to future AI models in OpenAI’s API may require a verified ID

​OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process in order to access certain future AI models, according to a support page published to the company’s website last week. The verification process, called Verified Organization, is “a new way for developers to unlock access to the most advanced models and capabilities on the […]  

Apple reportedly working on a Vision Pro that plugs into your Mac

​Apple isn’t giving up on its mixed reality headset the Vision Pro, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has been debating the best direction forward for the product after disappointing sales, Gurman says, but is now moving forward with two different models. One would address probably the two biggest complaints about the initial product […]