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Crogl, armed with $30M, takes the wraps off a new AI ‘Iron Man suit’ for security analysts

​[[{“value”:” AI agents are marching across the world of IT, and on Thursday a startup called Crogl is debuting its contribution to the field: an autonomous assistant for cybersecurity researchers to help them analyse thousands of daily network alerts to find and fix actual security incidents. The assistant — described by Crogl’s CEO and co-founder Monzy […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Linguistic diversity in the classroom: Embracing multilingual perspectives and pedagogies

Linguistic diversity in the classroom: Embracing multilingual perspectives and pedagogies

​[[{“value”:” Linguistic diversity in the classroom: Embracing multilingual perspectives and pedagogies Published: Despite the cultural and linguistic diversity present in classrooms across various parts of the world, many education systems still follow monolingual ideologies. Dr Sandra Zappa-Hollman, an applied linguist at the University of British Columbia in Canada, is investigating how teachers view multilingual students in their classrooms and how…

A quarter of startups in YC’s current cohort have codebases that are almost entirely AI-generated

​[[{“value”:” With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the current batch of Y Combinator, the storied Silicon Valley startup accelerator. A quarter of the W25 startup batch have 95% of their codebases generated by AI, YC managing […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threats

​[[{“value”:” The war in Ukraine has brought drones to the forefront of modern warfare, creating a surge in demand for counter-drone systems. However, legacy solutions to counter drones, such as ground-based defense systems and cyber warfare, often come with a hefty price tag. For German startup Alpine Eagle, these solutions fall short: When now-ubiquitous $500 first-person […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can’t ‘survive on Mastodon alone’

Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can’t ‘survive on Mastodon alone’

​[[{“value”:” There’s a new Bluesky app in the works from a popular developer of iOS applications. Tapbots, the company behind the popular Mastodon client Ivory, born out of its earlier efforts with Tweetbot (RIP), is readying a new app called Phoenix, designed for Bluesky’s growing social network of over 32 million users. In a post on […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Canoo’s CEO is buying the bankrupt EV startup’s assets

Canoo’s CEO is buying the bankrupt EV startup’s assets

​[[{“value”:” The CEO of Canoo is buying nearly all of the defunct EV startup’s assets out of bankruptcy, according to a court filing. A new entity controlled by the CEO, Anthony Aquila, has offered to purchase “substantially all” of the assets for $4 million in cash. The sale will also wipe clean a more-than-$11 million debt […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Eric Schmidt argues against a ‘Manhattan Project for AGI’

Eric Schmidt argues against a ‘Manhattan Project for AGI’

​[[{“value”:” In a policy paper published Wednesday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks said that the U.S. should not pursue a Manhattan Project-style push to develop AI systems with “superhuman” intelligence, also known as AGI. The paper, titled “Superintelligence Strategy,” asserts that an aggressive […] © 2024 TechCrunch….