[[{“value”:” When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020 and schools transitioned to online learning, both Joe Titus and Paul Suhr were concerned about how to maintain their children’s activity levels in the absence of mandatory physical education classes and sports. The two friends’ solution was Hiveclass, a New York-based edtech platform that hosts online courses for […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Coalition of US states to file lawsuit after Musk’s DOGE gains access to Americans’ personal data
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UK government demands Apple backdoor to encrypted cloud data: report
[[{“value”:” Apple is likely to stop providing its encrypted cloud service to U.K. users © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Composo helps enterprises monitor how well AI apps work
[[{“value”:” AI and the large language models (LLMs) that power them have a ton of useful applications, but for all their promise, they’re not very reliable. No one knows when this problem will be solved, so it makes sense that we’re seeing startups finding an opportunity in helping enterprises make sure the LLM-powered apps they’re paying […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Composo helps enterprises monitor how well AI apps work
[[{“value”:” AI and the large language models (LLMs) that power them have a ton of useful applications, but for all their promise, they’re not very reliable. No one knows when this problem will be solved, so it makes sense that we’re seeing startups finding an opportunity in helping enterprises make sure the LLM-powered apps they’re paying […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
PowerSchool data breach affected 16,000 students in the UK
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UAE to invest billions to build AI data center in France
[[{“value”:” A few days ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, the French presidency has announced the first of several expected financial initiatives related to AI. France’s Emmanuel Macron and the United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have signed an agreement for a significant investment to build a massive data center dedicated […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta is studying how humans and robots can collaborate on housework
[[{“value”:” Meta Friday announced PARTNR, a new program designed to study human-robot interaction (HRI). The research is specifically focused on how humans and robots might collaborate in the home environment. That includes mundane tasks like cleaning, cooking, and picking up food deliveries. Automated housework is a decades-old dream, most prominently captured by The Jetsons’ Rosie. The […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta launches new program to improve speech and translation AI
[[{“value”:” Meta is launching a new program in partnership with UNESCO to collect speech recordings and transcriptions the company said will help the development of future openly available AI. The program, the Language Technology Partner Program, is seeking collaborators who can contribute more than 10 hours of speech recordings with transcriptions, large amounts of written text, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Swiggy, 2024’s biggest tech listing, falls below its IPO price and 2022 valuation
[[{“value”:” Indian food delivery company Swiggy’s stock fell below both its IPO price and its last private valuation as mounting losses and a wavering market position in quick commerce pressured its margins in the last quarter. The food delivery company’s stock fell as low as ₹374.80 ($4.29) on Thursday below its November IPO price of ₹390, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….