March Madness, Revisited: The AI Model Did Well. But Mad Things Still Happen

(NOTE: This article is part of an ongoing series documenting an experiment with using AI to fill the NCAA brackets and see how it fares against years of human experience. The original article is as follows.) A week ago, I wrote about entering an NCAA t…

You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini

Google is launching “switching tools” that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini.

OpenAI backs a nine-month-old startup building swarms of AI agents at a $650 million valuation
OpenAI backs a nine-month-old startup building swarms of AI agents at a $650 million valuation

Isara, a San Francisco startup that is building software to coordinate thousands of AI agents on complex analytical tasks, has raised $94 million at a $650 million valuation, with OpenAI among the investors. The company was founded nine months ago by t…

Next-gen AI breakthrough promises chatbots that can read the room better

This new AI approach teaches chatbots to focus on emotionally important words and link them to the right subject, helping them better understand nuanced messages and respond more appropriately.

ChatGPT is not getting an erotic mode, after all

ChatGPT’s proposed “adult mode” is now on indefinite hold, with OpenAI prioritizing core tools instead. The company says it needs more research on risks like emotional dependency and explicit content.

Turns out, if you ask an AI to play an expert, it gets less reliable

Telling an AI to “act like an expert” sounds like a great idea, but a new study suggests it can actually hurt its accuracy.

Meta grants executives up to $921 million in stock options on the same day it lays off 700 workers
Meta grants executives up to $921 million in stock options on the same day it lays off 700 workers

Meta disclosed in SEC filings on Tuesday that it had granted stock options to six of its most senior executives, the first such awards since the company’s 2012 IPO. Hours later, it laid off approximately 700 employees across Reality Labs, recruiting, s…

Theia Insights grabs $8M to map the global economy with AI

Cambridge-based deeptech company Theia Insights has raised $8 million in Series A funding, ledby MiddleGame Ventures, with participation from Further Ventures and UnusualVentures. The round brings the…

Klarna veterans launch Galdera with €1.5M for AI financial modeling

Stockholm-based Galdera Labs has launchedwith €1.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-driven platform forfinancial modelling. The round was led by J12 Ventures, with participation fromAntler…