Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubinâs startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more âș
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With the arrival of artificial intelligence, creators have a new host of tools to do more with less. Creators can lean on AI to make editing faster. They can get help on scripts. They can even create realistic avatars of themselves to reduce on-camera time. But the use of AI also raises questions of authenticity and disclosure, which is why the EU and the US are preparing regulations. Kaya Yurieff,... Read more âș
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Jack Settleman grew a sport-focused YouTube account to nearly 600,000 subscribers. Then he made a surprising decision: Last month he stopped posting to the account, which had become popular thanks to some of its Shorts videos, and decided to start over. This new channel, under the same name Snapback Sports, focuses on sharing experiences at sporting events through videos that are about 10 minutes long, in addition to related Shorts... Read more âș
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Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming an indispensable tool for how we imagine and design our physical world and make it more sustainable and inclusive. Usedâand regulatedâcorrectly, AI can become societyâs greatest tool in meeting challenges ranging from crumbling infrastructure and a growing housing crisis to a rapidly changing climate. Efforts to effectively regulate AI were front and center last month, as seen with President Joe Bidenâs Executive Order on Artificial... Read more âș
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How much should Walt Disney Co. pay to buy Comcastâs 33% stake in Hulu, the video-streaming service best known for âOnly Murders in the Buildingâ and âThe Bearâ? Itâs shaping up to be the most contentious entertainment industry deal of 2024. And guess what: Disney is likely to be on the hook for billions more, on top of the $8.6 billion down payment it was scheduled to make by Friday... Read more âș
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Over the weekend, my colleagues Jon Victor and Amir Efrati reported that Google has scrapped the launch next week of Googleâs would-be GPT-4 killer, Gemini, providing further evidence that the product has been delayed until 2024. Why? Itâs just not ready yet and, according to the report, recently had trouble handling some non-English queries. The AI chatbot wars are still in the early innings, but itâs remarkable that Google, with... Read more âș
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During the most harrowing moments of the OpenAI leadership crisis, one of the startupâs biggest partnershipsâa deal with Morgan Stanley that is supposed to demonstrate how AI can change the game at a giant, highly regulated Wall Street bankâwas left twisting in the wind. Executives at Morgan Stanley, one of OpenAIâs biggest customers, wondered what would happen to their chatbot for financial advisers if OpenAI fell apart. They discussed what... Read more âș
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The Biden administration has issued rules intended to keep Chinese battery materials out of U.S. vehicles, undermine Chinaâs dominance of the global battery supply and jump-start a competing U.S. battery industry. But the administration left a narrow pathway for automakers such as Ford to employ Chinese battery technology in their electric vehicles while still qualifying for Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. Read more âș
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Google has quietly delayed the public debut of Gemini, a conversational artificial intelligence that aims to compete with OpenAI, to January, two people with knowledge of the decision said. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently decided to scrap a series of Gemini events, originally scheduled for next week in California, New York and Washington, after the company found the AI didnât reliably handle some non-English queries, one of these people said.... Read more âș
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Hi, welcome to your Weekend.Next week will mark The Information's 10-year anniversary, and we'll be commemorating the last decade of tech by publishing a series of top 10 lists, plus some reflections from our founder Jessica Lessin. But before we look back at the Valley's greatest hits (and misses), we also wanted to look forward, peering through the eyes of Vinod Khosla, whose powers of prediction are idolized by many... Read more âș
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The first time I saw the delivery drone glide over the tree line of my backyard, I felt as if Iâd been transported to the future. I stood on my patio, bug-eyed, as the drone stopped to hover a few dozen feet above my lawn, floating there like the archangel of cheeseburgers. The trap door on the bottom opened up and a bright yellow bag holding my takeout dinner slowly... Read more âș
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Tech companies have long been famous for their offsites. Though these are not always the most prudently planned eventsârecall WeWorkâs lavish English countryside summer campâSilicon Valley has perfected the art of getting out of the office, bringing the team together and doing a few trust falls. Since the pandemic, these outings have taken on new importance, as increased remote work means offsites are the only time some teammates get together... Read more âș
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Every social media service is unhappy in its own way. Thatâs something Bill Ackman should remember. The hedge fund manager came out swinging in support of Elon Musk in a lengthy tweet late Thursday night, claiming that recent advertiser defections from X were a result of Musk being âtargetedâ because other media organizations view X as a competitor. (Walmart on Friday became the latest big marketer to drop X.) Ackman... Read more âș
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One of the things I loved about this week's episode is that it got out of abstract questions about the future of AI and into the here and now implications. That led the gang to TikTok and the future of the app. A big thanks to Brit for moderating this week's episode as my one hour at the DMV turned into two and a half and I missed the taping.... Read more âș
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Only minutes after Sam Altman was fired by the board of OpenAI on the afternoon of November 17, Vinod Khosla got a call from a major OpenAI investor. âWhat is going on?â the person asked. In the ensuing days, puzzled calls and texts from various principals continued streaming in. But even Khosla, one of OpenAIâs earliest investors and a man renowned for his powers of prescience, couldnât predict what would... Read more âș
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Last weekâs drama at OpenAI is still fresh on the minds of founders leading artificial intelligence startups in our Generative AI database. Several of them told me this week the saga has spurred reflections about their own boards, discussions with directors and new priorities around AI safety.Sasha Orloff said that Puzzle, the AI accounting startup he co-founded, is accelerating the addition of a third director to its board, which now... Read more âș
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For the past few years, Shein has seemed untouchable. The secretive e-commerce firm had exploded into one of the worldâs most valuable private companies by shipping trendy apparel directly from Chinese manufacturers to shoppers around the world, offering rock-bottom prices in exchange for longer delivery times. But last year, Sheinâs hot streak seemed in danger of ending as customer spending slowed sharply. In a pitch to investors late last year,... Read more âș
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It was once common to wonder whether businesses were too big to fail. I think it is time we start worrying about business leaders who think they are too big to failâand what we should do about that. I had this thought as I was listening to Elon Musk tell The New York Timesâ Andrew Ross Sorkin that businesses pulling their ads from X were blackmailing him. âLetâs see how... Read more âș
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This holiday shopping season is acting as a coming out party for TikTok Shop, the video appâs new shopping feature, which has been wooing shoppers with big discounts. To get a sense of how the first Black Friday weekend for brands using TikTok Shop went, I caught up with Paul Jauregui, the cofounder of BK Beauty. The Austin-based seller of makeup brushes has caught fire on TikTok over the past... Read more âș
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Many would argue that today marks the one-year anniversary of the investor frenzy for generative artificial intelligence startups. It was exactly this time last year that OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, one of the most transformative new tech products in recent history. Investors had already gotten a taste for AI deals before then, thanks to breakthroughs by OpenAI and others. Then ChatGPT came along, lighting the fuse for dealmaking that transformed a... Read more âș
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Thereâs much speculation about the reasons for the abrupt removal and subsequent return of Sam Altman as the CEO of OpenAI. Irrespective of who leads the company going forward, OpenAI faces a fundamental challenge in reconciling its mission with its choice of corporate structure and business model. To solve it, we can learn from the history of tech innovations. Much of the discourse on OpenAIâs dysfunction has focused on tribal... Read more âș
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