Tom Brady’s Autograph merges with digital fitness company Future

Autograph, the NFT company co-founded by Tom Brady, is merging with the digital fitness company Future. As part of the merger, Brady will join the board of directors of Future and serve as co-chair of the company.  Brady co-founded Autograph in 2021 to find ways to connect athletes and artists with fans, ultimately launching an… Continua a leggere Tom Brady’s Autograph merges with digital fitness company Future

Hidden Waymo feature let researcher customize robotaxi’s display

Security researcher Jane Wong found a hidden feature that let her change the top display of a Waymo robotaxi. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate

We may now know roughly how much money SoftBank and OpenAI are contributing toward Stargate, the massive infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI across the U.S. SoftBank and OpenAI each plan to commit $19 billion of capital to Stargate, according to The Information. The two companies would then both own 40% of the… Continua a leggere OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate

After pivoting from crypto to payroll, Rollfi gets acquired

Kirubha Perumalsamy co-founded Rollfi during crypto’s heyday in 2021 to help companies process crypto payroll. When crypto crashed, Rollfi pivoted to become an embedded payroll company, partnering with financial services companies to offer payroll and benefits services to their clients.  The pivot was enough of a success for Rollfi to be acquired for an undisclosed… Continua a leggere After pivoting from crypto to payroll, Rollfi gets acquired

OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off this year by saying in a blog post that 2025 would be big for AI agents, tools that can automate tasks and take actions on your behalf. Now, we’re seeing OpenAI’s first real attempt. OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is launching a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose… Continua a leggere OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously

Roli releases a 49-key educational keyboard and generative AI play

Roli on Thursday announced its latest educational product at the NAAM audio show in Anaheim. The simply named Roli Piano builds on products like the Roli Airwave and Piano M, more than doubling the latter’s key count to 49. The Piano is much like its predecessor in most ways, with MIDI keys that light up… Continua a leggere Roli releases a 49-key educational keyboard and generative AI play

Perplexity launches an assistant for Android

AI-powered search engine Perplexity has launched an “agent,” of sorts, called Perplexity Assistant, which Perplexity says uses reasoning, search, and apps to help with daily tasks. Perplexity Assistant, which is available for Android devices as of Thursday in the Perplexity app, can take “multi-app actions,” the company says, like hailing a ride or searching for… Continua a leggere Perplexity launches an assistant for Android

Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts ‘new paradigm of AI architectures’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’

Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says that a “new paradigm of AI architectures” will emerge in the next three to five years, going far beyond the capabilities of existing AI systems. LeCun also predicted that the coming years could be the “decade of robotics,” where advances in AI and robotics combine to unlock a… Continua a leggere Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts ‘new paradigm of AI architectures’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’

ChatGPT suffered a major outage this morning, but OpenAI says it’s back up

OpenAI’s AI chatbot platform, ChatGPT, suffered a major outage Thursday. Early this morning, ChatGPT users started reporting issues accessing ChatGPT on the web and other platforms. According to the ChatGPT status page on OpenAI’s website, OpenAI acknowledged the problem at 5:12 a.m. Pacific, and identified the root cause a little under an hour later. “[We]… Continua a leggere ChatGPT suffered a major outage this morning, but OpenAI says it’s back up

Coval evaluates AI voice and chat agents like self-driving cars

What do AI voice agents and self-driving cars have in common? Their performance can be evaluated in the same way, argues Brooke Hopkins, a former tech lead at Waymo. Coval, Hopkins’ new startup, looks to do just that. “When I left Waymo, I realized a lot of these problems that we had at Waymo were… Continua a leggere Coval evaluates AI voice and chat agents like self-driving cars