Gemini’s data-analyzing abilities aren’t as good as Google claims

One of the selling points of Google’s flagship generative AI models, Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5…

Detroit Police Department agrees to new rules around facial recognition tech

As part of a legal settlement, the Detroit Police Department has agreed to new guardrails limiting…

Amazon hires founders away from AI startup Adept

Adept, a startup developing AI-powered “agents” to complete various software-based tasks, has agreed to license its…

Forget the debate, the Supreme Court just declared open season on regulators

As the country reels from a Presidential debate that left no one looking good, the Supreme…

Feather raises €6 million to go pan-European with its insurance platform for expats

As a foreigner, navigating health insurance systems can often be difficult. German startup Feather thinks it…

Robotics investments are gaining speed after post-pandemic slowdown

New numbers out of Crunchbase this week see robotics investments once again trending in a positive…

Character.AI now allows users to talk with AI avatars over calls

a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over…

SpaceX scores $843M NASA contract to de-orbit ISS in 2030

NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will de-orbit the International Space Station in…

Persona’s founders are certain the world can use another humanoid robot

Jerry Pratt and Figure quietly parted ways last month. The MIT research scientist spent just under…

EasyTranslate thinks augmenting LLMs with humans will give it an edge over pure AI translation services

You might think new generative AI startups like Eleven Labs are the hottest game in town…