Is AI going to take my job one day? I hope not. But in the meantime, I can do something that ChatGPT can’t: I can spell the word “strawberry.” Once again, some posts are circulating around social media that expose how high-powered AI text generators fail to know how to count, for example, how many […]
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Niantic wants to build a richer 3D map of the world, and it’ll use its 2021 acquisition of Scaniverse to do that. After a major update to the app, Scaniverse 4 will allow iOS users to scan landmarks by walking around them and recording video for about one to three minutes. Niantic has had functionality
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When we mention Boston Dynamics, there are probably two things that come to mind: cool robots and viral videos showing off what those robots can do. The latest video that the company shared with TechCrunch doesn’t disappoint on either front. It features the new Atlas humanoid robot dropping to the mat and doing a bunch
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A crew of tech billionaires have been trying to get the California Forever project off the ground, which would create a new, supposedly utopian city on land north of the Bay Area. That project is on hold until 2026, when it’s likely to appear on local ballots, but TechCrunch learned that this isn’t the only
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If you went 20 years into the past and asked someone what we’d be using drones for now, they’d probably guess that we’d be getting our packages airlifted from across the country directly to our doorstep… but as it turns out, that isn’t very realistic (and honestly, ground shipping is fine). That doesn’t mean drones
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The Epic Games Store was already available on PC and Mac, but now it’s launching for Android owners worldwide, and for iOS users in Europe. This might (might) be the beginning of a broader shift in how apps get distributed, particularly on iPhones, leading to a future where you have a variety of app stores
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OpenAI’s newest GPT-4o model can behave pretty strangely, for example by copying your voice, or by shouting or moaning erotically during a conversation. The reason we know this is not because some independent researchers or random users caught it. These are observations from OpenAI itself in a “red teaming” report that’s supposed to identify the
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If you’re looking to buy or sell a used Peloton bike, a startup called Trade My Spin could be the solution. In theory, you don’t need a whole separate marketplace to do this. And yes, you can definitely buy or sell a bike on Facebook or Craigslist already. But Trade My Spin’s CEO Ari Kimmelfeld
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Lyft is working on a new feature that could help eliminate the pain of surge pricing. With Price Lock, Lyft says you’ll be able to pay a monthly fee in order to cap the price on a specific route at a specific time of day. So it could be particularly useful for riders who rely
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Is AI going to make us all more productive at work? Executives are feeling optimistic, but workers aren’t quite as convinced. That’s according to a new study from freelancing marketplace Upwork. The company says it surveyed 2,500 executives, full-time employees, and freelancers across the US, UK, Australia and Canada and asked them about their views
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