Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
David Bowie’s song “Five Years,” which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.
Google will now let you sign in to your account with a selfie video
The tech giant says selfie videos give users more options to sign in if they’re ever locked out or don’t have access to their usual phone or computer.
Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code
Imagi announced a $4.5 million seed round, with investors including Brighteye Ventures, Day One Capital, and artist Wil.i.am.Â
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investorsÂ
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model — no GPUs required, it says.
Nvidia is sending GPUs to the Moon
If there’s a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.
Google closes in on another billion user product with Gemini
Gemini had over 750 million monthly users in February
Amazon is bringing games to Prime Video
Amazon is hoping the addition of games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination, borrowing a strategy from Netflix, which has increasingly embraced party games over the past several years.
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Ford bets on Apple for its next-generation of EVs
Ford is the first automaker to use a new set of developer tools that will let it embed Apple Maps navigation and mapping directly into its vehicles’ infotainment systems.
Experts say exploiting Anthropic’s Fable isn’t how Kimi K3 got so good
“I don’t think you get a model this strong and this quickly on the heels of Fable doing strictly distillation,” one expert told TechCrunch.