ChatGPT beats doctors in diagnosis (again)
Quick Hits
Apple capital: Indonesia gets $100M factory.
Battery breakthrough: Honda goes solid-state .
Chips wanted: xAI wants $6B in chips.
Clever coding: Seven-year-old joins IT firm .
Finance flip: Canva recruits CFO ahead of IPO.
Google’s loss: Must depart from Chrome .
Group groove: PayPal revives money-pooling .
License to quill: Publisher offers AI opt-in .
Memory magic: Gemini chatbot gains context .
New media: Bluesky vows no AI training.
Pixel playground: Minecraft launches theme park .
Reasoning reveal: China lab debuts AI model .
Robot run: Robodog runs marathon .
Shopping hub: Perplexity launches shopping.
Saintly stats: “God’s influencer ” canonized.
Voice launch: ChatGPT adds web speech .
Wearing Facebook: Meta upgrades Ray-Bans .
SMR heats up nuclear market
Energy giant Enel dives into small modular reactor (SMR) startups, raising competition stakes.
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Airbags protect knees from injury
A former athlete’s knee airbags aim to reduce ACL injuries and revolutionize sports safety.
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Police want AI body cams
Las Vegas police explore enhancing bodycams with AI , following tech partnerships with a prominent Silicon Valley VC.
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RTO mandates spark pushback
Amazon and Walmart face backlash as strict return-to-office rules frustrate employees.
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Laundry bot stirs AI debate
Agility Robotics’ Digit shows off AI at Web Summit, sparking concerns about job security and environmental impact.
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ChatGPT beats doctors in diagnosis (again)
A study shows ChatGPT outperforms human doctors in accurately diagnosing medical cases.
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Teaching AI to teachers
OpenAI’s free course helps educators learn AI basics and prompt engineering.
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Duolingo execs tackle college costs
Ex-Duolingo leaders raise $13M for a startup aiming to make college more accessible.
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Recently funded companies
U.S.
Denver-based Cloverleaf AI Secures $2.8M Seed for Government Contracting Solutions
Dallas-based Conflixis Secures $4.2M Seed for Data and Risk Intelligence
California-based General Galactic Secures $8M Seed for Fossil-Free Fuel Technology
Las Vegas-based Monkey Tilt Secures $30M Series A for Online Gaming Platform
NYC-based OneChronos Secures $32M in Funding for Financial Market Optimization
San Francisco's Oyster Secures $5M for Global Employment Solutions
SocialCrowd Secures $2.5M Seed for Workforce Performance Solutions
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Europe
Belgium's Apideck Secures $7.5M Series A for Unified API Solutions
Denmark's NitroVolt Secures $3.7M Seed for Green Ammonia Production
Germany's Juna.ai Raises $7.5M Seed for AI-Driven Manufacturing Solutions
Germany's Tozero Secures $11.7M Seed for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
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Asia
India's Swish Secures $2M Seed for 10-Minute Food Delivery
India's Abyom Secures $2.5M Seed for Reusable Rocket Technology
India's Funstop Games Raises $5M for Game Development
India-based Equal Secures $10M Funding to Simplify KYC Processes
Japan's Mawari Raises $10.8M to Enhance Decentralized Spatial Streaming Network
Singapore's Portcast Secures $6.5M Series A for AI Logistics Solutions
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Elsewhere
Kenya's Agventure Secures $9.5M for Agricultural Innovation
Australia's Animoca Brands Secures $10M for Open Metaverse Platform Development
Dubai's Pemo Raises $7M Pre-Series A for Fintech Expansion
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What we're reading
AI Agenda: What If LLMs Could Continue Learning? (The Information )
The Man Behind Amazon’s Robot Army Wants Everyone to Have an AI-Powered Helper (Wired )
Want to be chief of staff at India's Zomato? CEO says forget salary, pay $23,700 fee (Reuters )
At the Serpentine, Holly Herndon Taught A.I. to Sing (NYT )
Judging Them Blind, Humans Appear to Prefer AI-Generated Poems (Futurism )
Thiel’s Seven Questions Every Business Must Answer (David Cummings )
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