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From recruiting for Palantir to landing a plane on Highway 85: meet defense tech’s wildest power broker
From recruiting for Palantir to landing a plane on Highway 85: meet defense tech’s wildest power broker Peter Conway has recruited for some of the buzziest defense and hard tech firms in Silicon Valley over the last decade, like Palantir and Mach Industries. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Summary The … Continue reading From recruiting for Palantir to landing a plane on Highway 85: meet defense tech’s wildest power broker
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The TikTok shutdown is locking out non-US users, too
The TikTok shutdown is locking out non-US users, too Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok’s US shutdown last night appears to be affecting users outside the country as well. People have taken to social media in the hours since, complaining they can’t access the app despite living in non-US countries, and it’s … Continue reading The TikTok shutdown is locking out non-US users, too
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TikTok goes dark in the US
TikTok goes dark in the US TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the popular short-form video app for millions of Americans — at least for now. TikTok users began receiving a message about the ban around 10:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday evening, and the app also … Continue reading TikTok goes dark in the US
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Meet OmAgent: A New Python Library for Building Multimodal Language Agents
Meet OmAgent: A New Python Library for Building Multimodal Language Agents Understanding long videos, such as 24-hour CCTV footage or full-length films, is a major challenge in video processing. Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown great potential in handling multimodal data, including videos, but they struggle with the massive data and high processing demands of … Continue reading Meet OmAgent: A New Python Library for Building Multimodal Language Agents
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Once high-flying proptech startups Divvy Homes and EasyKnock are the latest to struggle
Once high-flying proptech startups Divvy Homes and EasyKnock are the latest to struggle Many proptech startups, born and funded during the low-interest-rate heydays, are in the throes of struggle. With investments into U.S.-based real estate startups falling from $11.1 billion in 2021 to $3.7 billion last year, according to PitchBook data, some are selling themselves … Continue reading Once high-flying proptech startups Divvy Homes and EasyKnock are the latest to struggle
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Salesforce AI Research Proposes PerfCodeGen: A Training-Free Framework that Enhances the Performance of LLM-Generated Code with Execution Feedback
Salesforce AI Research Proposes PerfCodeGen: A Training-Free Framework that Enhances the Performance of LLM-Generated Code with Execution Feedback Large Language Models (LLMs) have become essential tools in software development, offering capabilities such as generating code snippets, automating unit tests, and debugging. However, these models often fall short in producing code that is not only functionally … Continue reading Salesforce AI Research Proposes PerfCodeGen: A Training-Free Framework that Enhances the Performance of LLM-Generated Code with Execution Feedback
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Donald Trump appears to have launched a meme coin
Donald Trump appears to have launched a meme coin Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Donald Trump has launched a new meme coin, according to posts from his X and Truth Social accounts last night. The posts, which have come just days before Trump’s inauguration, were initially met with suspicion by many that his accounts … Continue reading Donald Trump appears to have launched a meme coin
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AI startup Character AI tests games on the web
AI startup Character AI tests games on the web Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to increase engagement on its platform. The games are available to Character AI’s paid subscribers and a limited set of users on the … Continue reading AI startup Character AI tests games on the web
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