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OpenAI exec leaves to found materials science startup Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of research for post-training, is leaving the company to found a materials science AI startup. The Information initially reported Fedus’ plans. In a statement on X, Fedus confirmed the report and added a few additional details. “My undergrad
Intel could be in for significant changes as Lip-Bu Tan takes on CEO role Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan seems ready to get right to work to turn around the struggling company. The semiconductor giant’s new executive is considering sweeping changes for the company’s chip manufacturing and AI strategies, according
Rippling sues Deel, Deel denies ‘all legal wrongdoing,’ and Slack is the main witness It’s gloves off in one of the more tense rivalries in the world of startups. HR company Rippling Monday morning announced a lawsuit against Deel, another big player in the same space. The dramatic 50-page complaint
How to stop doomscrolling The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss that is the 6-inch screen of a smartphone, following you through space and time. It taunts you with its compact, light build that’s small enough to slip
International Long COVID Day highlights need for diagnostics as PrecisionLife unlocks genetic breakthroughs March 15th marked International Long COVID Awareness Day. This debilitating condition is estimated to affect at least 65 million people and is increasing annually, creating a rising healthcare burden of over $1 trillion globally. Long COVID has
Apple reportedly considered building the iPhone 17 Air without ports After reporting in January that Apple is adding an “Air” option to its iPhone lineup, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is offering more details about the upcoming slimmer iPhone. The iPhone 17 Air will launch this fall, Gurman says — and like
Meta takes aim at ex-employee’s memoir ‘Careless People’ Meta won a legal victory this week against Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former employee who recently published a memoir of her time at the company titled “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism.” An arbitrator ruled that the company
People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images, including from images published by Getty Images and other well-known stock media outfits. Last week, Google expanded access
Baidu launches two new versions of its AI model Ernie Chinese search engine Baidu has launched two new AI models — Ernie 4.5, the latest version of the company’s foundational model first released two years ago, as well as a new reasoning model, Ernie X1. According to Reuters, Baidu claims
Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 80 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor’s largest investments. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/nvidias-ai-empire-a-look-at-its-top-startup-investments/