Welcome back to the week in review. This week we are looking at the internal chaos around the acquisition of HP’s $ 116 million AI PIN manufacturer Human; Meera Murati’s new AI venture is coming out secretly; Duoolingo is killing his iconic owl mascot with a cyberchark; More! Let’s go in it.
Human’s AI PIN is dead. Hardware startup announced that most of its assets were acquired by HP in $ 116 million, which is less than half of $ 240 million raised in VC funding. The startup will immediately discontinue the sale of its $ 499 AI PIN, and after 28 February, the wearer will no longer connect to the Human’s server. After that, devices will not be able to call, messaging, AI query/reactions, or cloud access. Customers who buy AI PIN in the last 90 days are eligible for refund, but whoever buys the first device is not.
HP hours after HP According to two sources requesting internal documents and oblivion viewed by Techcrunch, many human employees received a job proposal from HP, which received salary proposals between 30% and 70%, plus HP stock and bonus schemes. Meanwhile, other human employees – especially those who worked close to AI PIN equipment – were informed that they were out of job.
Apple’s long -awaited iPhone se refresh Three years after the last major update of the budget-minded smartphone, it has been revealed. In addition to the 16E A18 processor, Apple is part of a special group of handsets capable of running intelligence. The iPhone 16E also dug up the touch ID home button in favor of face ID and swaps Lightning Port in favor of USB-C. The iPhone starts at 6E $ 599 and will start shipping on 28 February.
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Rip, duo: Duoolingo “killed” its prestigious owl mascot with a cyberrtrok, and the marketing stunt is running surprisingly well. The company launched a campaign to save Duo – and encouraged users to do more lessons – as the company says it is “Duo or Die”. Read more
Openai “Unceansors” Chatgpt: Openai no longer wants Chatgpt to adopt an editorial stance, even if some users find it “morally wrong or aggressive”. This means that Chatgpt will now provide several approaches on controversial topics in an attempt to be neutral. Read more
Uber vs. Dordash: Uber is prosecuting Dordash, in which the owners of the restaurant are intimidated in special deals and accused their distribution rival of the stifling competition. Uber alleged that Dordash inspired the restaurant to work with him only. Read more
Meera Murati’s next move: The new AI startup of the former Openai Cto Mira Murati, the thinking machine lab, has come out secretly. Startups, including OpenIAI co-founder John Shulman and former OpenIAI Chief Research Officer Barret Zof, will focus on the construction of the allies “multimodal” systems. Read more
Introduction Grocke 3: Elon Musk’s XAI released its latest flagship AI model, Groke 3, and unveiled new abilities for Groke iOS and web apps. Musk claims that the model’s new family is a “maximum truth-making AI” which is sometimes “politically correct.” Read more
Hackers on steam: The valve removed a video game from the steam, which was essentially designed to spread malware. Security researchers found that whoever put it on, revised an existing video game in an attempt to establish an information-person called Vidar. Read more
Another dei u-turn: Mark Zuckerberg and Prisla Chan’s charity will abolish internal DEI programs and stop providing “social advocacy funding” for racial equity and immigration reforms. The switch comes only a few weeks after the organization gives assurance, it will continue to support DII efforts. Read more
Amazon closes its Android app store: Amazon will close its app store for Android in August, which is trying to focus more on the company’s own equipment. The company told the developers that they will no longer be able to submit new apps in the store. Read more
Mark Zuckerberg’s Ribrand did not pay: A study by the Pew Research Center found that the ideas of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are more negative than positive. About 54% of American adults say they have an adverse approach to musk, while 67% feel negative towards Zuckerberg. Read more
Noisy headphones can hurt your brain: A new BBC report has been considered whether the noise-making technique can rebuild the minds of those who use it to tune the pesaki background noise-and the brain can forget it. That how to filter. Read more
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A complete eye on Dogi Universe: Dozens of individuals who work, or recommend, is a real -life depiction of Kasturi’s weblic access in Elon Musk and Dogue Tech industry. Techcrunch has unveiled prominent players at the Dogi Universe, from Musk’s internal circle to senior figures, activists bees and colleagues – some of whom are advising and recruiting for Dogge. We highlight both connections between them and how they entered Musk’s orbit. Read more
