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When Keith Rabois announced in January that he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures, it shocked many in the venture capital ecosystem. It's not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. This was surprising because unlike many other fields, venture capitalists traditionally don't move around much. This is especially true when you reach the partner or general partner level, as Lavoie did. The lifecycle of a VC fund is 10 years, and partners have good reason to stay that way. In some cases, they may be the “key people” for a company's fund. This…
On the heels of OpenAI announcing the latest version of its GPT large-scale language model, America's biggest rival in generative AI has announced an extension of its own. Anthropic announced Monday that its AI assistant, Claude, is now live in Europe, with support for “multiple languages” including French, German, Italian, and Spanish across Claude.ai, iOS apps, and business plans for teams. It was announced that there was. This release comes after Anthropic extended its API to Europe to allow developers to use and integrate its models. Both are part of the startup's larger push toward faster growth. Anthropic has raised…
Former GV partner Terry Burns is embarking on a new chapter in his career by launching his own venture firm called Type Capital. It will focus on early-stage startups and cut pre-seed and seed-sized checks, Fortune reported. Burns told Fortune that the company is still in its early stages and has not yet invested in any companies. She confirmed to TechCrunch that a new company has been launched, but declined to provide details about the plans or the size of the fund.The launch of Type Capital marks a significant milestone as Terry Burns joins a select group of Black women…
OpenAI announced several updates to its flagship conversational AI model, ChatGPT. Among them are new apps and interfaces featuring the system's new user-facing personality: a giant black dot. On stage, Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati hinted at the changes: ” So the new interface will be either a point, a hole, or a circle. It doesn't matter how you perceive it. In some ways, this is a positive and decisive change, a nod to the minimalism that Apple once embraced. The cheerful, saccharine voice is also an awkward step toward pseudo-humanity, but at least there's no creepy face to go…
OpenAI's livestream announcement took place Monday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. The company described the event as “an opportunity to demo updates to ChatGPT and GPT-4.” Meanwhile, CEO Sam Altman said: Promoted the event with a message”It's not gpt-5, it's not a search engine, but we've been working hard on some new things that we think people will love. It feels like magic to me.” As it turns out, what was announced was a new model called ChatGPT 4o (the “o” stands for “omni”) that is more responsive to voice prompts and has improved visual capabilities. “The why of GPT-4o…
OpenAI has released a new flagship generative AI model called GPT-4o that it plans to roll out “iteratively” across the company's developer and consumer products over the coming weeks. Muri Murati, chief technology officer at OpenAI, said GPT-4o provides “GPT-4 levels” of intelligence, but also improves GPT-4's capabilities across audio as well as text and vision. He said that “Why GPT-4o across voice, text, and vision,” Murati said in a keynote address at OpenAI's offices. OpenAI's previous flagship model, GPT-4, was trained on a combination of both images and text, and can analyze images and text to extract text from…
To give female academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved and overdue spotlight time, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. Start. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. As a reader, if you see a name we missed and think it should be on the list, please email me. I will try to add more. Here are the key players you should know about. Eileen Solaiman, Head of Global…
In 2021, Google is developing Project Starline, an enterprise teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging, cameras, and custom-designed screens to let you talk to someone more or less as if you were in the same room. It has started. After years of testing and private technical previews (and development setbacks due to departmental restructuring), Google is now partnering with HP to bring Starline to customers. In a blog post published ahead of Google I/O, Google said it will work with HP to begin commercializing Starline in 2025. Google is also working on integrating Starline with popular video conferencing services such…
Last weekend, Instagram announced that it would be expanding its Creator Marketplace to 10 new countries. This marketplace connects brands and creators and fosters collaboration. New regions include South Korea, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Israel, Turkey, Mexico, Argentina, and Indonesia. Meta first introduced the marketplace in the U.S. in 2022 to facilitate paid partnerships for a select group of users, and has since added “thousands” of creators and brands. The company launched the feature in eight new markets in February, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Japan, India and Brazil. Creators in China don't have access to Instagram,…
Developer season has officially begun, and Google I/O 2024 is just one day away. The short answer to the question of what to expect is two letters. It's “AI”. Google I/O? Similar to Google A/I. Almost every Google announcement in recent years has included an element of artificial intelligence/machine learning, but this time around, CEO Sundar Pichai will probably be sick of the topic by the time he leaves the stage. Things begin May 14 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. That's the big keynote, and that's what comes to mind when you think about the event. “See how we're furthering…