Patreon, the membership platform for creators, is cracking down on AI scraping its content material for coaching functions. On Thursday, the corporate shared that it’s working with web infrastructure supplier Cloudflare to straight block entry to AI bots designed to coach their AI fashions on creators’ work with out permission. The strengthened measures have been…
As parents become increasingly concerned about the potential dangers of unrestricted smartphone access for children, a growing number of companies are developing devices specifically designed for kids. Today’s kid-friendly phones typically feature touchscreens, cameras, and communication capabilities similar to regular smartphones. However, the software on these devices is heavily modified to remove or restrict access…
Valar Atomics, a startup constructing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — basically miniaturized, factory-built energy crops designed to be cheaper and quicker to deploy than conventional reactors — is in talks to boost a brand new spherical of capital, in keeping with three sources acquainted with the corporate. The three-year-old firm is searching for a…
In late May, Neil Rimer said something during a sit-down I had with him in Athens that I haven’t been able to shake. At a vibrant new tech festival in the city, talking about the wealth piling up around AI, he said he has “a strong sense that there will be some sort of a…
Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for reminiscence chips would ripple via client electronics, India is offering the strongest proof but that the disruption has arrived, with rising handset costs reshaping the smartphone market. The reminiscence chips in query — RAM and storage elements — are the identical ones tech giants want by the…
This week, Zyphra released ZUNA1.1 under the Apache 2.0 license. The EEG foundation model reconstructs, denoises, and upsamples data across arbitrary channel layouts. It builds on ZUNA1, the Zyphra’s earlier open EEG foundation model. The main change is flexibility, not a jump in raw accuracy. Real EEG recordings are messy. Sessions vary in length, and…
AI has become the smartphone industry’s latest battleground, with manufacturers racing to add AI-powered features to attract mainstream consumers. Vertu is taking a different path. The UK-founded luxury phone maker, known for hand-finished devices often costing tens of thousands of dollars, sells status instead of specs. Its Alphafold, a foldable phone, targets affluent buyers, particularly…
Introduction This tutorial starts where most agent demos stop: giving the agent persistent memory, operational context, and a place to write back what happened. An event operator does not just need an agent that can summarize a weather report or generate a generic plan. The operator needs an agent that can remember what happened at…
The window is nearly shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in entrance of buyers, international press, and the Australian tech neighborhood. One startup walks away with computerized entry into TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco — no software, no additional competitors, a assured spot on the world’s most…
Databricks on Thursday announced a new round of funding that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks didn’t disclose exactly how much it raised; it said the money isn’t in its hands yet and that the round will close later in this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the…
