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Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B Scale AI, a company that provides data-labeling services for training machine learning models, has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors incl...

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Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B | TechCrunch

Scale AI has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors including Amazon and Meta.

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Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams The new coalition, Tech Against Scams, will work together to find ways to fight back against the tools used by scammers and to better educate the public against financial scams. © 2024 TechCrunch. Al...

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Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams | TechCrunch

The new coalition, Tech Against Scams, will work together to find ways to fight back against the tools used by scammers and to better educate the p...

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EU Council gives final nod to set up risk-based regulations for AI It's a wrap: European Union lawmakers have given the final approval to set up the bloc's flagship, risk-based regulations for artificial intelligence. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For pers...

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EU Council gives final nod to risk-based rulebook for AI | TechCrunch

It's a wrap: European Union lawmakers have given the final approval to set up the bloc's flagship, risk-based regulations for artificial ...

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Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion | TechCrunch

London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR.

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Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding. The raise comes amid a growing teacher shortage crisis both sides of the ...

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Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage | TechCrunch

Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding.

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Aurora and Volvo unveil self-driving truck designed for a driverless future A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public highways as early as this summer.  The Volvo VNL Autonomous...

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Aurora and Volvo unveil self-driving truck designed for a driverless future | TechCrunch

A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public hi...

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Aurora unveils self-driving truck with Volvo A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public highways as early as this summer.  The Volvo VNL Autonomous...

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Aurora and Volvo unveil self-driving truck designed for a driverless future | TechCrunch

A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public hi...

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ETF Partners raises €284M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech "comes of age." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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ETF Partners raises €285M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road | TechCrunch

The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech "comes of age."

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Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI approached her to use her voice "When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For pers...

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Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI approached her to use her voice | TechCrunch

OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT after users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson.

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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs Copilot, Microsoft's brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs | TechCrunch

Microsoft unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it's calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features. And new Microsoft Surface ...

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Microsoft Build 2024: All the AI and hardware products Microsoft announced Copilot, Microsoft's brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs | TechCrunch

Microsoft unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it's calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features. And new Microsoft Surface ...

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TechCrunch Space: Star(side)liner Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. For those who haven’t heard, the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been pushed back yet again to no earlier than May 25. From NASA: “The...

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TechCrunch Space: Star(side)liner | TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. For those who haven't heard, the first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule has been p...

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These 81 robotics companies are hiring When I attended Automate in Chicago a few weeks back, multiple people thanked me for TechCrunch’s semi-regular robotics job report. It’s always edifying to get that feedback in person. While it’s true...

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These 81 robotics companies are hiring | TechCrunch

When I attended Automate in Chicago a few weeks back, multiple people thanked me for TechCrunch’s semi-regular robotics job report. It’s always...

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VinFast crash that killed family of four now under federal investigation The top vehicle safety regulator in the U.S. has launched a formal probe into an April crash involving the all-electric VinFast VF8 SUV that claimed the lives of a family of four, TechCrunch has learn...

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VinFast crash that killed family of four now under federal investigation | TechCrunch

The top vehicle safety regulator in the U.S. has launched a formal probe into an April crash involving the all-electric VinFast VF8 SUV that claime...

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NYC-Dublin real time video portal reopens with some fixes to prevent inappropriate behavior When putting a video portal in a public park in the middle of New York City, some inappropriate behavior will likely occur. The Portal, the vision of Lithuanian artist and entrepreneur Benediktas Gyly...

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NYC-Dublin real-time video portal reopens with some fixes to prevent inappropriate behavior | TechCrunch

The video Portal between NYC and Dublin, which shut down last week after inappropriate behavior has reopened with some adjustments.

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Contour Venture Partners, an early investor in Datadog and Movable Ink, lowers the target for its fifth fund Longtime New York-based seed investor, Contour Venture Partners, is making progress on its latest flagship fund after lowering its target. The firm closed on $42 million, raised from 64 backers, for C...

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Contour Venture Partners, an early investor in Datadog and Movable Ink, has raised $42M for its fifth fund | TechCrunch

The firm initially set out to raise $90 million last year but has since lowered the fund's target to $70 million.

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Meta’s Oversight Board takes its first Threads case Meta’s Oversight Board has now extended its scope to include the company’s newest platform, Instagram Threads. Designed as an independent appeals board that hears cases and then makes precedent-settin...

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Meta's Oversight Board takes its first Threads case | TechCrunch

Meta's Oversight Board has now extended its scope to include the company's newest platform, Instagram Threads, and has begun hearing case...

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SeekOut, a recruiting startup last valued at $1.2 billion, lays off 30% of its workforce The company says it's refocusing and prioritizing fewer initiatives that will have the biggest impact on customers and add value to the business. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal ...

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Exclusive: SeekOut, a recruiting startup last valued at $1.2 billion, lays off 30% of its workforce

The company says it's refocusing and prioritizing fewer initiatives that will have the biggest impact on customers and add value to the business.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into...

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

Here's a ChatGPT guide to help understand Open AI's viral text-generating system. We outline the most recent updates and answer your FAQs.

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UK’s autonomous vehicle legislation becomes law, paving the way for first driverless cars by 2026 The U.K.’s self-proclaimed “world-leading” regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent — the final rubber stamp any legislation must...

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UK's autonomous vehicle legislation becomes law, paving the way for first driverless cars by 2026 | TechCrunch

The U.K.'s regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent.