AI & Robotics

I thought about Fei-Fei Li this weekend. Fei-Fei Li, the computer science researcher known for creating ImageNet, the image dataset that enabled the rapid AI advances in computer vision that led to AlexNet, the convolutional neural network that fired up the deep learning “revolution” that began in 2012. Fei-Fei Li, professor of computer science at Stanford University for nearly 15 years and…

In VentureBeat’s reporting on generative AI, one company in particular stands out among enterprise companies for speed and adeptness at deploying the technology at scale. That company is Intuit. In September, Intuit introduced an LLM-drive assistant, called Intuit Assist, across all of its products, including TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, MailChimp. It announced its own Gen AI operating…

Micro1, a Los Angeles-based startup, is aiming to transform how companies build engineering teams in the AI age. The company announced last month it raised $3.3 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to expand its AI-powered recruiting platform. With the new capital injection, Micro1 is aggressively developing technology to reshape technical talent recruiting and fulfill its vision…

Just days after the drama over his firing and reinstatement as CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman spent a few hours on Thanksgiving with his old friend and OpenAI board member Adam D’Angelo.  Altman tweeted about the gathering, saying he had a “really nice few hours” with D’Angelo and wishing a happy Thanksgiving from their families. just spent a really nice few hours with @adamdangelo. happy…