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Irreverent Labs, backed by Samsung Next, set to revolutionize video content creation with AI

August 25, 2023
A relatively small artificial intelligence (AI) startup based in Bellevue, Washington has secured a strategic investment from Samsung Next that signals big ambitions to transform how video content is produced worldwide. Irreverent Labs, founded in late 2021 by veteran tech entrepreneurs Rahul Sood and David Raskino, announced today that it has closed financing from Samsung Next, the South Korean…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Modular looks to boost AI mojo with $100M funding raise

August 25, 2023
Make no mistake about it, there is a lot of excitement and money in early stage AI. A year and a half after being founded, and only four months after the first previews of its technology, AI startup Modular announced today that it has raised $100 million, bringing total…
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Korea’s Naver joins generative AI race with HyperCLOVA X large language model

August 25, 2023
Another big gun is entering the AI race. Korean internet giant Naver today announced the launch of HyperCLOVA X, its next-generation large language model (LLM) that delivers conversational AI experiences through a question-answering chatbot called CLOVA X. The company said it has opened beta testing for CLOVA X in English and Korean and will make HyperCLOVA X available to enterprise users…
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Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air M2 falls back to $1,099

August 25, 2023
Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air M2 is already more affordable than any other laptop the company has ever offered with this size of screen. Now, you can grab the 256GB model at Amazon for just $1,099 (in midnight and space gray), back down to the lowest price we’ve…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

These autonomous robots deliver students meals while popping wheelies and using unique voices

August 24, 2023
As classes resume at college campuses all around the US, there may be some new and rather short members of the student body roaming around. Starship Technologies has expanded its existing roster of autonomous delivery robots to 50 schools, offering its Level 4 on-demand meal service to over 1.1 million students in the US alone. Starship Technologies was founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti…
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This guy built the ‘world’s smallest wooden cabin’ on his electric bike

August 24, 2023
Campers are a popular way to travel with the family, and smaller versions for bike camping have popped up too. But what if you want to go cabin camping with your dog in areas that don’t have car access – or cabins? If you’re handy, you could just build a wooden cabin to bring along with you on an electric bike. That’s exactly what Jack Steward did. He’s a cabin builder who has tried his…
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