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MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI

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Gemini’s data-analyzing abilities aren’t as good as Google claims

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MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries

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Robotics

MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries

Brian Heater 8 hours ago RoboGrocery combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper to bag a wide range of different items.

AI-powered scams and what you can do about them

Devin Coldewey 9 hours ago This is by no means a complete list, just a few of the most obvious tricks that AI can supercharge.

Venture

Identity.vc is bringing capital and community to Europe’s LGBTQ+ venture ecosystem

Rebecca Szkutak 10 hours ago Identity.vc writes checks that range from €250,000 to €1.5 million into companies from the pre-seed to Series A stages.

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Robot cats, dogs and birds are being deployed amid an ‘epidemic of loneliness’

In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the doe-eyed seal pup remains the best-known example of a therapeutic robot for older adults. In 2011, the robot reached… Brian Heater 11 hours ago

Apple reportedly working to bring AI to the Vision Pro

Anthony Ha 11 hours ago Apple’s AI plans go beyond the previously announced Apple Intelligence launches on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is also working to bring these…

Enterprise

ServiceNow’s generative AI solutions are taking advantage of the data on its own platform

Ron Miller 12 hours ago One of the earlier SaaS adherents to generative AI has been ServiceNow, which has been able to take advantage of the data in its own platform to help build more…

Here are India’s biggest AI startups based on how much money they’ve raised

Jagmeet Singh 13 hours ago India’s top AI startups include those building LLMs and setting up the stage for AGI as well as bringing AI to cooking and serving farmers.

Venture

Defense tech and ‘resilience’ get global funding sources: Here are some top funders

Anna Heim 14 hours ago We live in a very different world since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. With global military expenditure reaching $2.4 trillion last…

Gemini’s data-analyzing abilities aren’t as good as Google claims

Kyle Wiggers 1 day ago Two separate studies investigated how well Google’s Gemini models and others make sense out of an enormous amount of data.

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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1B stolen records and rising

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. Zack Whittaker 1 day ago

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Apple finally supports RCS in iOS 18 update

Cody Corrall 1 day ago Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Apple finally added…

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SAP, and Oracle, and IBM, oh my! ‘Cloud and AI’ drive legacy software firms to record valuations

There’s something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies founded in dinosaur times are on a tear, evidenced this week with SAP‘s shares topping $200 for the first time. Founded in 1972, SAP’s valuation currently sits at an all-time high of $234 billion. The Germany-based… Paul Sawers 1 day ago