Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
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"It's actually allegedly being built out now," said Rabois, who has clearly dealt with a missed construction timeline or...
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Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs...
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
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The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
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At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company announced several new features, including new game-creation...
The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI imag...
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Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas. ...
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Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic,...
The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.
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NASA asks US states to show them the money.
In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, d...
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous ...
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This is the second data breach affecting a company that hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor relies on.
Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards. ...