Lauren Goode

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Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data

Nvidia has acquired synthetic data firm Gretel for nine figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.The acquisition price exceeds Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, the sources...

The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’

A high-profile network of investors and founders in Silicon Valley are promoting a new moral vision for the tech industry, in which job choices and other decisions are guided not by the...

The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome

The US Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of its final remedy proposal in a landmark antitrust case.The proposal, filed Friday afternoon, says that Google...

I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping

One of the promises of the next era of generative AI is that the technology will be agentic, or have the ability to perform tasks autonomously on behalf of us chaotic humans....

Nvidia Says Its Blackwell Chip Is Fine, Nothing to See Here

Chip giant Nvidia reported its third-quarter earnings earlier today, and all ears—and presumably some watch parties—were tuned in to try to determine what the company’s performance might mean for the near future...

Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door

Last year, a foundation called Tools for Humanity went on tour to show off its eye-scanning Orb. The metallic globe—an actual, physical orb—was one part of a process where citizens would someday...

OpenAI’s GPT Store Has Left Some Developers in the Lurch

When OpenAI launched its platform for custom GPTs, Josh Brent Villocido was stoked to learn that one of his creations would be featured.The ascendant AI company announced at its November 2023 developer...

Google’s Visual Search Can Now Answer Even More Complex Questions

When Google Lens was introduced in 2017, the search feature accomplished a feat that not too long ago would have seemed like the stuff of science fiction: Point your phone’s camera at...

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