With the rapid development of AI technology, voice-controlled smart speakers are becoming increasingly popular due to their convenience and ability to control compatible home devices. Despite the rise in use, smart speakers often do not have screens and little-to-none of the visual information feedback common to manually operated devices. This aspect complicates their usability, thus providing room for research and subsequent improvement.With the rapid development of AI technology, voice-controlled smart speakers are becoming increasingly popular due to their convenience and ability to control compatible home devices. Despite the rise in use, smart speakers often do not have screens and little-to-none of the visual information feedback common to manually operated devices. This aspect complicates their usability, thus providing room for research and subsequent improvement.Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]

A team of engineers and roboticists at EPFL in Switzerland has designed and built a gliding drone that can use its wings as a gripping tool to perch on a vertical object. In their project, reported in the journal Communications Engineering, the group created a drone inspired by animals such as bats that can land on vertical poles and tree limbs.A team of engineers and roboticists at EPFL in Switzerland has designed and built a gliding drone that can use its wings as a gripping tool to perch on a vertical object. In their project, reported in the journal Communications Engineering, the group created a drone inspired by animals such as bats that can land on vertical poles and tree limbs.[#item_full_content]

Large language models (LLMs) can complete abstract reasoning tasks, but they are susceptible to many of the same types of mistakes made by humans. Andrew Lampinen, Ishita Dasgupta, and colleagues tested state-of-the-art LLMs and humans on three kinds of reasoning tasks: natural language inference, judging the logical validity of syllogisms, and the Wason selection task.Large language models (LLMs) can complete abstract reasoning tasks, but they are susceptible to many of the same types of mistakes made by humans. Andrew Lampinen, Ishita Dasgupta, and colleagues tested state-of-the-art LLMs and humans on three kinds of reasoning tasks: natural language inference, judging the logical validity of syllogisms, and the Wason selection task.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]

A team of programmers and AI specialists at Microsoft has developed an AI tool called SpreadsheetLLM that applies large language model capabilities to spreadsheets. In their study, now posted on the arXiv preprint server, the group developed SheetCompressor, an encoding framework that compresses spreadsheets effectively for use by large language models (LLMs).A team of programmers and AI specialists at Microsoft has developed an AI tool called SpreadsheetLLM that applies large language model capabilities to spreadsheets. In their study, now posted on the arXiv preprint server, the group developed SheetCompressor, an encoding framework that compresses spreadsheets effectively for use by large language models (LLMs).Software[#item_full_content]

A company building Wordle for chess raises money from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus and Eric Wu

Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz’s early stage games accelerator), founder of Zyanga Mark Pincus, South Park Commons (SPC), Opendoor founder and CEO Eric Wu and Stef Corazza, the Head of Generative AI at Roblox. Sami […]

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Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz’s early stage games accelerator), founder of Zyanga Mark Pincus, South Park Commons (SPC), Opendoor founder and CEO Eric Wu and Stef Corazza, the Head of Generative AI at Roblox. Sami
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YC-backed CrowdVolt shakes up the secondary ticket market with its bid-ask model

CrowdVolt operates on a model similar to sneaker resell marketplace StockX, meaning buyers submit bids on tickets, and sellers set asking prices.

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CrowdVolt operates on a model similar to sneaker resell marketplace StockX, meaning buyers submit bids on tickets, and sellers set asking prices.
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Foundation models are massive deep-learning models that have been pretrained on an enormous amount of general-purpose, unlabeled data. They can be applied to a variety of tasks, like generating images or answering customer questions.Foundation models are massive deep-learning models that have been pretrained on an enormous amount of general-purpose, unlabeled data. They can be applied to a variety of tasks, like generating images or answering customer questions.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]

Exa raises $17M from Lightspeed, Nvidia, Y Combinator to build a Google for AIs

While there’s no shortage of startups aiming to replace Google with AI-powered search, a startup called Exa has a different idea. Search for the AIs.

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While there’s no shortage of startups aiming to replace Google with AI-powered search, a startup called Exa has a different idea. Search for the AIs.
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Astor’s ‘community’ approach to financial advice aims to help women feel more confident about investing

Astor is a free personal finance platform for women that merges community and investing in an approachable way, came to be.

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Astor is a free personal finance platform for women that merges community and investing in an approachable way, came to be.
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Female-founded startups have raised $15.5 billion so far this year, but that’s not really good news

The reality of the situation is that startups with all women founders will still probably raise 2% of venture capital funding this year.

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The reality of the situation is that startups with all women founders will still probably raise 2% of venture capital funding this year.
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