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Anthropic endorses California’s AI safety bill, SB 53
As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.
New light-based chip boosts power efficiency of AI tasks 100 fold
The technique could help rein in the enormous power draw of AI systems.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Copyright Lawsuit
Authors and publishers hope the agreement will send a signal to AI companies to respect copyright and to pay for the use of copyrighted materials in training their large language...
You.com Valued at $1.5 Billion Amid Shift From AI Search (via DEV)
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup You.com has reportedly raised $100 million in new funding. The company’s latest funding round values it at $1.5
Supersonik Raises $5 Million From Andreessen Horowitz For AI Sales Agent
Supersonik lands $5 Million from Andreessen Horowitz to launch its AI agent that delivers instant, multilingual software demos and reshapes SaaS sales.
The ‘AI farming company’ Orchard Robotics bags $22m to expand precision ag platform
California-based Orchard Robotics secured an oversubscribed Series A funding round that will fuel expansion in the near future.
20VC + SaaStr is Back With Canva Founder Cliff Obrecht: Anthropic’s $13B Round, OpenAI’s $1.1B Statsig Acquisition & Why Public SaaS Is Back From The Dead
We’re back on 20VC+ SaaStr, and its a great one as Canva Co-Founder and COO Cliff Obrecht joins Harry, Rory and Jason for a deep dive into this week’s biggest...
Whenever I talk with people about AI, one of the first questions I get is almost always: what will this mean for my job? I believe…
Whenever I talk with people about AI, one of the first questions I get is almost always: what will this mean for my job? I believe AI will open up...