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Brian Chesky’s AI lab paid Airbnb $7.1M for some of its intellectual property and to cover certain expenses, Airbnb disclosed in its quarterly filing on Thursday. Chesky, Airbnb’s chief executive, founded the lab and controls it.
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Another competitive model developed outside of China could change the open-weight landscape.
When Irene moved to San Francisco last year, she started using dating apps as a way to meet new people, get to know her new city, and connect with others who care about the things she does. After the 25-year-old analyst downloaded Hinge and started swiping, she noticed a trend.
Amazon is rolling out texting for Alexa for Shopping, its AI shopping agent, starting with invited US customers. It can find products, place orders and track prices by text. Sponsored products can show up in its replies, free to advertisers for now.
AI photos on property listings are starting to become more common, and some people think its time to take a stand.
Lockdown Mode was bypassed with HTML popups but OpenAI now fixed it.
Android 17 updated the Pixel 7, but most of the Gemini-powered extras skip it. Today, its HDR+ and Night Sight show why that might not matter
TSMC is considering making advanced memory chips and has begun drafting plans for 3D DRAM at Nvidia’s request, The Information reports. It would put TSMC up against Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron as AI demand keeps memory scarce.
Tesla will stop making most Cybertrucks at its Texas factory around the middle of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Friday. The space will instead be used to build more Cybercabs, the company’s two-seat robotaxis.
Physicl, a Paris-based start-up that creates training data for AI systems that work in the physical world, has raised $10M in seed funding. Inovia Capital led the round, announced on Friday, with U.S. Venture Partners also taking part. The company focuses on what researchers call edge cases.
Nothing will ship its first AI device in December, and it is built for work. Chief executive Carl Pei announced it on Wednesday in a long essay on X. He gave no name, price or launch date.
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