В интернете

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.”  To help address the problem, Aso co-founded LexxPluss, a now two-year-old, Japan-based startup that designs and develop autonomous mobile robots to transport […] LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

HealthPlix, an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. In India, roughly 300,000 doctors practice medicine regularly. However, this […] India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

European startup Bolt is expanding to Nepal and launching its ride-hailing service in the country. The company’s previous market expansion was its launch in Thailand in 2020. On Wednesday, Bolt announced the pilot of its on-demand ride-hailing service in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. The startup has kicked off the service with more than 400 local drivers. […] Europe’s Bolt expands to Nepal with ride-hailing service by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tesla is opening up Powerwall home battery sales, nearly two years after limiting them because its supply was “too low.” Tesla announced its backup battery tech long ago, in 2015, explicitly intending for the product to work in tandem with solar panels. Yet up until 2021, the automaker also allowed folks to buy the big […] Tesla has a home battery to sell you, with or without solar by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Social media platform Reddit is experiencing an outage that is affecting its website and app, according to the company’s status page and to whomever has tried to load the platform. Reddit has been down since at least 12:18 pm PDT. The company has identified an internal systems issue and a fix “which may take some […] Reddit has been down for hours by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) must provide Tesla with details of the investigation it conducted prior to filing a lawsuit against the company for racial discrimination, a judge has ruled. The CRD first sued Tesla in February last year after receiving several allegations that Tesla’s Fremont factory was a racially segregated workplace where Black workers […] California agency must provide Tesla with details of racial bias investigation by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Meta’s ‘year of efficiency’ continues as CEO announces plans to dismiss 10,000 more workers by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Justice Department and SEC are investigating the stock sales that officers of Silicon Valley Bank made days before the bank failed, according to both the WSJ and the NYTimes. The probes are reportedly in their preliminary phase and both outlets note that it’s common to investigate prearranged stock selling plans when the sales take […] Regulators are taking a harder look at those insider stock sales by SVB execs by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI has built a version of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, that can “remember” roughly 50 pages of content thanks to a greatly expanded context window. That might not sound significant. But it’s five times as much information as the vanilla GPT-4 can hold in its “memory” and eight times as much as GPT-3. “The […] OpenAI is testing a version of GPT-4 that can ‘remember’ long conversations by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

Silicon Valley-based data security company Rubrik has come forward as the latest victim of the Fortra GoAnywhere zero-day vulnerability, which has been linked to hacks targeting a hospital chain and a bank. In a blog post published on Tuesday, Rubrik’s chief information security officer Michael Mestrovich said that attackers had gained access to the company’s […] Security giant Rubrik says hackers used Fortra zero-day to steal internal data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

After SVB's failure, who's most vulnerable, who stands to benefit, and what are some of the long-term implications for venture capital? TechCrunch+ roundup: Beyond the Turing Test, 3 VCs on SVB, usage-based pricing tactics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

The crypto industry lost some banking on- and off-ramps due to recent banking turmoil, signaling a potential shift toward decentralization. Chaos in US banks could push crypto industry toward decentralization by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

In addition to today’s launch of OpenAI’s GPT-4, which is now confirmed to be the GPT model running in Bing, Microsoft also announced the stable version of its Edge web browser will now include the new Bing AI chatbot in a sidebar. The feature was first introduced at Microsoft’s AI press event in February but […] Microsoft’s new Bing AI chatbot arrives in the stable version of its Edge web browser by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Cruise, the self-driving unit under GM, is rolling out its custom built Origin robotaxi on Austin’s public streets in the next several weeks, CEO Kyle Vogt said while on stage at SXSW. The Origin vehicles won’t be accessible to the public — at least for awhile. For now, Cruise will be testing the Origins on […] Cruise to begin testing Origin robotaxis in Austin in coming weeks by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

В частности, регуляторы изучают действия топ-менеджеров компании, говорят источники.... →

OpenAI’s new GPT-4 AI model has made its big debut, and is already powering everything from a virtual volunteer for the visually impaired to an improved language learning bot in Duolingo. But what sets GPT-4 apart from previous versions like ChatGPT and GPT-3.5? Here are the 5 biggest differences between these popular systems. First, though, […] 5 ways GPT-4 outsmarts ChatGPT by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

A notorious ransomware gang is threatening to leak data allegedly involving Amazon-owned video surveillance company Ring. On Monday, the ransomware group ALPHV listed the video doorbell maker Ring as a victim on its dark website. “There’s always an option to let us leak your data,” the Russia-linked group wrote alongside the listing, seen by TechCrunch. […] Ring won’t say if it was hacked after ransomware gang claims attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Alongside GPT-4, OpenAI has open-sourced a framework to evaluate the performance of the company’s AI models. Called Evals, OpenAI says that the tooling is designed to allow anyone to report shortcomings in its models to help guide further improvements. It’s a sort of crowdsourcing approach to model testing, OpenAI says. “We use Evals to guide […] With Evals, OpenAI hopes to crowdsource AI model testing by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

SVB’s new CEO Tim Mayopoulos has had a lot to say in the 24 hours since he joined the bank on Monday. In a private Zoom meeting run by SVB for a select number of LPs and investors, he asked clients to return deposits to the institutions: “that’s the single most important thing you can […] Silicon Valley Bank’s new CEO urges customers to bring deposits back by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →