Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth) | TechCrunch
…what a terrestrial data center typically spends, and protecting chips from the rigors of space won’t be easy or cheap. It’s also not clear whether AI training can be distributed…
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SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required | TechCrunch
…That matters because it tells researchers how candidate molecules are likely to behave before anyone sets foot in a lab. “Trained on real-world lab data and scientific equations, LQMs are AI…
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades | TechCrunch
…This was DeepSeek’s breakout moment, when it went from being relatively unknown to an overnight sensation as the tech industry learned about the techniques it used to train its AI models…
TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi? | TechCrunch
…and what it did not. The regulations include new, more robust requirements for data collection and sharing, training, and operations. Here are a few items that stuck out and what insiders told…
China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself | TechCrunch
…The restrictions reflect a wider shift in how Beijing manages the brain-drain in the AI sector, which has seen skyrocketing demand for talent to train and tweak AI models as the…
Everyone is navigating AI security in real time -- even Google | TechCrunch
…You have data pipelines used to train the models. You have agents, you have prompts. All of this needs to be protected.” One threat de Souza flagged that doesn’t get enough…
This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships | TechCrunch
…The primary goal is to create an infrastructure layer for intelligence applications — identifying other ships, collecting training data for companies working on marine autonomy, aiding scientists and robotics experts, and providing data…
Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind | TechCrunch
…The primary goal is to create an infrastructure layer for intelligence applications — identifying other ships, collecting training data for companies working on marine autonomy, aiding scientists and robotics experts, and providing data…
Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic's Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI's returns | TechCrunch
Private investors have been falling over themselves to get a piece of Anthropic, given the AI model maker is growing at a dizzying pace. Multiple investors told TechCrunch that the company’s…
Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch
…into its custom AI models, trained on the enzyme problems Imperagen seeks to explore. Finally, to retain its AI models, Imperagen uses robots and automation to generate experimental data, which is fed…