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RAG is being pitched as a solution of sorts to generative AI hallucinations. But there’s limits to what the technique can do.

Why RAG won’t solve generative AI’s hallucination problem

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the…

This Week in AI: Generative AI and the problem of compensating creators

Iconiq Capital has raised $5.15 billion across two funds associated with the seventh growth fund family, according to SEC filings. The firm, which launched in 2011 as a private office…

Iconiq raises $5B+ toward seventh flagship fund

Lidar company Luminar is slashing its workforce by 20% and will lean harder on its contract manufacturing partner as part of a restructuring that will shift the company to a…

Luminar cuts 20% of staff and outsources lidar production

X’s Premium subscribers will be able to read a summary of posts on X associated with each trending story featured on the For You tab in Explore.

X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI

With Match and other online dating companies facing a downturn, Archer’s growth is certainly notable.

Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Musk’s…

Musk raises $6B for AI startup. Also, is TikTok dodging Apple’s commissions?

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized…

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

Despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn’t planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models.

Three things we learned about Apple’s AI plans from its earnings

Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost…

Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims

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RAG is being pitched as a solution of sorts to generative AI hallucinations. But there’s limits to what the technique can do.

Why RAG won’t solve generative AI’s hallucination problem

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the…

This Week in AI: Generative AI and the problem of compensating creators

Iconiq Capital has raised $5.15 billion across two funds associated with the seventh growth fund family, according to SEC filings. The firm, which launched in 2011 as a private office…

Iconiq raises $5B+ toward seventh flagship fund

Lidar company Luminar is slashing its workforce by 20% and will lean harder on its contract manufacturing partner as part of a restructuring that will shift the company to a…

Luminar cuts 20% of staff and outsources lidar production

X’s Premium subscribers will be able to read a summary of posts on X associated with each trending story featured on the For You tab in Explore.

X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI

With Match and other online dating companies facing a downturn, Archer’s growth is certainly notable.

Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Musk’s…

Musk raises $6B for AI startup. Also, is TikTok dodging Apple’s commissions?

Featured Article

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized…

23 hours ago
A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

Despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn’t planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models.

Three things we learned about Apple’s AI plans from its earnings

Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost…

Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims