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Meta releases an 'open' version of Google's podcast generator | TechCrunch


Meta has released an “open” implementation of the viral generate-a-podcast feature in Google’s NotebookLM. Called NotebookLlama, the project uses Meta’s own Llama models for much of the processing, unsurprisingly. Like NotebookLM, it can generate back-and-forth, podcast-style digests of text files uploaded to it. NotebookLlama first creates a transcript from a file — e.g. a PDF […]

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Meta's AI chief says world models are key to 'human-level AI' — but it might be 10 years out | TechCrunch


Are today’s AI models truly remembering, thinking, planning, and reasoning, just like a human brain would? Some AI labs would have you believe they are, but according to Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, the answer is no. He thinks we could get there in a decade or so, however, by pursuing a new method […]

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Meta lays off employees across multiple teams | TechCrunch


Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday, the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch, noting these changes were made to reallocate resources within the company.  “Today, a few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy,” said a Meta spokesperson […]

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Instagram’s latest feature is a digital business card for your profile | TechCrunch


Instagram is rolling out a new “profile card” feature that is essentially a digital business card for your profile. The official launch comes a few months after the Meta-owned social network was spotted testing the feature with select creators.  The new two-sided profile cards are designed to make it easier for users to share their […]

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This Week in AI: The AI agents cometh | TechCrunch


Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The agents are coming — the AI agents, that is. This week, Anthropic released its newest AI model, an upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet, that can interact with the web and desktop apps by clicking […]

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Two more weeks to go: Connect with Meta, Dropbox, J.P. Morgan, and HP at Disrupt | TechCrunch


In just over two weeks, TechCrunch will gather some of the startup world’s leading companies at Disrupt in San Francisco. But our partners provide more than just financial support. Their presence at Disrupt gives startups at any stage the tools, knowledge, and community they need to be a success. We thank Meta for their support […]

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After selling his last AI startup to Meta, Beyond Presence's founder nabs $3.1M to build lifelike avatars | TechCrunch


Computer vision applications are getting a huge boost from advances in smartphones combined with AI that helps fill in the gaps of what everyday devices cannot see. Using these tools, a startup out of Munich called Beyond Presence believes it holds the keys to what is coming next: Hyper-realistic avatars that look and sound exactly […]

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WhatsApp introduces contact storing directly within the app, teases usernames | TechCrunch


WhatsApp announced today a new feature that will allow users to save contacts within the app. That means that even if you lose your phone or link a new device to your primary number, you will see all the contacts stored within WhatsApp in a cloud storage. Until now, WhatsApp relied on your phone’s contact […]

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Meta’s Yann LeCun says worries about AI’s existential threat are ‘complete B.S.’ | TechCrunch


AI pioneer Yann LeCun doesn’t think artificial intelligence is actually on the verge of becoming intelligent. LeCun — a professor at New York University, senior researcher at Meta, and winner of the prestigious A.M. Turing Award — has been open about his skepticism before, for example tweeting that before we worry about controlling super-intelligent AI, […]

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