The AI Hype Train Has Stalled in China
That, along with the cost of computing power, makes it difficult for startups like Xie’s to build the kind of huge, sweeping models that their equivalents in the US are …
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Meet Aleph Alpha, Europe’s Answer to OpenAI
The interest Aleph Alpha has received so far—the company claims 10,000 customers across both business and government—shows it is able to compete, or at least coexist, with the emerging giants …
Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley | WIRED
In the summer of 2016, teenagers Anastasia Georgievskaya and Ivan Novikov were walking along London’s South Bank, picking their way past the food stalls lining the Thames, when they caught …
Israel’s Tech Companies Are Fighting Netanyahu—or Leaving the Startup Nation | WIRED
Tech is responsible for more than half of all exports, and the country collects 50 billion shekels ($13.5 billion) a year from the sector. Wiz is among those distancing itself from …
Startups Under Fire: The Remarkable Resilience of Ukraine’s Tech Sector
In February 2022, Ukraine’s tech sector was booming. Between 2016 and 2021, the country’s IT exports tripled to nearly $7 billion a year, according to the IT Association of Ukraine. …