# Artificial Intelligence

US giant NEA backs Stockholm AI company Sana Labs
News
May 31, 2023
US giant NEA backs Stockholm AI company Sana Labs
The company raised $34m in December, but says its new lead investor made a “proactive offer”
Tim Smith
What the rise of AI means for the climate fight
Analysis
May 30, 2023
What the rise of AI means for the climate fight
GenAI tools in climate tech and sustainability present both massive potential and huge risks
Sponsored by: BCG X
An OpenAI alum is building a robot butler for your home
News
May 29, 2023
An OpenAI alum is building a robot butler for your home
Prosper Robotics has built a robot that can do the cleaning, the dishes and the laundry, bringing a Jetsons-style future closer than ever
Tim Smith
7 ways to stay ahead of GenAI
Opinion
May 23, 2023
7 ways to stay ahead of GenAI
I won’t give up my job without a fight: here’s how to beat the chatbots
Éanna Kelly
European AI startups have a new lobbying group in Brussels
News
May 22, 2023
European AI startups have a new lobbying group in Brussels
EU policymakers will soon finalise negotiations on new AI rules
Zosia Wanat
Why Harry Potter is the copyright timebomb under generative AI models
Analysis
May 18, 2023
Why Harry Potter is the copyright timebomb under generative AI models
Court cases roll in and regulators are beginning to act
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Tim Smith
Podcast: The 'Father of Alexa' isn’t panicking about AI just yet
Podcast
May 14, 2023
Podcast: The 'Father of Alexa' isn’t panicking about AI just yet
This week on the pod, we chat to William Tunstall-Pedoe, the “Father of Alexa”, about where AI is going — along with some hints about his stealth AI startup
Steph Bailey
What the 'Father of Alexa' did next
Interview
May 10, 2023
What the 'Father of Alexa' did next
William Tunstall-Pedoe built the AI that powered Amazon's voice assistant — and his new startup has just raised $20m to counter problems "intrinsic" to ChatGPT
Tim Smith
Here are dozens of ways AI could be used for harm — and some too scary to test
Analysis
May 8, 2023
Here are dozens of ways AI could be used for harm — and some too scary to test
One even involves... Taylor Swift-based terror
Tim Smith
Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech
Analysis
May 8, 2023
Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech
Meet the European startups using GenAI in healthcare and drug discovery
Mimi Billing and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Stability AI swerves copyright infringement allegations in response to Getty lawsuit
News
May 3, 2023
Stability AI swerves copyright infringement allegations in response to Getty lawsuit
Stability AI is being sued for infringement of copyright
Tim Smith and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
From 50 pages to all of Harry Potter — how researchers gave AI superhuman memory
Analysis
May 1, 2023
From 50 pages to all of Harry Potter — how researchers gave AI superhuman memory
Previously, generative AI models have been able to remember far less info than the human brain
Tim Smith
‘Combat godlike AI with benevolent godlike AI’ — the call for a CERN-like AI supercomputer
Interview
April 26, 2023
‘Combat godlike AI with benevolent godlike AI’ — the call for a CERN-like AI supercomputer
"Models will get more powerful anyway... We should empower citizens, researchers and companies to keep pace with and mitigate risks.”
Tim Smith
Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI's Series A pitch to investors
Analysis
April 21, 2023
Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI's Series A pitch to investors
“Once he had this money he became clearer who actually developed Stable Diffusion,” a researcher on the original AI says
Tim Smith
PlantGPT — the company building a generative model to speak the language of plants
Analysis
April 19, 2023
PlantGPT — the company building a generative model to speak the language of plants
Hortiya is applying large language model tech to biochemistry, in a bid to make food production greener
Tim Smith
The UK has gone rogue with its AI policy — and that could be bad news for the rest of Europe
Opinion
April 17, 2023
The UK has gone rogue with its AI policy — and that could be bad news for the rest of Europe
AI regulation looks like the next continental differing of opinion — here's why the UK's approach could affect the rest of the Europe
Robin Rohm
EU’s new AI law could decimate generative AI on the continent, warn founders
Analysis
April 17, 2023
EU’s new AI law could decimate generative AI on the continent, warn founders
Founders in the space are worried about blanket rules being applied across very different areas of AI
Tim Smith
Generative AI is here, but is it really accessible?
Analysis
April 13, 2023
Generative AI is here, but is it really accessible?
As generative AI takes over tech, we asked the experts how feasible it is for startups to integrate it
Sponsored by: AWS startups
'Compute for equity' — what will Stability AI’s next fundraise look like?
Analysis
April 11, 2023
'Compute for equity' — what will Stability AI’s next fundraise look like?
Stability AI is hinting at big tech partnerships as it looks for quick ways to boost its processing ability rapidly
Tim Smith and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Plural's latest investment: $5.3m for tech to free up nurses' time
News
April 5, 2023
Plural's latest investment: $5.3m for tech to free up nurses' time
Teton has raised $5.3m to scale its AI nursing companion
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Europe can't match OpenAI — but Silicon Valley could learn from us
Opinion
April 3, 2023
Europe can't match OpenAI — but Silicon Valley could learn from us
The continent's array of medical AI companies provide a model for ethical growth
Eleanor Warnock
What does the AI boxing problem have to do with startups?
Podcast
April 2, 2023
What does the AI boxing problem have to do with startups?
On the pod this week, we chat to the man who thinks AI will leave us "super fucked"
Steph Bailey
'We are super, super fucked': Meet the man trying to stop an AI apocalypse
Interview
March 29, 2023
'We are super, super fucked': Meet the man trying to stop an AI apocalypse
Connor Leahy reverse-engineered GPT-2 in his bedroom — and what he found scared him. Now, his startup Conjecture is trying to make AI safe
Tim Smith
The real value of large language models like GPT-4 isn’t in writing, it’s reading
Opinion
March 27, 2023
The real value of large language models like GPT-4 isn’t in writing, it’s reading
All of the attention around large language models has focused on its ability to write — but could reading be where the potential lies?
Christopher Brennan

# Artificial Intelligence

US giant NEA backs Stockholm AI company Sana Labs

What the rise of AI means for the climate fight

An OpenAI alum is building a robot butler for your home

7 ways to stay ahead of GenAI

European AI startups have a new lobbying group in Brussels

Why Harry Potter is the copyright timebomb under generative AI models

Podcast: The 'Father of Alexa' isn’t panicking about AI just yet

What the 'Father of Alexa' did next

Here are dozens of ways AI could be used for harm — and some too scary to test

Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech

Stability AI swerves copyright infringement allegations in response to Getty lawsuit

From 50 pages to all of Harry Potter — how researchers gave AI superhuman memory

‘Combat godlike AI with benevolent godlike AI’ — the call for a CERN-like AI supercomputer

Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI's Series A pitch to investors

PlantGPT — the company building a generative model to speak the language of plants

The UK has gone rogue with its AI policy — and that could be bad news for the rest of Europe

EU’s new AI law could decimate generative AI on the continent, warn founders

Generative AI is here, but is it really accessible?

'Compute for equity' — what will Stability AI’s next fundraise look like?

Plural's latest investment: $5.3m for tech to free up nurses' time

Europe can't match OpenAI — but Silicon Valley could learn from us

What does the AI boxing problem have to do with startups?

'We are super, super fucked': Meet the man trying to stop an AI apocalypse

The real value of large language models like GPT-4 isn’t in writing, it’s reading