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Venture Capital Backing GPUs is Fast Becoming an Outdated Concept
Compute Labs’ believes GPUs should be treated as AI infrastructure assets rather than venture-backed startup expenditures.
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Meta Is Reportedly Working on an AI Detector Tool for Meta AI
Meta is reportedly working on an interesting new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Meta AI. As per the report, the platform is getting a new AI Detection feature, which, as the name suggests, can likely spot AI-generated content. The feature is reportedly under development and is not available to users. Its full range of functionality is currently difficult to gauge, and the report did not mention when the tool could be released publicly. Notably, Meta's planned new AI models are also facing delays due to performance issues.
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Accenture Links Promotions to AI Use, Expands Entry-Level Hiring
Julie Sweet says AI use is now integral to work and subsequent promotions as Accenture bets on AI-fluent graduates.
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Accenture Launches 7 Reinvention Units as AI Reshapes Consulting Model
The company has instituted three internal engines to drive AI, industry expertise, and technology capabilities.
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Vercel’s Agent-Browser Goes Fully Native Rust, Cuts Memory Use by 18x & Install Size by 99x
Vercel has rewritten its AI agent browser automation tool entirely in Rust, replacing the daemon layer to improve efficiency and enable faster development of new capabilities.
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NTT DATA Targets 50 Global Firms to Set Up GCCs in India
NTT DATA’s innovation acceleration programme aims to scale AI-led capability centres by 2030.
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Anthropic Thanks Users for Using Claude, Doubles Usage Limits Until March 27
The initiative applies to a broad range of Claude users across the company’s Free, Pro, Max and Team plans.
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India’s EV Future is Being Rewritten in the Strait of Hormuz
Disruptions to oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz could raise logistics costs for India’s growing EV market.
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Andrej Karpathy Maps AI Exposure of 342 Jobs in Viral Weekend Project
Andrej Karpathy analysed 143 million jobs across the US economy and assigned each occupation an AI exposure score.
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Google, Accel Pick 5 AI Startups from 4,000 Applicants for 2026 Atoms Cohort
Each AI startup will receive up to $2 million in co-investment and $350,000 in Google Cloud credits.
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Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’
Many artificial intelligence startup ideas are still little more than superficial “wrappers” built on top of existing models. But as the AI model makers add more features, investors are wary of startups that could become so easily unnecessary. Case in point: when reviewing more 4,000 applications for the joint AI accelerator for India startups run by Google and venture firm Accel, “wrapper” ideas dominated. But none of them were among the five startups for the latest cohort, Accel partner Prayank Swaroop told TechCrunch (pictured above). Announcedin November, the AI-focused Atoms program by Google and Accel aims to back early-stage startups building AI products linked to India. Startups selected for the latest cohort will receive up to $2 million in funding from Accel andGoogle’s AI Futures Fund, along with up to $350,000 in cloud and AI compute credits from Google, the firms said. Roughly 70% of the rejected applications were “wrappers” — startups that layered AI features such as chatbots on top of existing software but “were not reimagining new workflows using AI,” Swaroop said. Many of the remaining applications that were denied, Swaroop said, fell into crowded categories such as marketing automation and AI recruitment tools, areas where investors saw little novelty. Startups in those sectors often struggle to differentiate themselves, he said. This isn’t, perhaps, surprising. This year’s program received nearly four times the applications than previous Accel’s Atoms cohorts — with many first-time founders. India’s growing AI ecosystem remains largely focused on enterprise applications and Swaroop said the applications reflected that. About 62% of the submissions focused on productivity tools and another 13% on software development and coding, meaning around three-quarters of the applications were enterprise software ideas rather than consumer products. (Swaroop had hoped to see more ideas for healthcare and education.) Jonathan Silber, co-founder and director of Google’s AI Futures Fund, said the five startups selected aligned closely with areas where Google expects AI to see deeper real-world adoption. The program does not require startups to use Google’s models exclusively, Silber said, noting that many companies combine multiple models depending on the workflow. The goal, he said, is to gather feedback from startups on how Google’s models perform in real-world applications. Insights from those startups can then be fed back to Google DeepMind teams to help improve future models, creating what Silber described as a “flywheel” between startup experimentation and AI development. “If a company is using an alternative model, that means Google has work to do to build the best model in the market,” he told TechCrunch. This year’s startups selected are:
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ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator
ByteDance has paused plans to launch its new AI video model globally, according toa report in The Information. The Chinese company, best known as TikTok’s parent organization (and now a minority shareholder inits U.S. spinoff), launched Seedance 2.0 in China back in February. Brief videos generated by the model, including a clip featuring Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt, soon went viral anddrew intense criticism from Hollywood. While one successful screenwriter declared that the footage meant, “It’s likely over for us,” studios quickly sent ByteDance a flurry of cease-and-desist letters, with Disney’s lawyers accusing the company of a “virtual smash-and-grab of Disney’s IP.” ByteDance responded bypromising to introduce stronger safeguardsfor intellectual property. The company had planned to make Seedance 2.0 available globally in mid-March, The Information said, but it’s delaying those plans as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues. ByteDance did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
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