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Los Angeles demands robotaxi rulemaking powers

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© 2023 TechCrunch. Mayor Karen Bass says Los Angeles — not a state agency — should have the power to decide how robotaxi companies expand in the city. The impact of the mayor's calls may extend well beyond LA. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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2023 hasn't been an easy year to be a startup. However, its unique-for-the-industry monthly subscription model has helped it maintain healthy profits from its loyal customer base in 2023. The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX.

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Six Tech Startups to Look Out For in 2023

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From state-of-the-art clean energy solutions to breakthrough podcasting platforms, here are six tech startups you should be keeping an eye on in 2023, and beyond. And with the company continuing to profit off dissatisfied ReCharge customers – its software rival – we think we'll start hearing its name even more in 2023.

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Flying taxi startup Blade is helping Silicon Valley CEOs bypass traffic

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One year after a $38 million Series B valued on-demand aviation startup Blade at $140 million, the company has begun taxiing the Bay Area’s elite. Called UberAIR, Uber will offer short-term shareable flights to commuters as soon as 2023. The company has raised billions of dollars to turn this sci-fi concept into reality.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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What does the role demand? What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends. The role of a CTO varies as the company matures.

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Uber Kicks Off Major Conference At Skirball

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On-demand ride service Uber is kicking off its annual conference, UBER Elevate this morning at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, where it will feature presentations from the company, regulators, vehicle manufacturers, investors, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? ChatGPT’s Rival Explained

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It was first released in March 2023 , powered by the language model Claude 1.3. However, a second version – powered by a language model called Claude 2 – was released in July 2023. Claude expanded its “context window” from 9,000 tokens to 100,000 tokens in May 2023 shortly before releasing Claude 2.

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