Waymo's New Fundraising Round, OpenAI Hallucinations, and AI Anecdotes
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Headlines
AI Leaders
Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round (CNBC)
OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool has hallucination issues, researchers say (TechCrunch)
Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers (The Information)
Will Healthcare Adopt AI?
YC startup Pharos lands a $5M seed led by Felicis to bring AI to hospital quality reporting (TechCrunch)
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said (AP News)
How are People Using AI?
How I turned ChatGPT into my tour guide in Italy (CNBC)
AI Solves My Most Annoying Chore: Meal Planning for a Toddler (WSJ)
AI Products
TableSprint: AI Platform to build future-ready apps (ProductHunt)
Voice Design by ElevenLabs: Generate a custom voice based on a text prompt (ProductHunt)
KushoAI: Test backend journeys in minutes with AI (ProductHunt)