BitShovel Workbench · Founder experience https://bitshovel.site/en/ Company and funding moves as precedents for builders. en-US Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:03:38 UTC AI food images: what changes their appeal? https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-03-the-sameness-problem-behin-21b69e56c14449c9 https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-03-the-sameness-problem-behin-21b69e56c14449c9 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:22 UTC Visual oddness and an AI label are separate questions. Two food-image studies show why imperfect pictures can unsettle viewers without establishing that every AI menu reduces appetite. Visual oddness and an AI label are separate questions. Two food-image studies show why imperfect pictures can unsettle viewers without establishing that every AI menu reduces appetite.

Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/the-sameness-problem-behind-those-unappetizing-ai-generated-menus/

]]> Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-03 https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:20:33 UTC TechCrunch AI published "Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race". A first-party new post — the line above and the linked original carry the substance. TechCrunch AI published "Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race". A first-party new post — the line above and the linked original carry the substance.

Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/ollie-is-betting-privacy-can-win-the-ai-assistant-race/

]]> OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-02 https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:22:33 UTC OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models (the TechCrunch AI original's own abstract, carried same-window by TechCrunch AI). OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models (the TechCrunch AI original's own abstract, carried same-window by TechCrunch AI).

Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/openais-new-reasoning-technique-alarms-ai-safety-experts/

]]> AfterQuery reportedly valued at $3.2B https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-01 https://bitshovel.site/en/card/feed-story-techcrunch-com-2026-09-01 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:08:08 UTC AfterQuery works with domain experts to turn professional judgment and workflows into training data, evaluations, and reinforcement-learning environments. Its own materials describe how this service is delivered. AfterQuery works with domain experts to turn professional judgment and workflows into training data, evaluations, and reinforcement-learning environments. Its own materials describe how this service is delivered.

Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/afterquery-reportedly-becomes-y-combinators-fastest-ever-unicorn-now-valued-at-3-2b/

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