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Eating Disorder Org’s AI Blunder is a Cautionary Tale About Embracing Tech for Fundamentally Human Roles
One of the ongoing debates in tech circles and beyond is how fast AI will replace humans in certain lines of work. One role where we’ve already seen organizations embrace the technology is in customer support, deploying AI-powered customer interfaces to act as the first line of contact to handle inbound queries and provide critical…
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Anat Natan, CEO and Cofounder of Anina
I talked to Anat Natan, the co-founder and CEO of Anina. Anina is an Israeli startup that takes imperfect food and transforms it into ready-made meals in pods. Food waste has significant economic and environmental implications, and it is estimated that the greenhouse gas emissions from food contribute to 7% of the overall greenhouse gasses…
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Dispatches From the Israel Food Tech Ecosystem
When I first attended the Greencircle NY-Israel food tech conference in New York City last year, I never imagined that I would be living in Israel just a year later, exploring the food tech ecosystem for myself. I relocated to Tel Aviv in mid-January for an exchange program and have since been discovering the richness…
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How the DeSci Movement Will Change The World of Food
Do you know what DeSci is? Don’t feel bad if you don’t, especially if, like me, food is your primary focus. A16Z’s publication Future describes DeSci as a movement in which “a growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are leveraging blockchain tools, including smart contracts and tokens, in an attempt to improve modern science. Collectively,…
