Elon Musk's xAI previews Grok-1.5 Vision, its first multimodal model, and says the AI model will be available soon to “early testers and existing Grok users”
Elon Musk's OpenAI rival has introduced its first multimodal model. Not only can it understand text …
Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa
Meta has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa.
An experiment to see how a Threads feed would work on Mastodon, using lists and testing third-party clients, which shows the bright future of the fediverse
This is my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences …
A look at the book The Anxious Generation, as some say author Jonathan Haidt falls short in showing that social media is causing a teen mental health crisis
Jonathan Haidt wrote a best-selling book about teens and social media. Not everyone buys its thesis — I.
Bluesky says it is now allowing heads of state to sign up, and adds features including hashtags in profile bios and the ability to long press a link to share
Bluesky is apparently ready for a bigger challenge. It says it's allowing heads of state to sign up now, a little over two months after it opened for general signups.
Sources detail how Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, who recently proposed a privacy bill, has undermined privacy negotiations for years
Many aides say Maria Cantwell, a powerful Democratic leader, has repeatedly upended privacy negotiations. Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange . X: @wolfejosh , @michaelsobolik , @realrussbaker , @c...
Airchat, Naval Ravikant's social media app built around audio recordings, which the app transcribes, relaunches on iOS and Android; it is currently invite-only
Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” — A previous version of Airchat was released last year …
An analysis of 200M+ student papers submitted over the past year: ~11% of papers showed signs of AI help and ~3% of papers contained at least 80% AI writing
Students who outsource their thinking to AI tools pose a risk to future employers and more — The other day I met a British academic …
Source: Google's new Pixel 9 series, next-gen Pixel Fold, and 5G tablet that is under development will feature a new modem that supports satellite connectivity
The Pixel 9 is set to improve one of the lacking aspects of its predecessors and gain an useful feature. — •
Q&A with Ukraine's Cyberpolice Department chief Yevhenii Panchenko on his role after Russia's invasion, battling pro-Russian hacking groups, and more
Ukraine's cyber police talks crypto, ransomware and documenting war crimes after Russia's invasion — On February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. X: @haje and @lorenzofb X: @haje : Such a g...
A look at chip design companies like Oppstar that aim to push Malaysia, the world's sixth-largest semiconductor exporter, to the higher end of the value chain
Former Intel engineers attempt to push Penang to higher end of value chain — PENANG, Malaysia — When chip design company Oppstar listed … X: @tsubasa_nikkei , @nikkeiasia , and @imnormgoh . LinkedIn...
Analysis: software and services companies have almost $30B of debt that's classed as distressed, the most in any industry apart from real estate
- Software and services nears $30 billion of distressed debt — Percentage of companies defaulting more than once is rising
Q&A with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about AI models costing ~$10B to train, why AI models are close to being “able to replicate and survive in the wild”, more
EZRA KLEIN: Oh, Jesus Christ. DARIO: No, no, I told you. I'm a believer in... [image] LinkedIn: Matt Greenfield : A phenomenal interview with the CEO of Anthropic. “Is there some way that we can use ...
Huawei unveils the new MateBook X Pro, its first AI PC, running on HarmonyOS and powered by Intel Core Ultra 9, available in China from April 18 for up to ~$2K
MateBook X Pro comes armed with latest Core Ultra inside Kristijan Lucic / Android Headlines : Huawei's new MateBook X Pro 2024 ultrabook is ‘lighter than light’ Nicholas Gordon / Fortune : Huawei con...
SAG-AFTRA reaches a tentative deal with major record labels, including WMG and Sony Music Entertainment, that includes protections over the use of AI
Sources: Salesforce is in advanced talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, whose market cap crossed $11B after its shares jumped 43% in 2024
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Twitch has become a major Spanish-language platform, with streamers like TheGrefg and Ibai Llanos hosting live sporting events that attract massive audiences
Sherwood News : X: @joshuatopolsky X: Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky : This story from @broderick and @AdamBumas about how Twitch has evolved into a Spanish-language platform is so fascinating htt...
Google researchers detail a technique that gives LLMs the ability to work with text of infinite length while keeping memory and compute requirements constant
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A look at Vana, which raised $20M to let users get paid to share their Reddit posts and other data to train AI models; Reddit banned Vana's subreddit
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : X: @edzitron . Forums: r/technology X: Ed Zitron / @edzitron : Nuh uh uh, sorry folks. Only WE can make money off of your labor Forums: r/technology : A startup, Vana, say...
A profile of NYC-based Nanotronics, which has raised $162M and is making modular chipmaking plants that can be assembled on site and be functional within a year
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A US official says the OFAC is investigating several US and foreign companies for shipments of chips with military applications that ultimately end up in Russia
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Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021
~$200M series B+C 1x preference will leave $300m for seed and series A investors plus employees. …
After Sam Altman and others called for AI regulation, some executives including Box CEO Aaron Levie say the US should not rush like the EU did
Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’ — https://www.wired.com/... X: Aaron Levie / @levie : One of the most common concerns about AI is the risk that it takes a ...
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