Meta executives say DeepSeek's breakthrough shows that upstarts now have a chance to innovate and compete with AI giants, vindicating its open-source strategy
The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that bet is having an impact.
DeepSeek-R1 refuses to answer ~85% of 1,360 prompts on sensitive topics in China, but the restrictions can be bypassed via simple jailbreaking
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Koo, an Indian rival to X that had raised $60M+ from Tiger Global, Accel, and others, shuts down after last-resort acquisition talks with Dailyhunt collapsed
The Indian social media platform Koo, which positioned itself as a competitor to Elon Musk's X, is ceasing operations …
Paytm parent One 97 Communications reports a $66.1M net loss in Q4, up from $20.11M in Q4 2023, on $272.3M revenue, as it grapples with a regulatory clampdown
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Paytm parent One 97 Communications reports a $66.1M net loss in Q4, up from $20.11M in Q4 2023, on $272.3M revenue, as it grapples with a regulatory clampdown
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Some tech CEOs are turning to friendly podcasters like Lex Fridman as a way to “go direct” and avoid traditional media, which they view as unfairly critical
and avoid traditional media https://www.bloomberg.com/... @business : Tech CEOs are finding that Lex Fridman and other friendly podcasters help them get their messages out—and avoi...
Some tech CEOs are turning to friendly podcasters like Lex Fridman as a way to “go direct” and avoid traditional media, which they view as unfairly critical
and avoid traditional media https://www.bloomberg.com/... @business : Tech CEOs are finding that Lex Fridman and other friendly podcasters help them get their messages out—and avoi...
Tech CEOs looking to “go direct” and avoid traditional media, which they view as unfairly critical, turn to friendly podcasters like Lex Fridman
Tech CEOs have a growing set of ways to sidestep traditional media. But first... Don't press Threads: @parkert . X: @business , @samidhas , @samidhas , @dannygroner , @martyswant...
Tech CEOs looking to “go direct” and avoid traditional media, which they view as unfairly critical, turn to friendly podcasters like Lex Fridman
Tech CEOs have a growing set of ways to sidestep traditional media. But first... Don't press Threads: @parkert . X: @business , @samidhas , @samidhas , @dannygroner , @martyswant...
Q&A with Jeff Dean, chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, on Bard's launch, the Gemini LLM, DeepMind-Brain merger, AI misinformation, and more
Samidha Sharma / The Economic Times : X: @ettech , @ettech , @ettech , @ettech , @hughlangley , and @samidhas X: @ettech : Among its most famous engineers, Dean joined @Google in ...
Source: OpenAI's board had agreed to resign and let Sam Altman and Greg Brockman return, but has since waffled; Altman would want significant governance changes
The OpenAI board is in discussions with Sam Altman to return to CEO, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
Some investors are concerned that SVB's collapse and its US government rescue, after Silicon Valley investors' lobbying, could lead to tougher tech regulation
Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk says his workload has reached 120+ hours per week, leading to little sleep and growing back pain, as he runs multiple companies
At Tesla trial and in tweets, executive gives a glimpse into personal challenges — Elon Musk's Tesla Tweets Trial: What to Know
A profile of Peiter Zatko, aka Mudge, who worked at DARPA, Google, and Stripe before Twitter, and was a member of hacker groups L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow
From the L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow to DARPA and Google, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko took unorthodox approaches to ‘make a dent in the universe’
Analysis: the cumulative market cap of recently listed fintechs in the US fell $156B from January 1 through July 15, 2022, as shares fell an average of over 50%
Coinbase “temporarily” disables the option to buy crypto with UPI in India, after the payments body said it is “not aware of any crypto exchange using UPI”
Google to invest $700M in Bharti Airtel, India's second largest telecom operator, for a 1.28% stake; an additional $300M will go to multiyear agreements
Google will invest as much as $1 billion in India's second-largest mobile phone operator, as firms race to offer inexpensive data …
Bangalore-based online learning startup Unacademy raises $440M led by Temasek at a $3.44B valuation
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Facebook says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan in the agency's deliberations over a new antitrust case, following a similar move by Amazon
Social-media giant follows Amazon in citing Lina Khan's tech criticisms, congressional work to question her impartiality
A close look at Chamath Palihapitiya and SPACs, which could become a fixture of the economy as investors develop proper skepticism and regulations emerge
Chamath Palihapitiya says that the investment tool lets ordinary people get rich off startups. It may be hype—but hype can be its own economic engine.