Anthropic will make AWS its primary training partner for model training.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-22
Anthropic Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators
TechCrunch · 2024-11-22 · #2
Meta claims it has collaborated with law enforcement for two years in efforts to address pig-butchering scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-22
Meta law enforcement
In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE
The Record · 2024-11-22 · #29
Sources report that a16z, Paradigm, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on President Trump's promised crypto advisory council.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-22
a16z Paradigm Ripple Kraken Circle Trump's crypto advisory council
Sources: a16z, Paradigm, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which could set up a bitcoin reserve
Reuters · 2024-11-22 · #27
Sources say OpenAI discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-22
OpenAI Samsung
Sources: OpenAI considered developing a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others
The Information · 2024-11-22 · #5
Wordware is part of Y Combinator's S24 batch.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Wordware Y Combinator S24
Wordware, which lets customers like Instacart and Runway create AI agents using natural language instead of code, raised a $30M seed led by Spark Capital
VentureBeat · 2024-11-21 · #31
OpenScholar is an LLM for scientific research developed by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
OpenScholar Allen Institute for AI University of Washington
A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy
VentureBeat · 2024-11-21 · #37
SNOW stock jumps more than 20% following the earnings beat and the Anthropic partnership announcement.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Snowflake SNOW 20%+ jump
Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., and partners with Anthropic to bring Claude 3.5 models to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 20%+
Constellation Research · 2024-11-21 · #43
Jensen Huang says models like OpenAI's o1 could play a larger role in Nvidia's business moving forward.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Jensen Huang Nvidia OpenAI's o1
Jensen Huang says “foundation model pretraining scaling is intact” and models like OpenAI's o1 could play a larger role in Nvidia's business moving forward
TechCrunch · 2024-11-21 · #10
Neuralink plans to run its first non-US clinical trial of its brain implants with Toronto Western Hospital.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Neuralink Toronto Western Hospital
Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical trials of its brain implants and plans to run its first non-US trial with Toronto Western Hospital
Bloomberg · 2024-11-21 · #40
Snowflake partners with Anthropic to bring Claude 3.5 models to its Cortex AI platform.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Snowflake Anthropic Claude 3.5 models Cortex AI
Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., and partners with Anthropic to bring Claude 3.5 models to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 20%+
Constellation Research · 2024-11-21 · #43
Matt Clifford has advised successive UK Conservative (Tory) and Labour governments.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Matt Clifford UK Tory government UK Labour government
Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policy
Financial Times · 2024-11-21 · #21
The Trade Desk plans to partner with TV manufacturers to roll out the Ventura operating system.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
The Trade Desk TV manufacturers
Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025
Axios · 2024-11-21 · #41
Logitech-owned Streamlabs and data partner Stream Hatchet compile quarterly streaming industry reports; the headline figures come from their Q3 2024 report.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Streamlabs Stream Hatchet Q3 2024 streaming hours data
Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of Q3 total hours streamed, followed by YouTube Gaming at 5.6% and Steam at 4.6%; Kick grew ~204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024
Tubefilter · 2024-11-21 · #19
Customers of Wordware include Instacart and Runway.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-21
Wordware Instacart Runway
Wordware, which lets customers like Instacart and Runway create AI agents using natural language instead of code, raised a $30M seed led by Spark Capital
VentureBeat · 2024-11-21 · #31
As CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick is linked to Cantor's custodial relationship with Tether (since 2021).
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-20
Howard Lutnick Cantor Fitzgerald Tether
Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as Commerce Secretary
CoinDesk · 2024-11-20 · #43
ProRata inks licensing deals with DMG and other partners.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-20
ProRata DMG DMG other partners
ProRata, which plans to debut an AI search engine in December, inks licensing deals with DMG and others; sources: DMG bought a stake valuing ProRata at ~$130M
Financial Times · 2024-11-20 · #31
Cantor Fitzgerald has served as a custodian for stablecoin issuer Tether since 2021.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-20
Cantor Fitzgerald Tether
Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as Commerce Secretary
CoinDesk · 2024-11-20 · #43
Google is aiming to lower Android fragmentation by giving OEMs more time via an earlier Android 16 developer preview release.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-20
Google Android fragmentation OEMs
Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far ahead of schedule compared to the past decade, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving OEMs more time
Android Police · 2024-11-20 · #5
Microsoft signs a deal with HarperCollins to license nonfiction titles for training an unannounced AI model.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-20
Microsoft HarperCollins nonfiction titles unannounced AI model
Source: Microsoft signs a deal with News Corp's HarperCollins to use nonfiction titles to train an unannounced AI model; HarperCollins says authors can opt out
Bloomberg · 2024-11-20 · #24
Google's Quantum AI division will use Nvidia's Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components, according to Google and Nvidia.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-19
Google's Quantum AI division Nvidia Eos supercomputer quantum components
Google and Nvidia say Google's Quantum AI division will use Nvidia's Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components
Bloomberg · 2024-11-19 · #38
Sources indicate publishers will receive a 70% cut of ad revenue generated by Apple from ads placed within their articles.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-19
Apple publishers
Sources: Apple has started selling its own ad inventory for Apple News; publishers will get a 70% cut of the ad revenue generated by Apple within their articles
Axios · 2024-11-19 · #12
An internal Amazon document indicates it held talks with Uber, Ticketmaster, Vagaro, OpenTable, Grubhub, Instacart, Fodors, and Thumbtack about handling tasks on its LLM-powered Alexa.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-19
Amazon Uber Ticketmaster Vagaro OpenTable Grubhub Instacart Fodors Thumbtack Alexa
Internal doc: Amazon held talks on handling tasks on the LLM-powered Alexa with Uber, Ticketmaster, Vagaro, OpenTable, Grubhub, Instacart, Fodors, and Thumbtack
Business Insider · 2024-11-19 · #18
The emails discuss OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-19
OpenAI Microsoft
A look at emails between Elon Musk and Sam Altman from OpenAI's early days, discussing its Microsoft partnership, fundraising, staff compensation, AGI, and more
The Verge · 2024-11-19 · #45
Many consumers in Mexico, hesitant to shop online for fear of scams, buy through in-person sellers who now act as intermediaries for Shein and Temu.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-17
consumers in Mexico catalog sellers acting as intermediaries for Shein and Temu
Research center Bitácora Social estimates that six out of 10 catalog sellers in Mexico now sell products from online platforms, including Shein and Temu
Rest of World · 2024-11-17 · #18
Report says the smart glasses will be powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chipset.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-17
Samsung Qualcomm AR1
Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3 2025; the glasses will be powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chipset and use Google's Gemini to handle AI tasks
9to5Google · 2024-11-17 · #25
Tata Electronics will run the daily operations of Pegatron's iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-17
Tata Electronics Pegatron's iPhone plant (Tamil Nadu, India)
Sources: Tata Electronics agrees to buy a 60% stake in Pegatron's iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu, India, forming a joint venture, and will run the daily operations
Reuters · 2024-11-17 · #10
Report indicates the glasses will use Google's Gemini to handle AI tasks.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-17
Samsung Google Gemini
Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3 2025; the glasses will be powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chipset and use Google's Gemini to handle AI tasks
9to5Google · 2024-11-17 · #25
Ukraine's drone suppliers are using US-based Auterion's technology to support their drone programs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-17
Ukraine's drone suppliers Auterion
Ukraine's drone suppliers are using US-based Auterion's tech to ramp up production of automated attack drones that are cheap and can evade electronic jamming
Wall Street Journal · 2024-11-17 · #8
FOIA documents indicate Palantir has been in talks with the UK Ministry of Justice about using its technology to calculate prisoners' risk of reoffending and to access prison data.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-17
Palantir UK Ministry of Justice prisoner data
FOIA docs show Palantir has been in talks with the UK's Ministry of Justice about using its tech to calculate the “reoffending risks” of prisoners
The Guardian · 2024-11-17 · #20
Tata Electronics and Pegatron are forming a joint venture around Pegatron's iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-17
Tata Electronics Pegatron Pegatron's iPhone plant (Tamil Nadu, India)
Sources: Tata Electronics agrees to buy a 60% stake in Pegatron's iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu, India, forming a joint venture, and will run the daily operations
Reuters · 2024-11-17 · #10