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OpenAI partners with Common Sense Media to collaborate on AI guidelines
OpenAI hopes to win the trust of parents — and policymakers — by partnering with organizations that work to minimize tech and media harms to kids, preteens and teens.
Rebellions lands $124M to develop its new AI Rebel chip with Samsung
Rebellions, a South Korean fabless AI chip startup, said today it has closed $124 million (165 billion KRW) in a Series B round of funding to develop its third AI chip, called Rebel.
Semron wants to replace chip transistors with ‘memcapacitors’
A new Germany-based startup, Semron, is developing what it describes as “3D-scaled” chips to run AI models locally on smartphones, earbuds, VR headsets and…
ChatGPT users can now invoke GPTs directly in chats
OpenAI is pushing adoption of GPTs, third-party apps powered by its AI models, by enabling ChatGPT users to invoke them in any chat.
The Taylor Swift deepfake debacle was frustratingly preventable
You know you’ve screwed up when you’ve simultaneously angered the White House, the TIME Person of the Year and pop culture’s most rabid fanbase.
FCC moves to outlaw AI-generated robocalls
No one likes robocalls to begin with, but using AI-generated voices of people like President Biden makes them even worse.
Tech layoffs scale to three-quarter high
It’s not hard to spot the human pain in the market today.
Google Maps experiments with generative AI to improve discovery
Google Maps is introducing a generative AI feature to help you discover new places, the company announced today.
Amazon debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app
Amazon announced today the launch of an AI-powered shopping assistant it’s calling Rufus that’s been trained on the e-commerce giant’s product catalog as well as information from around the web.
Apple Spending a ‘Tremendous Amount of Time and Effort’ on AI, Details Coming ‘Later This Year’
During today’s earnings call covering the first fiscal quarter of 2024, Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on Apple’s work on artificial intelligence.
UK government urged to adopt more positive outlook for LLMs to avoid missing ‘AI goldrush’
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VCs Elad Gil and Sarah Guo on the risks and rewards of funding AI: “The biggest threat to us in the short run is other people”
Last week, at our first StrictlyVC evening of the year, prominent AI investors Elad Gil and Sarah Guo joined us in San Francisco to talk about how they think…
Cloud infrastructure saw its biggest revenue growth ever in Q4
For the last several quarters we’ve seen a lull in the expansion of the cloud infrastructure market, with lower growth numbers than we’ve been accustomed to seeing in the past.
EU’s AI Act passes last big hurdle on the way to adoption
The European Union’s AI Act, a risk-based plan for regulating applications of artificial intelligence, has passed what looks to be the final big hurdle…
To benefit all, diverse voices must take part in leading the growth and regulation of AI
As AI’s presence in our lives increases, so does the number of diverse founders leveraging it to develop positive, socially impactful services and products.
This Week in AI: Do shoppers actually want Amazon’s GenAI?
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order.
Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins: “More than 80%” of pitches now involve AI
Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths first crossed as children in…
How VCs can assess and attract winners in a landscape that’s now crowded with AI startups
Felicis, the 16-year-old Bay Area-based early-stage venture firm, has a reputation for investing globally.
Yandex takes a big hit to get rid of Russian assets
Today, we take a look at the costs Yandex’s parent had to endure to exit from Russia, easing price movements in crypto, and some juicy venture fundraising.
UK gov’t touts $100M+ plan to fire up ‘responsible’ AI R&D
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China’s generative video race heats up
On Monday, Tencent, the Chinese internet giant known for its video gaming empire and chat app WeChat, unveiled a new version of its open source video generation model DynamiCrafter on GitHub.
Colossyan uses GenAI to create corporate training videos
Most people don’t watch corporate training videos — or, in cases where the training’s mandatory, don’t give them their full attention.
Confirmed: Entrust is buying AI-based ID verification startup Onfido, sources say for more than $400M
Onfido, an early mover in the world of identity verification using computer vision and other AI tools, is getting acquired, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed.
Microsoft CEO Nadella on AI LLM race: ‘We are waiting for competition to arrive’
Microsoft’s prescient bets and aggressive investments in AI have propelled the software giant to become the world’s most valuable company.