Sources: the UK, the US, and other allies are working to provide Ukraine with thousands of new AI-enabled drones that could swarm Russian targets simultaneously — - Technology could help Ukraine overwhelm some Russian targets — Germany's Scholz calls on EU allies to increase Ukraine aid
Despite Google and OpenAI's promises, Gemini and ChatGPT appear to have almost no safeguards against creating AI disinfo for the 2024 US presidential election — Google and OpenAI's chatbots have almost no safeguards against creating AI disinformation for the 2024 presidential election.
Q&A with Figma CEO Dylan Field on managing the company after the failed sale to Adobe, maintaining culture, using the $1B breakup fee, expansion plans, and more — Figma has a billion dollars and big plans for expansion as it emerges from the acquisition with its ‘foot on the gas.’ — Happy Friday.
Ahead of the 2024 US election, Anthropic is testing Prompt Shield, which will redirect users asking political topics to “authoritative” sources of voting info — Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Anthropic, the well-funded AI startup, is testing a technology to detect …
An interview with Kurt Wagner on his new book Battle for the Bird, a Jack Dorsey biography morphed into a deep dive on Twitter's tumultuous transition to X — Was it Jack Dorsey or Elon Musk? Kurt Wagner and Zoë Schiffer, authors of two new books on the subject, interview each other about what they learned
PitchBook: Q4 2023 saw only 12 crypto exits, the lowest number since Q4 2020 and consistent with the “low-level activity seen throughout 2023” — The global venture capital market is enduring a long period of limited exits. Startups are staying private longer …
TSMC rises ~8% in its first post-Lunar New Year trading session, reaching a record $575B market cap and passing Visa as the world's 12th most valuable company — - Global AI activity should benefit Taiwan's largest company — TSMC is the main contract chipmaker to Nvidia and Apple
A US judge approves Genesis' plan to sell ~$1.6B in Grayscale crypto trust shares to repay creditors, including 35M GBTC shares, worth ~$1.38B — Bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Global on Wednesday received permission from a U.S. court to sell about $1.6 billion in Grayscale cryptocurrency trust shares …
Sources: Italian app developer Bending Spoons raised $155M from Baillie Gifford and more at a $2.6B valuation, after raising $100M in 2023, and seeks M&A deals — - Italian app developer has raised $155 million in new funding — Company on track to generate $500 million in sales this year
Prospects of a wide-ranging AI bill in the US this year are rapidly dimming, despite Senator Chuck Schumer's push to put AI regulation at the top of the agenda — Artificial intelligence is already sowing chaos and confusion in US elections — from a bogus robocall impersonating President Joe Biden …
A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs' tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed in gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers — Grieving parents made these audio deepfakes to stir the emotions of lawmakers. But they also mark a new era for artificial intelligence.
UMG begins pulling its artists' music from TikTok after contract talks failed; videos featuring UMG artists will be muted and users can pick a new soundtrack — - Publisher behind Drake and Taylor Swift pushes for better pay — Videos featuring Universal Music-owned songs will be muted
After Amazon ended its acquisition, iRobot, whose market share has been steadily eroding since 2014, could quickly become an also-ran in the robot vacuum market — By abandoning its deal to buy iRobot, Amazon has left the robot vacuum maker stuck under the couch.
US and UK law enforcement are bracing for an explosion of AI-generated CSAM, and criticize Meta, the authorities' best partner for flagging CSAM, over E2EE — Law enforcement officials are bracing for an explosion of material generated by artificial intelligence that realistically depicts children …
Silicon Valley's powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy — Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology. It's past time we call it what it is.
Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times : UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published...
