ElevenLabs, which uses AI tools to create and edit synthetic voices, raised an $80M Series B co-led by a16z, Nat Friedman, and Daniel Gross at a $1B+ valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
ElevenLabs, which uses AI tools to create and edit synthetic voices, raised an $80M Series B co-led by a16z, Nat Friedman, and Daniel Gross at a $1B+ valuation  —  There's a lot of money in voice cloning.  —  Case in point: ElevenLabs, a startup developing AI-powered tools to create …

British Library hack lessons for the UK: ransomware is a national security issue, a national response is required, policy mitigations are available, and more (Ciaran Martin/Ciaran's Crispy Cogitations)

Ciaran Martin / Ciaran's Crispy Cogitations:
British Library hack lessons for the UK: ransomware is a national security issue, a national response is required, policy mitigations are available, and more  —  The most important lesson to figure out is why it is taking so long to restore services.  That will tell us how to prevent …

Architects are incorporating DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools for complex design work, threatening the industry of professional illustrators (Edwin Heathcote/Financial Times)

Edwin Heathcote / Financial Times:
Architects are incorporating DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools for complex design work, threatening the industry of professional illustrators  —  Programs such as Dall-E and Midjourney are revolutionising the designs of buildings, but threatening the industry too

OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company's first action against use of its tech in political campaigns (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company's first action against use of its tech in political campaigns  —  It's the ChatGPT maker's first known action against the use of its technology in a political campaign

A look at the reasons for the less-than-expected developer enthusiasm for Apple's Vision Pro, including an uncertain ROI and anger at the App Store policies (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at the reasons for the less-than-expected developer enthusiasm for Apple's Vision Pro, including an uncertain ROI and anger at the App Store policies  —  Apple's new Vision Pro will lack some key apps when it debuts, renewing concerns about an already-tense relationship with certain developers.

In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, co-founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands in the 1980s (Harry McCracken/Technologizer)

Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, co-founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands in the 1980s  —  In an unpublished manuscript, the cofounder of three enduring media brands looks back. … “But Flying Upside Down is more than that.