Bolna nabs $6.3M from General Catalyst for its India-focused voice orchestration platform

Bolna said that 75% of its revenue is coming from self-serve customers.

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Anthropic’s CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei unloaded on both the administration and U.S. chip companies over plans to sell to China. The criticism was particularly notable because one of those chipmakers, Nvidia, is a major partner and investor in Anthropic.

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Snap settles social media addiction lawsuit ahead of trial

TikTok, YouTube and Meta remain defendants in the case, which is due to kick off next week.

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Netflix to redesign its app as it competes with social platforms for daily engagement

At the center of the redesign is deeper integration of vertical video feeds, which the streaming giant has been experimenting with since May.

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Cramer says wild speculation has returned to the market — and here’s what investors must do

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday he’s worried about frothiness in certain pockets of the market.

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One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year

Ethos was backed by a who’s who of VCs and celebs through 2021. It is currently profitable, it says.

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In an effort to protect young users, ChatGPT will now predict how old you are

The feature is designed to stop problematic content from being delivered to users under the age of 18.

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Elon Musk says Tesla’s restarted Dojo3 will be for ‘space-based AI compute’

Tesla aims to restart work on Dojo3, its previously abandoned third-generation AI chip. Only this time, Dojo3 won’t be aimed at training self-driving models on Earth. Instead, Musk says it will be dedicated to “space-based AI compute.”

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OpenAI is rolling out age prediction for ChatGPT consumer plans

The model relies on a combination of account-level signals and behavioral signals, OpenAI said.

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California billionaire tax faces potential ‘uphill battle,’ new poll finds

A poll released Tuesday found the proposed tax initiative starts out with 48% in favor and 38% opposed, but the gap shrinks as voters learn more.

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