Ilya Sutskever’s startup, Safe Superintelligence, raises $1B

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI startup co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised over $1 billion in capital from investors including NFDG (an investment partnership run by Nat Friedman and SSI CEO Daniel Gross), a16z, Sequoia, DST Global and SV Angel. SSI told Reuters that it plans to use the tranche to […]
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Revefi seeks to automate companies’ data operations

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Revefi connects to a company’s data stores and databases (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks and so on) and attempts to automatically detect and troubleshoot data-related issues.
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You.com ‘refocuses’ from AI search to deeper productivity agents with new $50M round

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

If you build an AI search product, you compete with Google. But Google has a lot easier time answering queries with a single, simple answer, such as “how many is a dozen?” than it does answering complex questions like “what influence did Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ have on Enlightenment ideals?” That’s why You.com is betting […]
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A New Group Is Trying to Make AI Data Licensing Ethical

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

The Dataset Providers Alliance calls for creators and rights holders to be able to opt in to having their material used for training purposes.

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Qualcomm ramps up challenge to Intel and AMD with latest AI PC chip

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor as it looks to ramp up its push into the AI PC space, taking on Intel and AMD.

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reMarkable’s Paper Pro adds color, light and more but keeps the focus on ‘focus’

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

The $499 Paper Pro — a new naming convention to indicate it is a higher-end alternative to the now-$379 reMarkable 2, not a direct successor — is momentous for its addition of both color and a “frontlight,” though both features are what you might call muted.
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UK regulator greenlights Microsoft’s Inflection acquihire, but also designates it a merger

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Good news for Microsoft: The U.K.’s antitrust regulator says that the tech titan’s high-profile acquihire of the team behind AI startup Inflection doesn’t cause competition concerns, and thus it won’t be pursuing a full-scale investigation. However, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says that the deal does fall under its regulatory purview as a “relevant […]
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Alibaba to allow payment through Tencent’s WeChat Pay for the first time on e-commerce apps

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Alibaba’s shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall will accept Tencent’s WeChat Pay likely within this month, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.

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Spotify launches its evolving playlist, daylist, globally

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Spotify is launching daylist globally. It’s a personalized playlist that evolves throughout the day depending on your listening habits. This rollout comes after the company introduced it first to English-speaking markets last year. The playlist will be available to both free and premium users. The company said it is also adding support for 14 additional […]
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Social media platform Bluesky attracts millions in Brazil after judge bans Musk’s X

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Techme101

Following Brazil’s recent ban of Elon Musk’s X platform, its users in the country appear to switching over to rival platforms.

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