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Ireland’s privacy watchdog ends legal fight with X over data use for AI after it agrees to permanent limits

The exact contents of X’s (now permanent) undertaking with the DPC have not been made public, but it’s assumed the agreement limits how it can use people’s data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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

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 … Continue reading

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Revefi seeks to automate companies’ data operations

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. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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You.com ‘refocuses’ from AI search to deeper productivity agents with new $50M round

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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UK regulator greenlights Microsoft’s Inflection acquihire, but also designates it a merger

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 … Continue reading

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Spotify launches its evolving playlist, daylist, globally

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 … Continue reading

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Impact investors FMO and BlueOrchard back Ghana’s digital lender Fido in $30M Series B round

Digital lending platforms have become an easy and swift alternative source of credit for microenterprises and individuals overlooked by traditional banking institutions. These platforms have turned into a lifeline for millions of underbanked and demand will keep growing, pushing the … Continue reading

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PharmEasy still 92% below its peak $5.6 billion valuation, investor estimates

Indian online pharmacy startup PharmEasy, once valued at $5.6 billion, is still about 92% below its peak valuation, according to estimates by its investor Janus Henderson. According to the British-American global asset firm, which disclosed how it values its shares … Continue reading

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Canva has increased prices for its Teams product

Canva, the design platform, is increasing prices steeply for some customers. And it’s blaming the move in part on generative AI. In the U.S., some Canva Teams subscribers on older pricing plans are seeing the sticker price for a five-person … Continue reading

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