December 16, 2024news YouTube adds a tool to let creators give authorization to several third parties, including Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Meta, to train on their videos (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) YouTube on Monday announced it will give creators more choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI […]
December 16, 2024news Reports: Israel-based Paragon, maker of Pegasus-rival Graphite, sold to US PE firm AE Industrial for ~$500M, a sum that may grow if profitability goals are hit (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch) The company’s spyware, dubbed Graphite, is capable of hacking phones and stealing private communications. Read More »
December 16, 2024news Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI’s potential, working with Intel, TSMC, and Samsung, the Trump admin, China and IP licenses, the CHIPS Act, OpenAI, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge) The ubiquitous chip designer on what the “breathtaking” pace of AI means for the future. Read More »
December 16, 2024news A profile of US ride-hailing startup Empower, which does 100K rides per week in DC despite refusing to register with the city’s Department of For-Hire Vehicles (Eli Tan/New York Times) A profile of US ride-hailing startup Empower, which does 100K rides per week in DC despite refusing to register with the city’s […]
December 16, 2024news Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI’s potential, working with Intel, TSMC, and Samsung, the Trump admin, China and IP licenses, the CHIPS Act, OpenAI, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge) The ubiquitous chip designer on what the “breathtaking” pace of AI means for the future. Read More »
December 16, 2024news A researcher details a “jailbreak” of Reviver’s digital license plates, which are legal in some US states, and rewrite its firmware to enable Bluetooth commands (Andy Greenberg/Wired) Digital license plates sold by Reviver, already legal to buy in some states and drive with nationwide, can be hacked by their […]
December 16, 2024news US Senate investigation: senior Amazon execs disregarded internal warnings over the high rates of worker injuries due to concerns about Amazon’s performance (Noam Scheiber/New York Times) US Senate investigation: senior Amazon execs disregarded internal warnings over the high rates of worker injuries due to concerns about Amazon’s performance […]
December 13, 2024news Sources: Walmart is leading a funding round of $300M+ alongside Ribbit for Walmart’s fintech venture, One, giving it a pre Sources: Walmart is leading a funding round of $300M+ alongside Ribbit for Walmart’s fintech venture, One, giving it a pre-money valuation of […]
December 13, 2024news In a blog post, OpenAI says “You can’t sue your way to AGI”, and publishes emails from Elon Musk showing he wanted to own OpenAI and run it as a for Read More »
December 13, 2024news Private-credit firm Sixth Street commits $4B in capital for Affirm to underwrite short-term installment loans of between four and six months (Leslie Picker/CNBC) Affirm Holdings is getting its largest-ever capital commitment with a new partnership from private credit firm Sixth Street. Read More »
