December 19, 2024news Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Google has released what it’s calling a new “reasoning” AI model to rival OpenAI’s o1 — but it’s in the experimental stages. […]
December 19, 2024news In 150+ X posts, Elon Musk led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by sharing misinfo, which may lead to a government shutdown over Christmas (New York Times) In 150+ X posts, Elon Musk led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by sharing misinfo, which may […]
December 19, 2024news The US FAA prohibits drone flights over several parts of New Jersey, as public hysteria over sightings of possible drone activity continues to persist (Allyson Versprille/Bloomberg) The US FAA prohibits drone flights over several parts of New Jersey, as public hysteria over sightings of possible drone activity continues […]
December 19, 2024news Adam Mosseri teases an AI editing tool in Instagram powered by Meta’s Movie Gen AI model to change outfits, backgrounds, and more in videos with a text prompt (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) A new background or a silly hat is just a text prompt away. Read More »
December 19, 2024news Decart, which helps organizations train AI models at scale, raised a $32M Series A, sources say at a $500M+ valuation, after a $21M seed in October 2024 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) A young startup that emerged from stealth less than two months ago with big-name backers and bigger ambitions is returning to the […]
December 19, 2024news In 2024, hackers stole $2.2B in crypto across 303 hacks, up from $1.8B across 282 hacks in 2023; in H1 2024, $1.58B had been stolen, but the pace slowed in H2 (Chainalysis) Nearly $2.2 billion worth of crypto funds were stolen from hacks in 2024. In the biggest hack, more than $300 million was […]
December 19, 2024news Smart ring maker Ōura raised a $200M Series D from Fidelity and Dexcom at a $5.2B valuation and says sales doubled in 2024 to ~$500M with 2.5M+ total rings sold (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) Finnish company’s growing popularity has led to its sales more than doubling this year Read More »
December 19, 2024news Congress approves $3B in funding for a project to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from US networks nationwide; Trump’s FCC started the initiative in 2020 (Washington Post) Read More »
December 18, 2024news OpenAI rolls out a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging it via WhatsApp globally (Hayden Field/CNBC) OpenAI on Wednesday rolled out a new way to talk to its viral chatbot: 1-800-CHATGPT. Read More »
December 18, 2024news Source: Perplexity raised $500M led by Institutional Venture Partners at a $9B valuation earlier this month, up from a $3B valuation in June (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) Source: Perplexity raised $500M led by Institutional Venture Partners at a $9B valuation earlier this month, up from a $3B valuation in […]
