Kalshi raised $185M led by Paradigm at a $2B valuation; sources: Polymarket is completing a $200M+ investment led by Founders Fund at a ~$1B pre-money valuation
Prediction-Market Unicorn Hits $2 Billion Valuation Bogdan Patru / Bitcoin Insider : Prediction Market Kalshi Achieves Unicorn Status with $185 Raised at its $2B Evaluation, as BTC Bull Token Predicts...
Sources: Apple will launch Image Playground and Genmoji as part of iOS 18.2; Sonos cuts its plans to build ~1M Ace headphones units per year to ~100K per year
Preorder and Release Dates, Prices, and Where to Get One David Snow / Cult of Mac : These new iPhone 16 cases could replace disastrous FineWoven Ezza Ijaz / Wccftech : Last-Minute Details Suggest New ...
Condé Nast agrees a multiyear deal with OpenAI, letting ChatGPT and SearchGPT surface stories from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, and Wired
Publishers looking at the media landscape are likely realizing … BBC : ChatGPT firm OpenAI strikes deal with Vogue owner Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Forges Content Partnership Wit...
PitchBook: US startups raised $56B in Q2 2024, up 57% YoY and the highest three-month haul in two years; AI startups raised $27.1B, nearly half of the total
here's where investors are piling in Krystal Hu / Reuters : AI deals lift US venture capital funding to highest level in two years, data shows Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : First look at Q2 2024 vent...
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”
here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...
OpenAI debuts Voice Engine, which lets users generate synthetic copy of a voice from a 15-second sample, available to around 10 partners, including HeyGen
but Won't Release the Tech Yet Cade Metz / New York Times : OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : OpenAI holds back wide release of voice-cloning tec...
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Nice Try Kate Downing / Law Offices of Kate Downing : The New York Times Launches a Very Strong Case Against Microsoft and OpenAI Blake Brittain / Reuters : Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by a...