Ethiopia maintains friendly ties with China, facilitating Chinese businesses and investments including bitcoin miners.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-10
Ethiopia China
How cheap power and friendly ties with China made Ethiopia, where almost half the population has no access to electricity, a haven for Chinese Bitcoin miners
Bloomberg · 2024-02-10 · #8
Bollegraaf partners with AI startup Greyparrot to retrofit thousands of recycling plants with AI-based sorting tools for waste sorting.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-10
Bollegraaf Greyparrot thousands of recycling plants AI sorting tools
Bollegraaf, the world's biggest builder of recycling plants, partners with AI startup Greyparrot to retrofit thousands of plants with AI tools for sorting waste
Washington Post · 2024-02-10 · #17
Palantir pursued building a tech sector in Ukraine intended both to help win the war and to serve as a pillar of Ukraine's postwar economy.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-09
Palantir Technologies Ukraine
How Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day work of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way, as Ukraine becomes a laboratory for military tech
TIME · 2024-02-09 · #8
X signs a two-year exclusive content deal with WWE to produce 'WWE Speed', a weekly video series of timed matches (5 minutes or less) launching in spring 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-09
X WWE WWE Speed
X signs a two-year deal with the WWE for a new exclusive weekly video series called WWE Speed featuring timed matches of 5 minutes or less, coming spring 2024
The Hollywood Reporter · 2024-02-09 · #27
Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Starlink sought to assist Kyiv's fight with technology and services.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-09
Microsoft Amazon Google Starlink Ukraine
How Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day work of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way, as Ukraine becomes a laboratory for military tech
TIME · 2024-02-09 · #8
Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day operations of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-09
Palantir Technologies Ukraine wartime government
How Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day work of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way, as Ukraine becomes a laboratory for military tech
TIME · 2024-02-09 · #8
The Biden administration announces that OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, Palantir and over 200 other entities are joining the new AI Safety Institute Consortium.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-08
OpenAI Anthropic Microsoft Meta Google Apple Amazon Nvidia Palantir over 200 others AI Safety Institute Consortium
The US says OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, Palantir, and over 200 others are joining the new AI Safety Institute Consortium
Reuters · 2024-02-08 · #9
Google joins the C2PA steering committee alongside Adobe, the BBC, Microsoft, Sony and others to develop a metadata-based standard for labeling AI-generated content.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-08
Google C2PA steering committee Adobe BBC Microsoft Sony
Google joins the C2PA steering committee to develop a standard to label AI content via metadata alongside Adobe, the BBC, Microsoft, Sony, and others
New York Times · 2024-02-08 · #30
Microsoft partners with Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI to develop voice-based generative AI tools.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-08
Microsoft Sarvam AI voice-based generative AI tools
Microsoft partners with Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI, which is building LLMs that support Indian languages, for developing voice-based generative AI tools
Reuters · 2024-02-08 · #23
Disney and Epic Games will collaborate on a new "universe" connected to Fortnite featuring content from Disney, Pixar, and other Disney-owned properties.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-08
Disney Epic Games Fortnite Disney content Pixar content
Disney plans to invest $1.5B for a stake in Epic Games and collaborate on a new “universe” connected to Fortnite with content from Disney, Pixar, and more
CNBC · 2024-02-08 · #17
Multiple governments (including the US, UK, France, Poland) and major tech companies (Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft) sign a statement recognizing the need for increased action on commercial spyware abuse and industry responsibility.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-07
US UK France Poland Apple Google Meta Microsoft commercial spyware mitigation
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware
CyberScoop · 2024-02-07 · #43
Meta will mark images originating from partner companies (Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Adobe, Midjourney, Shutterstock) with labels denoting if they were created with AI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-07
Meta Google OpenAI Microsoft Adobe Midjourney Shutterstock
Meta proposes standards to identify AI content that its industry peers could use, and plans to label AI images posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
New York Times · 2024-02-07 · #4
Fox, ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery announce a joint venture, each owning one-third, to launch a streaming sports service in the US in fall 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-07
Fox ESPN Warner Bros. Discovery streaming sports service
Fox, ESPN, and WBD announce a new joint venture to launch a streaming sports service in the US in the fall of 2024; each entity will own a third of the JV
Wall Street Journal · 2024-02-07 · #23
Colin Megill, CEO of Polis, announced a collaboration with OpenAI to integrate Polis's AI-powered public deliberation platform, contributing to the 'Democratic Inputs to AI' initiative.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-07
Colin Megill Polis OpenAI Polis AI-powered public deliberation platform
A look at OpenAI's “Democratic Inputs to AI” grant program, which awarded 10 teams $100K each to design ideas and tools to collectively govern AI systems
TIME · 2024-02-07 · #29
Google TAG partnered with Jigsaw to include high-risk victim stories and contextualize harms in the 'Buying Spying' report.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-07
Google TAG Jigsaw
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware
CyberScoop · 2024-02-07 · #43
Apple partners with University of California researchers to release MGIE, an open-source AI model that can edit images based on natural language instructions.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-07
Apple University of California researchers MGIE
Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source AI model MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions
VentureBeat · 2024-02-07 · #2
YouTube says more than 3 million channels now receive ad-revenue share through the YouTube Partner Program.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-06
YouTube YouTube Partner Program
YouTube says YouTube TV now has 8M+ subscribers, up from 5M+ in mid-2022, and that the YouTube Partner Program has 3M+ channels receiving ad revenue share
Variety · 2024-02-06 · #16
NinjaOne counts Nvidia among its users.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-06
NinjaOne Nvidia
Texas-based NinjaOne, which helps automate IT processes, raised a $231.5M Series C led by ICONIQ Growth at a $1.9B valuation and counts Nvidia among its users
Reuters · 2024-02-06 · #28
Microsoft and Semafor strike a deal to create an AI-powered breaking news feed called Signals.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-05
Microsoft Semafor Signals (breaking news feed)
TikTok plays a notable role in the music industry, a context relevant to UMG's decision.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-05
TikTok
A look at UMG's TikTok retreat, stemming from issues like low payouts and a lack of assurances on fighting deepfakes, and TikTok's role in the music industry
Bloomberg · 2024-02-05 · #25
Pkl provides language bindings / integration for Swift, Go, Java, and Kotlin.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-04
Pkl Swift Go Java Kotlin
Apple open sources Pkl, a configuration-as-code language with rich validation and tooling, with Swift, Go, Java, and Kotlin integration
Pkl Blog · 2024-02-04 · #11
Disney executives discuss future plans for using the Apple Vision Pro in production and entertainment initiatives.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-03
Disney Apple Vision Pro
Interviews with Disney executives about Apple Vision Pro, how the device is changing the studio's production pipelines, future plans for the device, and more
Fast Company · 2024-02-03 · #2
There are reports that Google plans to add Wayback Machine links for archived versions of pages.
rumored 1 article 2024-02-03
Google Wayback Machine
Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last week and plans to remove the cache functionality entirely “in the near future”
Search Engine Land · 2024-02-03 · #29
ImageFX is underpinned by Google's Imagen 2 image-generation model.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-02
ImageFX Imagen 2
Google debuts ImageFX, an AI image generator underpinned by Imagen 2, with “expressive chips”, or keyword suggestions, and brings Imagen 2 to Vertex AI and Bard
TechCrunch · 2024-02-02 · #43
Sources say SK Hynix will package DRAM into High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips to be used with Nvidia's GPUs to enable more powerful AI products.
rumored 1 article 2024-02-01
SK Hynix Nvidia High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips Nvidia GPUs
Sources: SK Hynix plans to build an advanced chip packaging plant in Indiana, for stacking DRAM chips to create High Bandwidth Memory chips for Nvidia's GPUs
Financial Times · 2024-02-01 · #14
Metronome counts OpenAI, Anthropic, and NVIDIA among its customers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
Metronome OpenAI Anthropic NVIDIA
Metronome, which offers APIs to help SaaS companies charge customers on a usage basis, raised a $43M Series B led by NEA, bringing its total funding to $78M+
TechCrunch · 2024-02-01 · #39
Aptiv and Hyundai formed a $4B joint venture in 2019 that created Motional.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
Aptiv Hyundai Motional
Robotaxi company Motional loses capital support from automotive supplier Aptiv, the other half of a $4B joint venture with Hyundai that created Motional in 2019
TechCrunch · 2024-02-01 · #38
Paytm plans to accelerate efforts to partner with other banks after the RBI's clampdown on Paytm Payments Bank.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
Paytm other banks
Paytm plans to cease work with its associate Paytm Payments Bank and accelerate work to partner with other banks, after the RBI's clampdown on the payment bank
TechCrunch · 2024-02-01 · #37
Paytm plans to cease working with its associate Paytm Payments Bank following the RBI clampdown on the payment bank.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
Paytm Paytm Payments Bank
Paytm plans to cease work with its associate Paytm Payments Bank and accelerate work to partner with other banks, after the RBI's clampdown on the payment bank
TechCrunch · 2024-02-01 · #37
OLMo was developed in collaboration between the Allen Institute for AI, Harvard, AMD, Databricks, and other collaborators.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
Allen Institute for AI Harvard AMD Databricks others OLMo