What Billionaire Frank McCourt Would Actually Do With TikTok
Frank McCourt says his bid for TikTok is part of a broader mission to move millions of people to healthier online platforms. “I compare this to large-scale, human physical migration.”
2024
WhatsApp lets you select specific people within a group to start a group call without disturbing anyone
WhatsApp announced that it had added new video calling features just before the holidays, including participant selection for group video calls, better resolution, and a revamped call tab on the…
New Syndicate One fund joins Belgium’s small-but-punchy tech ecosystem
Syndicate One is a debut investment firm out of Belgium that has raised a €6.5 million fund to back Belgian founders and startups. While the amount is small, the significance…
As AI-fueled disinformation explodes, here comes the startup counterattack
With disinformation on the rise, especially given the explosion of AI, companies are just as vulnerable to its effects as individuals. Refute is a London-based startup that detects and responds…
Anthropic Introduces Clio: A New AI System that Automatically Identifies Trends in Claude Usage Across the World
Artificial intelligence systems are becoming integral to various aspects of society, yet understanding their real-world impact presents significant challenges. While user data offers valuable insights into how these systems are…
Lander & Rogers’ LawTech Hub Calls For Applications
Australia’s Lander & Rogers is inviting legal tech startups and scale-ups with a focus on AI to apply for its incubator program, commencing in May …
PLAID: A New AI Approach for Co-Generating Sequence and All-Atom Protein Structures by Sampling from the Latent Space of ESMFold
Designing accurate all-atom protein structures is a critical challenge in bioengineering, as it involves generating both 3D structural data and 1D sequence information to define side-chain atom placements. Most approaches…
Meta AI Introduces COCONUT: A New Paradigm Transforming Machine Reasoning with Continuous Latent Thoughts and Advanced Planning Capabilities
Large language models (LLMs) trained on vast datasets of human language simulate logical and problem-solving abilities by following structured approaches. However, existing methods predominantly operate within a language space, where…
Screens Publishes Redlining GenAI Accuracy
As the movement to bring more transparency and understanding to legal genAI accuracy grows, US-based Screens has published another in-depth performance study, this time on …
Texas AG is investigating Character.AI, other platforms over child safety concerns
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday launched an investigation into Character.AI and 14 other technology platforms over child privacy and safety concerns. The investigation will assess whether Character.AI —…