November 22, 2024

The Download: how OpenAI tests its models, and the ethics of uterus transplants

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models OpenAI has lifted the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. It has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful large language…

January 2023

Inbenta, a provider of AI-powered chatbots and more, lands $40M

January 11, 2023

In 2011, Jordi Torras, a former Oracle VP, had a realization: companies weren’t optimizing their search technologies as well as they could be. He founded Inbenta to solve this, providing professional consulting services while simultaneously developing an internal AI toolkit for search optimization. Over the years, Inbenta transitioned from consulting to providing conversational AI as […]

Inbenta, a provider of AI-powered chatbots and more, lands $40M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Samsung is holding its next Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1, teases camera improvements

January 11, 2023

Samsung announced today that it’s holding the next Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1 at 10.30 AM PT/1.30 PM ET. The company will expectedly announce the S23 series of phones at its first in-person event in three years. The South Korean tech giant is hosting this event in San Fransico with a “Get ready to […]

Samsung is holding its next Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1, teases camera improvements by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

China’s Paxlovid cyber scams are everywhere

January 11, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Lots going on this week. First, MIT Technology Review announced yesterday our picks for this year’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies. If you’ve been watching China, several items on the list should ring a bell, like the…

India to spend $320 million to promote homegrown payments network

January 11, 2023

India will spend nearly $320 million to promote cards on RuPay and for low-value UPI transactions, the latest in a series of moves by New Delhi to fuel the growth of its homegrown payments network. New Delhi approved a plan Wednesday to spend $318.4 million for the promotion of RuPay debit cards and low-value person-to-merchant […]

India to spend $320 million to promote homegrown payments network by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog

January 11, 2023

Bad news for Google in Germany — where the antitrust watchdog has issued a preliminary statement of objections over its data processing terms and said it’s currently planning to require the tech giant to provide users with more choice over what it does with their information. The Bundeskartellamt, or Federal Cartel Office (FCO), has been investigating […]

Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs

January 11, 2023
Organs on demand is one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2023. Explore the rest of the list here. I met the entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt for the first time at a meeting at West Point in 2015 that was dedicated to exploring how technology might expand the supply of organs for transplant. At…

OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot

January 11, 2023

OpenAI this week signaled it’ll soon begin charging for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, emails, poems and even computer code. In an announcement on the company’s official Discord server, OpenAI said that it’s “starting to think about how to monetize ChatGPT” as one of the ways to “ensure [the tool’s] long-term […]

OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Inflow, a platform for managing ADHD through cognitive behavioral therapy, raises $11M

January 11, 2023

Inflow, a company developing a platform to manage ADHD using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, has raised $11 million in a Series A round of funding. ADHD, or “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,” is a condition impacting as much as 10% of the global population. Symptoms vary, but typically involve inattention, hyperactivity, anxiety, and impulsivity. Founded […]

Inflow, a platform for managing ADHD through cognitive behavioral therapy, raises $11M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Hack the Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M

January 11, 2023

There’s long existed a divide in the world of computer hacking between those who are taking a malicious approach to crack a system, and those who are using the same techniques to understand the system’s vulnerabilities, help fix them, and at the same time to fight against the malicious actors. Today, Hack the Box, one […]

Hack the Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch