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Daily Crunch: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
There’s enough trouble on this planet already that we don’t need new problems coming here from the sun. Unfortunately we can’t yet destroy this pitiless star, so we are at its mercy. But NASA at least may soon be able to let us know when one of its murderous flares is going to send our […]
NASA’s DAGGER could give advance warning of the next big solar storm by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
A U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York threw out a lawsuit against Meta this week that had been simmering for a year and a half. The suit, filed in late 2021 by now-shuttered social app Phhhoto, alleged that Meta violated federal antitrust law by copying its core features with the […]
A judge dismissed Phhhoto’s antitrust suit against Meta by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it’s not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.” Starting on Saturday, Twitter will begin removing blue checks from “legacy verified” users if they don’t sign up for a Twitter Blue subscription. This is part of new […]
Celebrities don’t want to pay Elon for a blue check by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code, including the algorithm it uses to recommend tweets in users’ timelines, for inspection. On GitHub, Twitter published two repositories containing the source code for many parts of the social network, including the mechanism it uses to control the […]
Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Emad Mostaque, the CEO and founder of open source platform Stability AI, hinted at plans to go public in the next few years, during the Cerebral Valley AI Conference in San Francisco on Thursday. He also shut down the idea that Stability AI, an Open AI rival and leader in the generative artificial intelligence space, […]
Stability AI CEO has the ambition to IPO in next few years by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch