November 21, 2024

How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models

OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…

July 2023

UK’s early-stage media tech VC GMG Ventures rebrands to Mercuri, closes £50M fund

July 4, 2023

UK-based early-stage media technology venture capital firm GMG Ventures has rebranded to Mercuri. It has also raised £50 million ($81.35 million) for its second fund led by British Business Bank, through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme, to back startups using artificial intelligence to reinvent traditional media models. Other investors in the latest fund include The […]

UK’s early-stage media tech VC GMG Ventures rebrands to Mercuri, closes £50M fund by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days

July 4, 2023

After swathes of users were unable to access parts of TweetDeck over the last few days, Twitter started rolling out a new version of the web app to users Monday. The company also added that in 30 days, users will have to be verified to access TweetDeck. This means only Twitter Blue subscribers, verified organizations, […]

Twitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Rivian delivers first electric vans to Amazon in Europe

July 4, 2023

Amazon has begun rolling out its custom electric delivery vans from Rivian in Europe, the e-commerce giant said Monday. This will be Rivian’s first commercial shipment of vans outside the United States. The first tranche of 300 vans will be seen on streets in Munich, Berlin and Dusseldorf in the coming weeks. Amazon already has […]

Rivian delivers first electric vans to Amazon in Europe by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Threads, Instagram’s Twitter competitor, is expected July 6

July 3, 2023

Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US. The app will be called Threads, and according to App Store data, is expected to launch on July 6. It’s a good time for Instagram to enter the fray — this past weekend, as Twitter fumbled the bag with rate-limit errors, […]

Threads, Instagram’s Twitter competitor, is expected July 6 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move

July 3, 2023

Twitter was even messier than usual this weekend. On Saturday, owner Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter would combat “extreme levels of data scraping,” by limiting accounts that don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue so that they could see only 600 posts per day. Once you hit the quota, almost any act on the site would trigger […]

Twitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah amid changing laws

July 3, 2023

Pornhub is blocking access from users in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah, which have recently passed laws that require age verification to access adult websites. Similar legislation went into effect in Louisiana at the start of the year. To comply, Pornhub required visitors to verify their age with the LA Wallet app, a digital wallet for […]

Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah amid changing laws by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch