How to Raise Money In an AI-Obsessed World
The founder of AngelList says that the competition has changed dramatically. But the opportunity lies inidentifying new frontiers.
Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site, a new analysis has found. The study, from researchers at Stanford and Indiana…
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Here’s Exactly How to Score an Investment From Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec
To impress an investor, you need to know what they’re looking for. For Robert Herjavec, it’s not what you’d expect.
Agentio secures $40 million from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube
Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.
Zoox to begin offering robotaxi rides to public in San Francisco
This is not a large-scale public launch, nor a commercial one. But it brings the Amazon-owned company one step closer to competing with Waymo.
Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers
The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.
The Download: AI-powered warfare, and how embryo care is changing
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. The State of AI: How war will be changed forever —Helen Warrell & James O’Donnell It is July 2027, and China is on the brink of invading Taiwan. Autonomous drones with AI targeting…
Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT
Intuit said its tools, such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, will be accessible through ChatGPT, allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds, reviewing credit options, or managing business finances.
Roblox will require all users to perform age-checks to access chat from January
Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features.
Databricks reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $130B+ valuation
Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion.
Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board.